Number and Spill

Number

Number verb - To find the sum of (a collection of things) by noting each one as it is being added.

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Spill and number are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spill" instead a verb "Number".

Nearby Words: numberless, numbered, numbering

Spill verb - To make known (as information previously kept secret).

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Number and spill are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Number" instead a verb "Spill".

substantial	substantial number	substantial spill
single	single number	single spill
small	small number	small spill
massive	massive number	massive spill
Other adjectives: large, big, huge, vast.

number role

spill role

Fame (1980) is mostly diegetic, as is appropriate for a film about a school for the performing arts, but one number, Hot Lunch, seems to spill into Alternate Universe territory.

Source: Musical World Hypotheses
Tanner then proceeds to make a number of mumbled threats that are so terrifying that the thug then spits out a mouthful of marbles in order to understandably spill his guts.

Source: Series / Angie Tribeca
TransOcean has an even worse safety record, actually citing the year of the spill as their best year ever and their least number of accidents.

Source: Failsafe Failure

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Spill or Number. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/number/spill.

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