Synonyms for leak
- noun
- verb
Definitions
- n. 1
A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape.
- n. 2
The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture.
The babies' diapers had big leaks.
- v. 1
To allow fluid or gas to pass through an opening that should be sealed.
The wells are believed to have been leaking oil for decades, long after the operating company ceased to exist.
Related words
- Word family
- leakage leaky
- Phrases
- take a leak leak out lambda leak memory leak
Example sentences
- leakage There has been some leakage behind the bathtub.
- outflow Engineers monitored the outflow from the dam to prevent flooding downstream.
- hole Just once, I'd like to get a hole-in-one some day.
- wetting No one can dry another's tears without wetting his own hands.
By length
- 3 letters
- rat1
- 4 letters
- hole1, void1, seep1, ooze1
- 5 letters
- chink1
- 6 letters
- escape2
- 7 letters
- leakage2, outflow2, wetting2, fissure2, crevice2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (escape2 = 2 syllables).