Antonyms for filter
ˈfɪl tərfil·ter

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1. filterverb

   Synonyms:
   filter out

2. filterverb

   To sort, sift, or isolate.

   Synonyms:
   filter out

3. filterverb

   To diffuse; to cause to be less concentrated or focused.

   Synonyms:
   filter out

4. filterverb

   To pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter.

   Synonyms:
   filter out

5. filterverb

   To move slowly or gradually; to come or go a few at a time.

   The collection of cofinite subsets of is a filter under inclusion: it includes the intersection of every pair of its members, and includes every superset of every cofinite set.

   Synonyms:
   filter out

6. filternoun

   To ride a motorcycle between lanes on a road

   Synonyms:
   filter out

   Antonyms:
   ideal

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1. filter

   Antonyms:
   befoul, muddle, disturb, thicken

   Synonyms:
   strain, percolate, refine, distil, ooze, exude, leak, depurate, defecate, clarify

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1. filternoun

   device that removes something from whatever passes through it

2. filterverb

   an electrical device that alters the frequency spectrum of signals passing through it

3. filter, filtrate, strain, separate out, filter outverb

   remove by passing through a filter

   "filter out the impurities"

   Synonyms:
   sift, separate out, reach, strain, filter out, tense up, dribble, permeate, sink in, tense, try, extend, puree, distort, strive, percolate, filtrate, trickle, sieve, deform, stress

4. percolate, sink in, permeate, filterverb

   pass through

   "Water permeates sand easily"

   Synonyms:
   click, separate out, penetrate, perk up, dawn, leach, dribble, permeate, get through, diffuse, sink in, strain, gain vigor, come home, perk, imbue, percolate, filtrate, pervade, riddle, pick up, get across, fall into place, filter out, interpenetrate, trickle

5. trickle, dribble, filterverb

   run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream

   "water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose"; "reports began to dribble in"

   Synonyms:
   drool, separate out, drivel, strain, slobber, dribble, permeate, percolate, slabber, drop, filter out, filtrate, drip, trickle, carry, sink in, slaver

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1. filterverb

   Synonyms:
   strain, clarify, filtrate, percolate, exude, ooze, seep, transude, infiltrate

How to use filter in a sentence?

1. Tom Emrich:

   What I don’t like are the notifications, because they aren’t contextual and there’s no way to filter them based on what I want to see and what I don’t want to see, google Glass could have solved the ergonomic problem with having to glance down at a smartphone constantly, yet having every single text message and email pop-up is not helpful.

2. Alyssa Pike:

   The general rule of thumb for emergencies is to store at least one gallon of water per person or pet per day and to have a three-day supply handy. However, if you typically drink tap water or have some sort of filter, I wouldn't worry about buying copious amounts of water.

3. Matt Travis:

   We generally had try to fly under the radar, knowing how fraught with peril this election might be because of the non-traditional way the votes would eventually be tabulated and the timing of that... we tried to kind of filter out that noise.

4. Wang Shu:

   The lens focuses on the scenery, sunlight illuminates the interior as gentle breezes filter through it, and our gaze is guided to the mountains far away.

5. Anthony Marchese:

   The analogy that I use is, you own a Ferrari that has a $50 oil filter under the hood, without that oil filter, that Ferrari is useless.

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