spill over

1. 1.

   overflow with a certain feeling

   “The children bubbled over with joy”

   “My boss was bubbling over with anger”

   Synonymsbubble overoverflow

   Broaderseethe
2. 2.

   be disgorged

   “The crowds spilled out into the streets”

   Synonymsspill outpour out

   Broaderpour

Questions about spill over

What does spill over mean?

spill over means "overflow with a certain feeling". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for spill over?

Close synonyms include bubble over, overflow, spill out, pour out. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is spill over a common word?

spill over is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.