What is another word for spit?
862 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ spˈɪt], [ spˈɪt], [ s_p_ˈɪ_t]
Spitting is an unpleasant habit that many people find offensive. However, there are many synonyms that can be used instead of 'spit' to describe the act of expelling saliva from one's mouth. These include words such as 'expectorate,' 'eject,' 'disgorge' and 'hock.' These words can be used to describe spitting as an action, or they can be used when referring to the resulting saliva. Other synonyms for 'spit' include 'slobber,' 'drool,' 'salivate,' and 'foam.' It's important to choose the right word when referring to spitting, as each word carries a different connotation and can be used in different contexts.
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Similar words for spit:
- artifact (noun)
- barbecue (noun)
- cold call (noun)
- drool (noun)
- glue (noun)
- headland (noun)
- needle (noun)
- paste (noun)
- perforator (noun)
- rain (noun)
- paste (noun, verb)
- bristle (verb)
- drizzle (verb)
- drool (verb)
- emit (verb)
- erupt (verb)
- expectorate (verb)
- hiss (verb)
- knife (verb)
- rap (verb)
- sizzle (verb)
- spew (verb)
- spike (verb)
- squirt (verb)
- storm (verb)
- transfix (verb)
Synonyms for Spit:
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n.
• artifact- spit .
- awl ,
- barb ,
- fishhook ,
- gimlet ,
- harpoon ,
- hat pin ,
- hook ,
- lance ,
- nail ,
- needle ,
- pike ,
- pin ,
- prong ,
- quill ,
- spear ,
- spine ,
- spur ,
- staple ,
- tack ,
- thumbtack .
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n. & v.
• paste -
v.
• bristle- am angry ,
- am maddened ,
- are angry ,
- are infuriated ,
- art angry ,
- art infuriated ,
- art maddened ,
- being angry ,
- being infuriated ,
- being maddened ,
- boiled over ,
- boils over ,
- flared up ,
- flaring up ,
- gat dander up ,
- gat one's dander up ,
- get dander up ,
- get one dander up ,
- gets dander up ,
- gets one dander up ,
- gets one's dander up ,
- gets ones dander up ,
- getting dander up ,
- getting one dander up ,
- getting one's dander up ,
- getting ones dander up ,
- got dander up ,
- got one dander up ,
- got one's dander up ,
- got ones dander up ,
- gotten dander up ,
- gotten one dander up ,
- gotten one's dander up ,
- gotten ones dander up ,
- is angry ,
- is infuriated ,
- is maddened ,
- saw red ,
- sees red ,
- stand end ,
- standing end ,
- stands end ,
- stands on end ,
- stood end ,
- stood on end ,
- was angry ,
- was infuriated ,
- was maddened ,
- wast angry ,
- wast infuriated ,
- wast maddened ,
- were angry ,
- were infuriated ,
- were maddened ,
- wert angry ,
- wert maddened .
- Slabbered ,
- water at mouth ,
- water mouth ,
- water the mouth ,
- watered at mouth ,
- watered at the mouth ,
- watered mouth ,
- watered the mouth ,
- watering at mouth ,
- watering at the mouth ,
- watering mouth ,
- watering the mouth ,
- waters at mouth ,
- waters at the mouth ,
- waters mouth ,
- waters the mouth .
- casts out ,
- disembogues ,
- ex crete ,
- ex cretes ,
- ex hale ,
- ex haled ,
- ex hales ,
- ex haling ,
- ex pend ,
- ex pended ,
- ex pending ,
- ex pends ,
- ex pire ,
- ex-crete ,
- ex-cretes ,
- ex-hale ,
- ex-haled ,
- ex-hales ,
- ex-haling ,
- ex-pend ,
- ex-pended ,
- ex-pending ,
- ex-pends ,
- ex-pire ,
- gave vent to ,
- gives vent to ,
- giving vent to ,
- re eked ,
- re eking ,
- re-eked ,
- re-eking ,
- sends forth ,
- sent forth .
- dis charge ,
- dis charged ,
- dis charges ,
- dis charging ,
- dis-charge ,
- dis-charged ,
- dis-charges ,
- dis-charging ,
- poured forth ,
- pouring forth ,
- touched off ,
- touches off .
