What is another word for splashes?

Pronunciation: [splˈaʃɪz] (IPA)

Splashes are sudden burst of liquid that could be made intentionally or accidently. There are synonyms that can be used in place of the word "splashes" depending on the context. Some of the synonyms include spatters, sprinkles, droplets, spray, and squirt among others. "Spatters" could be used when referring to liquid that hit or fell on a surface forcefully and irregularly. "Sprinkles" would be ideal in referring to evenly dispersed small amounts of liquid. "Droplets" can be used when referring to small spherical or oval-shaped pieces of liquid. "Spray" can imply that the liquid was forced out of a container forcefully. "Squirt" is used when liquid is forcefully ejected in a small and concentrated amount.

What are the hypernyms for Splashes?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • Other hypernyms:

    action, splashings, water movement, liquid movement, physical motion.

Usage examples for Splashes

There were slopes of wet rock to be scrambled over, several leagues of dripping forest thick with undergrowth that clung about the narrow trail to be floundered through, and all the time the great splashes from the boughs or torrential rain beat upon him.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton
Nasmyth gasped heavily, and great splashes of sand and mire lay thick upon his torn, drenched shirt.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton
He is jogging along fast, his "shoulder knot a-creaking," and the water that splashes on to the hot dust intensifies the feeling of heat and light.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch

Famous quotes with Splashes

  • First of all there was a guy named Charles Nicholas, who used to do all of the inking that Jack and Simon didn't do. Simon used to do splashes and covers, but Charles Nicholas, after a while, did the inside of all of the stuff.
    Gil Kane
  • One of the charms of Africa, is the long settled periods of pure unclouded sky, in which the sun rises and sets with no flaming splashes of vivid colours, but by gentle, imperceptible gradations of pure light, waning or waxing.
    Robert Erskine Childers

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