Synonyms for ripple

Synonyms for (noun) ripple

Synonyms: riffle, ripple, rippling, wavelet

Definition: a small wave on the surface of a liquid

Similar words: wave, moving ridge

Definition: one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)


Synonyms: ripple

Definition: (electronics) an oscillation of small amplitude imposed on top of a steady value

Similar words: vibration, oscillation

Definition: (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean


Synonyms for (verb) ripple

Synonyms: ruffle, cockle, undulate, riffle, ripple

Definition: stir up (water) so as to form ripples

Similar words: flow, flux

Definition: move or progress freely as if in a stream

Usage: The crowd flowed out of the stadium


Synonyms: babble, burble, bubble, guggle, gurgle, ripple

Definition: flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise

Usage: babbling brooks

Similar words: sound, go

Definition: make a certain noise or sound

Usage: She went `Mmmmm'; The gun went `bang'


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