- de cried ,
- de cries ,
- de cry ,
- de crying ,
- de ride ,
- de rides ,
- de riding ,
- de-cried ,
- de-cries ,
- de-cry ,
- de-crying ,
- de-ride ,
- de-rides ,
- de-riding ,
- dis approve ,
- dis approved ,
- dis approves ,
- dis approving ,
- dis-approve ,
- dis-approved ,
- dis-approves ,
- dis-approving ,
- re vile ,
- re-vile ,
- shouted down ,
- shouting down ,
- sissed ,
- sisses .
- dis course ,
- dis coursed ,
- dis courses ,
- dis coursing ,
- dis-course ,
- dis-coursed ,
- dis-courses ,
- dis-coursing ,
- ran at mouth ,
- ran at the mouth ,
- ran mouth ,
- ran off at mouth ,
- ran off at the mouth ,
- ran off mouth ,
- ran off the mouth ,
- ran the mouth ,
- run at mouth ,
- run at the mouth ,
- run mouth ,
- run off mouth ,
- run off the mouth ,
- run the mouth ,
- running at mouth ,
- running at the mouth ,
- running mouth ,
- running off at mouth ,
- running off at the mouth ,
- running off mouth ,
- running off the mouth ,
- running the mouth ,
- runs at mouth ,
- runs at the mouth ,
- runs mouth ,
- runs off at mouth ,
- runs off at the mouth ,
- runs off mouth ,
- runs off the mouth ,
- runs the mouth .
- URPS ,
- dis gorge ,
- dis gorged ,
- dis gorges ,
- dis gorging ,
- dis-gorge ,
- dis-gorged ,
- dis-gorges ,
- dis-gorging ,
- spat up ,
- spits up ,
- spitted up ,
- spitting up ,
- spritzed ,
- spritzes ,
- urped ,
- urping .
- be sets ,
- be setting ,
- be-set ,
- be-sets ,
- be-setting ,
- blew violently ,
- blowing violently ,
- blows violently ,
- breathed fire ,
- breathes fire ,
- burns up ,
- burnt up ,
- sets in ,
- setting in ,
- sounding off ,
- sounds off ,
- steams up ,
- takes by storm ,
- took by storm .
- nailing down ,
- pinned down ,
- skivered ,
- skivering ,
- trans fix ,
- trans fixed ,
- trans fixes ,
- trans fixing ,
- trans fixt ,
- trans pierce ,
- trans pierced ,
- trans pierces ,
- trans piercing ,
- trans-fix ,
- trans-fixed ,
- trans-fixes ,
- trans-fixing ,
- trans-fixt ,
- trans-pierce ,
- trans-pierced ,
- trans-pierces ,
- trans-piercing ,
- transpierces .
Other synonyms:
- open .
- drop .
- pucker .
- hawk .
- dribble .
- water .
Other relevant words:
- Disembogue ,
- Disembogued ,
- Disemboguing ,
- Freckling ,
- Irrupted ,
- Jagging ,
- Palavered ,
- Palavering ,
- Peppered ,
- Peppering ,
- Poured ,
- SHIVS ,
- Secreted ,
- Shanked ,
- Shrilled ,
- Skewered ,
- Skewering ,
- Speared ,
- Spearing ,
- Specking ,
- Squalled ,
- Studding ,
- URP ,
- Whirred ,
- be set ,
- blow violently ,
- breathe fire ,
- breathing fire ,
- bristle ,
- browned ,
- browning ,
- browns ,
- burn up ,
- burned up ,
- burning up ,
- cast out ,
- casting out ,
- catcalled ,
- catcalling ,
- chitchatted ,
- chitchatting ,
- chop down ,
- chopped down ,
- drizzle ,
- emanate ,
- emit ,
- erupt ,
- expend ,
- fizzing ,
- freckled ,
- frizzle ,
- frizzled ,
- frizzles ,
- frizzling ,
- gave off ,
- give out ,
- give vent to ,
- hiss ,
- irrupt ,
- irrupting ,
- irrupts ,
- knife ,
- made fast ,
- make fast ,
- open up ,
- opened up ,
- opening up ,
- pepper ,
- peppers ,
- perspire ,
- pour forth ,
- pours forth ,
- puke ,
- rap ,
- run off at mouth ,
- run off at the mouth ,
- send forth ,
- send out ,
- sending forth ,
- sending out ,
- sends out ,
- sent out ,
- set in ,
- shanking ,
- shiv ,
- shout down ,
- shouts down ,
- shrilling ,
- shrills ,
- sibilate ,
- siss ,
- sissing ,
- sizzle ,
- sound off ,
- specked ,
- spike ,
- spit up ,
- sprinkle ,
- spritz ,
- spritzing ,
- sputter ,
- squalling ,
- squirt ,
- steam up ,
- steamed up ,
- steaming up ,
- stomp ,
- stomped ,
- stomping ,
- storm ,
- studded ,
- swished ,
- swishes ,
- swishing ,
- take by storm ,
- taking by storm ,
- touch off ,
- touching off ,
- transfix ,
- whirr ,
- whirrs .
