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puddle has 17 distinct synonyms spread across 5 of its 12 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
wade or dabble in a puddle
“The ducks and geese puddled in the backyard”
subject to puddling or form by puddling
“puddle iron”
dip into mud before planting
“puddle young plants”
work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud
mess around, as in a liquid or paste
“The children are having fun puddling in paint”
eliminate urine
“Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug”
a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry
a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid
“there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain”
something resembling a pool of liquid
“he stood in a pool of light”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for puddle come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.