- splash
- 1. verb
1)
splash your face with cool water
Syn:sprinkle, spray, shower, splatter, slosh, slop, squirt; daub; wet2)his boots were splashed with mud
Syn:spatter, bespatter, splatter, speck, speckle, blotch, smear, stain, mark; informal splotch3)waves splashed against the pier
Syn:swash, wash, break, lap; dash, beat, lash, batter, crash, buffet; literary plash4)children splashed in the water
Syn:paddle, wade, slosh; wallow; informal splosh; rare plash5)the story was splashed across the front pages
Syn:blazon, display, spread, plaster, trumpet, publicize; informal splatter2. noun1)a splash of grease on his shirt
Syn:spot, blob, dab, daub, smudge, smear, speck, fleck; mark, stain; informal splotch2)a splash of soda water
Syn:drop, dash, bit, spot, soupçon, dribble, driblet3)a splash of color
Syn:patch, burst, streak•
Thesaurus of popular words. 2014.