Synonyms for ripple
ˈrɪp əlrip·ple

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1. ripple, rippling, riffle, waveletnoun

   a small wave on the surface of a liquid

   Synonyms:
   rippling, riffle, wavelet

2. rippleverb

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

   Synonyms:
   rippling, riffle, wavelet

3. ripple, ruffle, riffle, cockle, undulateverb

   stir up (water) so as to form ripples

   Synonyms:
   prance, flick, mix, flip, tittup, shuffle, rumple, ruffle up, cock, roll, sashay, flap, babble, knit, leaf, swagger, strut, pleat, riffle, gurgle, riff, cockle, burble, thumb, wave, crumple, pucker, ruffle, mess up, guggle, undulate, fluff, bubble

4. ripple, babble, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgleverb

   flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise

   "babbling brooks"

   Synonyms:
   babble, blither, gurgle, tattle, babble out, smatter, belch, riffle, burble, bubble, blather, sing, blab out, eruct, talk, spill the beans, burp, guggle, ruffle, undulate, blab, peach, cockle, blether, let the cat out of the bag

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1. • Wave

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1. rippleverb

   Synonyms:
   purl

2. ripplenoun

   Synonyms:
   rimple, undulation, little wave

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1. rippleverb

   Synonyms:
   fret

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1. List of paraphrases for "ripple":

   wave, training

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1. Dan Ives:

   It's a confession that the coronavirus [ is ] impacting personal computers, it's a negative but not a gamechanger for Microsoft. It will have a ripple impact across the supply chain [ and ] fans the flames on coronavirus worries. Apple and Microsoft have now confirmed the negative impact Wall Street had feared.

2. Jason Pride:

   With oil prices being back up into that $ 40 range, some of the downside that was associated with the energy market... is more subdued at these current prices, or at least held at bay, and the ripple effects from that are also held at bay.

3. Jeff Andrews:

   We tend to focus our telescopes in other directions because Our Milky Way galaxy's easier to find things, now we're starting to find these streams in Our Milky Way galaxy Our Milky Way galaxy. Our Milky Way galaxy's like finding a needle in a haystack. Or, in this case, finding a ripple in an ocean.

4. Robert F. Kennedy, South Africa, 1966:

   It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.

5. Robert F. Kennedy:

   Each time someone stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.