- be angry ,
- be infuriated ,
- be maddened ,
- boil over ,
- boiling over ,
- flare up ,
- flares up ,
- get one's dander up ,
- see red ,
- seeing red ,
- stand on end ,
- standing on end .
- Brochette ,
- Chersonese ,
- Empierce ,
- Eructate ,
- Fizzling ,
- Frication ,
- Hushing ,
- Rotator ,
- Sibilance ,
- Spurtle ,
- Transpierce ,
- andiron ,
- antler ,
- assibilate ,
- assibilation ,
- barbecue ,
- barbecue rod ,
- barbecue utensil ,
- barf ,
- bayonet ,
- be sick ,
- bear grass ,
- belch out ,
- bespatter ,
- besprinkle ,
- bill ,
- bite ,
- bodkin ,
- breakwater ,
- broach ,
- buzz ,
- cape ,
- carbon ,
- cast ,
- cat ,
- chain ,
- chuck ,
- circulate ,
- clack ,
- clapper ,
- clear the throat ,
- click ,
- clone ,
- coal tongs ,
- cold call ,
- color ,
- come down ,
- copy ,
- coral reef ,
- cough out ,
- cough up ,
- counterpart ,
- countersink ,
- crack ,
- crackle ,
- crane ,
- crepitate ,
- crook ,
- cusp ,
- dagger ,
- damper ,
- dead ringer ,
- decrepitate ,
- delta ,
- dialect ,
- dirk ,
- disband ,
- discharge ,
- disembowel ,
- disgorge ,
- dispel ,
- dispense ,
- disperse ,
- disseminate ,
- dissipate ,
- dissolve ,
- distribute ,
- doppelganger ,
- dot ,
- double ,
- drift ,
- drivel ,
- drum ,
- duplicate ,
- duplication ,
- dust ,
- effervesce ,
- effervescence ,
- effervescing ,
- eject ,
- enfilade ,
- eruct ,
- exact likeness ,
- expectoration ,
- facsimile ,
- fall ,
- fire hook ,
- fire tongs ,
- firedog ,
- fix ,
- fizz ,
- fizzle ,
- flow ,
- flush ,
- foam ,
- font ,
- forcing out ,
- foreland ,
- fount ,
- fountain ,
- frown ,
- geyser ,
- glare ,
- glossa ,
- glower ,
- glue ,
- gnarl ,
- gore ,
- gouge out ,
- grate ,
- grating ,
- grid ,
- griddle ,
- gridiron ,
- grill ,
- griller ,
- growl ,
- grumble ,
- gush ,
- gyroscope ,
- head ,
- headland ,
- heave ,
- hissing ,
- hole ,
- honeycomb ,
- honk ,
- horn ,
- hush ,
- hypodermic needle ,
- idiom ,
- image ,
- impale ,
- instrument ,
- isthmus ,
- jab ,
- jet ,
- language ,
- lifter ,
- likeness ,
- lingua ,
- lisp ,
- look daggers ,
- lour ,
- lower ,
- mantle ,
- mine ,
- mouth-watering ,
- mull ,
- natural language ,
- naze ,
- ness ,
- paste ,
- patter ,
- pelt ,
- penetrate ,
- peninsula ,
- perforate ,
- picture ,
- pierce ,
- pink ,
- pitter-patter ,
- plash ,
- play ,
- pluck ,
- plunge ,
- plunge in ,
- plunge into ,
- poke ,
- poke into ,
- poniard ,
- portrait ,
- pothook ,
- pour ,
- precipitate ,
- prick ,
- prickle ,
- promontory ,
- propagate ,
- ptyalise ,
- ptyalism ,
- ptyalize ,
- pull ,
- purge ,
- put out ,
- rain ,
- rain hard ,
- ream ,
- ream out ,
- redden ,
- reef ,
- regorge ,
- regurgitate ,
- replica ,
- retch ,
- rhonchus ,
- riddle ,
- ringer ,
- rip out ,
- rotisserie ,
- rowel ,
- run ,
- run into ,
- run off ,
- run through ,
- rush ,
- saber ,
- salamander ,
- saliva ,
- salivation ,
- sandbar ,
- sandspit ,
- scatter ,
- scoop out ,
- scowl ,
- shed ,
- shoal ,
- shoot ,
- shower ,
- shower down ,
- shush ,
- shushing ,
- sialagogue ,
- sibilation ,
- sick ,
- siffle ,
- sigmatism ,
- simulacrum ,
- sizz ,
- sizzling ,
- slaver ,
- slobber ,
- snag ,
- snap ,
- snarl ,
- sneeze ,
- sneezing ,
- sniff ,
- sniffle ,
- snore ,
- snort ,
- snuff ,
- snuffle ,
- spade ,
- sparge ,
- spark ,
- spat ,
- spate ,
- spatter ,
- speech ,
