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

Matched Categories

1. • Disclose
   • Hole
   • Issue
   • Soft Rot

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

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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. 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.

2. Bob Braun:

   One of they ways that these tests are administered is through Chromebooks, so the access to the questions are relatively easy, what does matter to Pearson is if the questions leak, they would likely have to develop new items and that’s a cost they don’t want to spend money on.

3. Brent Musburger:

   As I told coach, whoever took you out, Jon, that was a paid assassin, that was one of the best hit jobs that I’ve ever been around. They didn’t go to their media g-------. They didn’t leak this to Adam Schefter or one of those guys that breaks stories. They first went to the Wall Street Journal. And when Gruden was still coaching after that, then they dumped the rest of it on the New York Times. That was a professional hit job.

4. Christie Barnes:

   I used tissue from the inside of her nose to plug the leak, i also borrowed some abdominal fat ; it makes a great plugging agent in this location, so with just a tiny bit of fat, I was able to plug the leak.

5. Daniel Wroclawski:

   Another thing to keep in mind is that if it's a gas-powered water heater, it could be that the pilot light is out, in which case David Heiman would have an actual gas leak issue. That's very dangerous.