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Synonyms for filter
ˈfɪl tərfil·ter

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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms4.2 / 5 votes

  1. filter

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

    Antonyms:
    befoul, muddle, disturb, thicken

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  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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Dictionary of English Synonymes5.0 / 1 vote

  1. filterverb

    Synonyms:
    strain, pass through a strainer

  2. filterverb

    Synonyms:
    percolate, transude, exude, strain, ooze

  3. filternoun

    Synonyms:
    strainer

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. filterverb

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

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How to use filter in a sentence?

  1. 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.

  2. Patrick Register:

    I have this forum that’s letting women of no filter — every age, race background, family, no family — I’m able to have these back and forth, one-on-one conversations and I’m getting amazing things.

  3. Matt Taibbi:

    The clear goal is to disempower alternative media, the end game here is to force all content to be sifted through the filter of larger outlets.

  4. Elon Musk:

    I tweet interesting things pretty much as they come to me, and probably with not much of a filter.

  5. Garrett Boyte:

    You look at that, and you think, 'Wow, gosh, you know, what would that do to my kidney or my liver?' the body can't filter that kind of stuff out.


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