- spew ,
- spew out ,
- spicule ,
- spiculum ,
- spill ,
- spit and image ,
- spitting ,
- spitting image ,
- spittle ,
- spitz ,
- splatter ,
- splosh ,
- splutter ,
- spout ,
- spouter ,
- spray ,
- spread ,
- spue ,
- spurt ,
- sputum ,
- squash ,
- squelch ,
- squish ,
- stab ,
- stave in ,
- sternutation ,
- stertor ,
- stiletto ,
- stream ,
- strike off ,
- surge ,
- swish ,
- sword ,
- tap ,
- tattoo ,
- teem ,
- throw out ,
- throw up ,
- thrust ,
- tine ,
- tongs ,
- tongue ,
- trepan ,
- trephine ,
- tripod ,
- trivet ,
- tunnel ,
- turnspit ,
- twin ,
- upchuck ,
- vomit ,
- vomit up ,
- weep ,
- well ,
- wheeze ,
- whish ,
- whistle ,
- whistling ,
- white noise ,
- whiz ,
- whoosh ,
- yucca ,
- zip .
- Drencher ,
- PRECIP ,
- SPAMS ,
- appliance ,
- brochettes ,
- broiler ,
- broilers ,
- cat-and-dog weather ,
- charcoal grill ,
- ejection ,
- expulsion ,
- fireplace ,
- gas grill ,
- hard sell ,
- heavy dew ,
- hibachi ,
- liquid sunshine ,
- monsoon ,
- monsoons ,
- pit of coals ,
- projection ,
- raindrop ,
- raindrops ,
- rainstorm ,
- rainstorms ,
- roaster ,
- roasters ,
- sales call ,
- secretion ,
- skewer ,
- sleet ,
- sleets ,
- spam ,
- stickum ,
- sun shower ,
- wet stuff ,
- window washer .
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How to use "Spit" in context?
Spitting is the expulsion of saliva from the mouth through the nose or mouth. It is a natural reflex and is used to rid the mouth of pathogens or to regulate oral pH levels. Spit can also be used as a social lubricant and to express anger, frustration, or hostility.
Paraphrases for Spit:
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
spitting.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Verb, past tense
Spilled.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
spatin.
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Verb, past tense
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Other Related
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Adjective
saliva.
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Verb, base form
spill.
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Adjective
Homophones for Spit:
- seabed, schizopoda, spayed, Sq Ft, spit out, shavuot, subedit, spot, sabot, shufti, swept, sauceboat, sabbatia, softy, s-shaped, sapota, sieve out, soviet, spade, spite, spathe, sepiidae, spud, spotted, soap pad, sick-abed, sapid, spew out, Sept. 11, svoboda, soap-weed, septate, septet, soapweed, speedway, soffit, shifty, soft-witted, sociopath, softie, softheaded, six-spot, sabbath, sackbut, sapidity, shaped, saved, sexpot, saucepot, scaphopod, spode, saphead, shift, softwood, sexcapade, subdue, size of it, shevat, ski boot, sapote, scaphopoda, shop at, seafood, schizophyta, sabbat, soft diet, showboat, spout, soft wheat, sapwood, speed, spotty, shaved, suavity, shaft, swift, sift, sissified, speedy, scoop out, sausage-shaped, sept, sofa bed, spat, sea boat, septette, scaphoid, shabuoth, soft, subhead, subdued, safety, spate, sickbed, shavuoth, sawpit, sabaoth, shebat, safety hat.
Holonyms for Spit:
Hyponym for Spit:
Meronym for Spit:
n.
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object
sand.
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object
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