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Antonyms for sputter
ˈspʌt ərsput·ter
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term sputter.
Princeton's WordNet
spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, sputter, splutter, sputteringnoun
the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
"he heard a spatter of gunfire"
Synonyms:
splattering, splatter, splashing, splutter, splash, dab, spatter, spattering, sputteringsputter, splutterverb
an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)
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spatter, splutter, sputtering, splatter, spattering, splatteringsputterverb
make an explosive sound
"sputtering engines"
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scramble, struggle, splutter, spit out, shin, shinny, clamber, skinsputterverb
cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed
"The solar wind protons must sputter away the surface atoms of the dust"
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scramble, struggle, splutter, spit out, shin, shinny, clamber, skinclamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputterverb
climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
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fight, beat, contend, shin, splutter, jumble, scramble, throw together, struggle, bark, spit out, pare, scrape, skin, peel, clamber, shinnysputter, splutterverb
utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage
Synonyms:
scramble, struggle, splutter, spit out, shin, shinny, clamber, skinsplutter, sputter, spit outverb
spit up in an explosive manner
Synonyms:
scramble, cough out, struggle, spit, splutter, clamber, spit up, spit out, cough up, expectorate, shin, shinny, skin
How to use sputter in a sentence?
Immediately you could see the engine started to sputter and just cut out, and he banked sharply to the left, he ended up crashing around the eighth hole.
China's economic engine... has begun to sputter, for the global economy that represents a problem.
Words popularity by usage frequency
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