Synonyms for filtering
- noun
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
The process of passing something through a filter.
Forms
- Plural
- filterings → filtrations, filtrates, percolations, oozings…
Example sentences
- filtration There's a problem with the water filtration system.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| filtering | rising | |
| filtration | falling | |
| percolation | steady | |
| filtrate | falling | |
| exudation | falling | |
| transudation | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- oozing2
- 8 letters
- filtrate
- 9 letters
- exudation
- 10 letters
- filtration3
- 11 letters
- percolation
- 12 letters
- transudation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (oozing2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- filtrage
- Italiano
- filtraggio