Synonyms for leak
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1. leaknoun

   an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape

   "one of the tires developed a leak"

   Synonyms:
   news leak, outflow, passing water, wetting, leakage, escape, making water

2. leaknoun

   soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi

   Synonyms:
   news leak, outflow, passing water, wetting, leakage, escape, making water

3. leak, wetting, making water, passing waternoun

   a euphemism for urination

   "he had to take a leak"

   Synonyms:
   wetting, making water, leakage, escape, news leak, outflow, passing water

4. escape, leak, leakage, outflownoun

   the discharge of a fluid from some container

   "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; "he had to clean up the leak"

   Synonyms:
   leakage, evasion, escape cock, fountain, escapism, flight, safety valve, escape, spring, news leak, dodging, wetting, passing water, making water, effluence, relief valve, natural spring, efflux, escape valve, outpouring, outflow

5. leak, news leakverb

   unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information

   Synonyms:
   wetting, making water, leakage, escape, news leak, outflow, passing water

6. leakverb

   tell anonymously

   "The news were leaked to the paper"

   Synonyms:
   leak out

7. leak, leak outverb

   be leaked

   "The news leaked out despite his secrecy"

   Synonyms:
   leak out

8. leakverb

   enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure

   "Water leaked out of the can into the backpack"; "Gas leaked into the basement"

   Synonyms:
   leak out

9. leakverb

   have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out

   "The container leaked gasoline"; "the roof leaks badly"

   Synonyms:
   leak out

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   • Hole
   • Issue
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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. leaknoun

   Synonyms:
   fissure (letting a liquid in or out), chink, crevice, hole

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1. leakverb

   Synonyms:
   percolate, filter, ooze

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:2.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "leak":

   leakage, leaked, flight, leaks, escape, leakproofness, absconding, spill, tailrace, getaway, leaking, waterproofing, brain, drop-out, fuga, seepage, spillage, flee

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How to use leak in a sentence?

1. Katie Harbath:

   There’s the hack part, the leak part, and the classified part, there’s all those different components. No company alone is going to be able to determine every single one of those without help.

2. Hannah Cloke:

   There's a real lack of respect for the water that we've got, this really, quite precious resource, we drink it, we use it to grow our food, and yet we are still letting it leak all over the place. That's one of the biggest issues. The water companies are just letting it leak -- they've really dropped the ball there.

3. James Comey:

   Leaks are always a problem, but especially in the last three-to-six months, where there is a leak of classified information, the FBI -- if it's our information -- makes a referral to the Department of Justice.

4. Anthony Fauci:

   I do, right, and I'm not alone in that, a recent paper was put out by 21 very well internationally-respected virologists and evolutionary biologists who said the same thing as I'm saying. And I rely on people like that, who have great experience in this. That's what they do every single day -- who, again, are open minded -- and are saying it's conceivable that you may have had a lab leak. So you've got to keep an open mind to all possibilities, but they feel that the more likely explanation is a natural evolution from an animal host to a human.

5. Nattapong Nithi-Uthai:

   There should be designated places for every single item to go. If things are piled up somewhere, they can leak into the ocean, producers should also be made responsible for taking back the single-use plastic they produce ... This might make them think twice about producing single-use packaging.