Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb ripple

2 senses of ripple

Sense 1
ripple, ruffle, riffle, cockle, undulate -- (stir up (water) so as to form ripples)
       => flow, flux -- (move or progress freely as if in a stream; "The crowd flowed out of the stadium")

Sense 2
ripple, babble, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle -- (flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling brooks")
       => sound, go -- (make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'")

Antonyms of adj rippled

2 senses of rippled

Sense 1
crinkled, crinkly, rippled, wavy, wavelike -- (uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves)

INDIRECT (VIA uneven) -> even -- (being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with); "an even application of varnish"; "an even floor"; "the road was not very even"; "the picture is even with the window")

Sense 2
rippled, ruffled -- (shaken into waves or undulations as by wind; "the rippled surface of the pond"; "with ruffled flags flying")

INDIRECT (VIA agitated) -> unagitated -- (not physically disturbed or set in motion)

Similarity of adj rippled

2 senses of rippled

Sense 1
crinkled, crinkly, rippled, wavy, wavelike -- (uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves)
       => uneven (vs. even) -- (not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture; "an uneven color"; "uneven ground"; "uneven margins"; "wood with an uneven grain")

Sense 2
rippled, ruffled -- (shaken into waves or undulations as by wind; "the rippled surface of the pond"; "with ruffled flags flying")
       => agitated (vs. unagitated) -- (physically disturbed or set in motion; "the agitated mixture foamed and bubbled")

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