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

2 senses of spurt

Sense 1
spurt, spirt, gush, spout -- (gush forth in a sudden stream or jet; "water gushed forth")
       => pour -- (flow in a spurt; "Water poured all over the floor")

Sense 2
forge, spurt, spirt -- (move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy)
       => travel, go, move, locomote -- (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast")

Antonyms of adj spurting

1 sense of spurting

Sense 1
jetting, spouting, spurting, squirting -- (propelled violently in a usually narrow stream)

INDIRECT (VIA running) -> standing -- ((of fluids) not moving or flowing; "mosquitoes breed in standing water")

Similarity of adj spurting

1 sense of spurting

Sense 1
jetting, spouting, spurting, squirting -- (propelled violently in a usually narrow stream)
       => running (prenominal) (vs. standing) -- ((of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream; "as mountain stream with freely running water"; "hovels without running water")