Synonyms for percolate
Definitions
- v. 1
To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.
- v. 2
To drain or seep through a porous substance.
Water percolates through sand.
Related words
- Word family
- percolation
Forms
- Past participle
- percolated
e.g. percolated → seeped, permeated, trickled, filtered…
Example sentences
- drip When I exercise in mid-summer, I drip with sweat.
- trickle Sami's problems would sometimes trickle over to me.
- seep If your windows are not airtight, moisture will seep in.
- permeate Hatred seems to permeate every corner of society these days.
By length
- 4 letters
- drop1, drip1, perk1, seep1, ooze1
- 5 letters
- drain1, exude2
- 6 letters
- filter2, strain1
- 7 letters
- trickle2
- 8 letters
- permeate3, transude
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (exude2 = 2 syllables).