SPILLED Synonyms: 82 Similar and Opposite Words

spilled

verb

variants also spilt

past tense of spill

as in revealed

to make known (as information previously kept secret) the actor's butler spilled the secret to a tabloid for $40,000

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Recent Examples of spilled The selling pressure subsequently spilled over into global markets. — CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026 Eight people were injured, and Interstate 290 was blocked for several hours on Monday, after a semi-trailer truck spilled a load of concrete bricks onto the road in northwest suburban Itasca. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026 Owens draped Punk over the top rope with a suplex as the action spilled to the outside. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Cleaning expert Valentina Rios cautions that spilled poultry or meat juice can be particularly bothersome. — Abby Monteil, The Spruce, 20 Aug. 2026 This isn’t the first time a tractor-trailer incident has spilled food on the road this year. — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 20 Aug. 2026 More than 20 tons of squid in all were spilled from the trailer, ABC News reported. — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026 Pizza Hut has reintroduced its iconic Tiffany lamps at more than 150 locations, and demand has spilled well beyond the dining room. — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 18 Aug. 2026 The incident spilled into the hallway, where two security personnel pinned Miller to the ground. — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 18 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for spilled

Verb

Then there is the summer of life, where the fruits of it all are being revealed.

— Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2026
When it was revealed that the band Geese used a digital marketing firm that deployed thousands of social media accounts to boost their music in users’ feeds, critics called the band a psyop.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of revealed

Verb

Multiple playable pre-release versions of Portal 2 contain some of the most intriguing cut content discovered so far.

— Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 30 Aug. 2026
For decades, an attacker discovered a vulnerability, a security tool generated an alert, an analyst investigated it, the issue was escalated and eventually someone decided what to do.

— Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of discovered

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Under new defensive coordinator Gary Patterson, USC shut out San Jose Staté in the first half, but its depth issues on defense were exposed in the fourth quarter.

— Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
High humidity and sweltering heat accelerated decomposition, compounding the challenges as health experts warned that leaving the remains exposed could increase the risk of disease.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of exposed

Verb

The catalog spans genres such as fantasy, family drama, romance and billionaire romance, told in episodes running 60-90 seconds.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
Roughly half of Stars and Stripes' $29 million annual budget comes from taxpayers, a person familiar with the newspaper's operations told CBS News last week.

— Joe Walsh, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026