SPLASH Synonyms: 194 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

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as in sprinkling

a very small amount at least you have a splash of common sense—which is more than we can say for your mother

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verb

ˈsplash

as in to spray

to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets rowdy teenagers splashing water at each other in the community pool

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as in to splatter

to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy the bus splashed us as it barrelled through the puddles

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as in to wash

to flow along or against water constantly splashing the wooden pilings eventually weakened them

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as in to bubble

to flow in a broken irregular stream the spilled juice splashed over the counter and onto the floor

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as in to ripple

to move with a splashing motion a baby splashing about in the tub

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Recent Examples of splash

Noun

Longoria also styled a flowing skirt to match her top and wore a pair of pointed-toe heels in a muted shade of dark blue to add a splash of color to her ensemble. —

Julia Teti, WWD, 14 Jan. 2025 Add a splash of coconut water and a splash of coconut milk. —

Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2025

Verb

But the upper stage will do something new on Flight 7, deploying 10 mock satellites — inactive versions of SpaceX's Starlink broadband craft — which will follow Ship's suborbital trajectory and splash down in the Indian Ocean as well. —

Mike Wall, Space.com, 9 Jan. 2025 In its June 6 launch, the booster and second stage splashed down, intact, in the Gulf of Mexico and Indian Ocean respectively. —

Bryan Walsh, Vox, 30 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for splash

Recent Examples of Synonyms for splash

Noun

For example, municipal and fire prevention agencies must give property owners advance — and continual — warnings to clear dead vegetation and to wet dry brush within 10 feet of the house with periodic, prolonged sprinklings.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025
It's got a sprinkling of influence of-without sounding too grandiose-Wes Anderson.

— Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024