POURING Synonyms
There are 16 hypernyms of the word pouring. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for POURING
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pelting | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
noun • anything happening rapidly or in quick successive | ||||||||
raining | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • falling in drops or as if falling like rain | ||||||||
teeming | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • abundantly filled with especially living things | ||||||||
showering | verb, adverb, noun, adjectivev, adv, n, adj | |||||||
noun • a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you • someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see • washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle • a brief period of precipitation • a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower • a party of friends assembled to present gifts (usually of a specified kind) to a person verb • expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns • spray or sprinkle with • take a shower; wash one's body in the shower • rain abundantly • provide abundantly with | ||||||||
stream | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth • dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas • the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression • something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously • a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes) verb • to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind • exude profusely • move in large numbers • rain heavily • flow freely and abundantly | ||||||||
decant | verbv | |||||||
verb • pour out gradually, so as to separate out sediment | ||||||||
pelt | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the dressed hairy coat of a mammal • body covering of a living animal verb • cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile • attack and bombard with or as if with missiles • rain heavily | ||||||||
pullulate | verbv | |||||||
verb • be teeming, be abuzz • move in large numbers • produce buds, branches, or germinate • become abundant; increase rapidly • breed freely and abundantly | ||||||||
skink | nounn | |||||||
noun • alert agile lizard with reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with shiny scales; more dependent on moisture than most lizards; found in tropical regions worldwide | ||||||||
swarm | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a moving crowd • a group of many things in the air or on the ground verb • be teeming, be abuzz • move in large numbers | ||||||||
teem | verbv | |||||||
verb • be teeming, be abuzz • move in large numbers | ||||||||
pour out | verbv | |||||||
verb • express without restraint • pour out gradually, so as to separate out sediment • be disgorged • pour out liberally | ||||||||
rain buckets | nounn | |||||||
verb • rain heavily | ||||||||
rain cats and dogs | ||||||||
verb • rain heavily |