Synonyms for porous
- adjective
Most common
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Permeable
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through.
Concrete is porous, so water will slowly filter through it.
Related words
- Word family
- porosity porousness
- Other spellings
- porose
Example sentences
- permeable The runoff ended up infiltrating into the permeable soil.
- leaky Is there anyone I can call to fix my leaky ceiling?
- spongy Oooh, gross! What is that stuff? It's all spongy.
- holey What should we do with these holey socks?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| porous | steady | |
| permeable | falling | |
| pervious | falling | |
| penetrable | steady | |
| leaky | rising | |
| spongy | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- leaky2, holey
- 6 letters
- spongy2
- 8 letters
- pervious
- 9 letters
- permeable4
- 10 letters
- penetrable, poriferous
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (leaky2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- poreux
- Italiano
- poroso
- Deutsch
- durchlässig