PERMEATE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for PERMEATE?

Need another word that means the same as “permeate”? Find 30 synonyms and 30 related words for “permeate” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Permeate” are: diffuse, imbue, interpenetrate, penetrate, pervade, riddle, filter, percolate, sink in, spread through, fill, filter through, diffuse through, pass through, percolate through, perfuse, extend throughout, be disseminated through, flow through, charge, suffuse, run through, steep, impregnate, inform, infiltrate, soak through, seep through, saturate, leach through

Permeate as a Verb

Definitions of "Permeate" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “permeate” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Spread throughout (something); pervade.
• Penetrate mutually or be interlocked.
• Spread or diffuse through.
• Pass through.

Synonyms of "Permeate" as a verb (30 Words)

be disseminated through	Spend or use time.
charge	Cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on. Wedding planners may charge an hourly fee of up to 150.
diffuse	Spread or diffuse through. Technologies diffuse rapidly.
diffuse through	Spread or diffuse through.
extend throughout	Thrust or extend out.
fill	Fill satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction. His presence filled us with foreboding.
filter	Process or treat with a filter. You ll be put through to a secretary whose job it is to filter calls.
filter through	Remove by passing through a filter.
flow through	Fall or flow in a certain way.
imbue	Fill soak or imbue totally. His works are invariably imbued with a sense of calm and serenity.
impregnate	Fertilize (an ovum). An atmosphere impregnated with tension.
infiltrate	Pass through an enemy line; in a military conflict. Lignocaine was infiltrated into the wound.
inform	Give incriminating information about someone to the police or other authority. He had been recruited by the KGB to inform on his fellow students.
interpenetrate	Penetrate mutually or be interlocked. Fibres of meaning interpenetrate every strand of sound.
leach through	Permeate or penetrate gradually.
pass through	Stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point.
percolate	Spread gradually through an area or group of people. It will have to be instant coffee there s no time to percolate any.
percolate through	Pass through.
perfuse	Cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across. The yellow light is perfused with white.
pervade	Be present and apparent throughout. A smell of stale cabbage pervaded the air.
riddle	Speak in riddles. Riddle me this then.
run through	Be affected by; be subjected to.
saturate	Supply (a market) beyond the point at which the demand for a product is satisfied. The soil is saturated.
seep through	Pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings.
sink in	Fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly.
soak through	Make drunk (with alcoholic drinks.
spread through	Become distributed or widespread.
steep	Devote (oneself) fully to. Steep the blossoms in oil.
suffuse	Cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across. Her cheeks were suffused with colour.

Usage Examples of "Permeate" as a verb

• Water permeates sand easily.
• The aroma of soup permeated the air.
• His personality has begun to permeate through the whole organization.
• An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration.

Associations of "Permeate" (30 Words)

bethink	Come to think. He bethought himself of the verse from the Book of Proverbs.
click	Produce a click. It s normal for a click to select an item.
diffuse	Spread or diffuse through. The problem is how to diffuse power without creating anarchy.
diffusion	The action of spreading the light from a light source evenly to reduce glare and harsh shadows. The diffusion of knowledge.
dispel	Force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings. The brightness of the day did nothing to dispel Elaine s dejection.
dispersed	Distributed or spread over a considerable extent. Has ties with many widely dispersed friends.
dispersion	The extent to which values of a variable differ from a fixed value such as the mean. The study looks at the dispersion of earnings with OECD member countries.
disseminate	Spread throughout an organ or the body. There is a subset of these low grade tumours that can disseminate and migrate.
dissemination	The act of dispersing or diffusing something. The dissemination of public information.
dissipate	Waste or fritter away (money, energy, or resources. No power is dissipated in this sort of control element.
filter	Process or treat with a filter. You ll be put through to a secretary whose job it is to filter calls.
growing	The process of an individual organism growing organically a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level. The needs of the growing child.
imbue	Fill soak or imbue totally. His works are invariably imbued with a sense of calm and serenity.
infiltrate	Cause (a liquid) to permeate something by filtration. One of the tumours infiltrated the submucosa.
intersperse	Introduce one’s writing or speech with certain expressions. Intersperse exclamation marks in the text.
leach	The process of leaching. Pesticides and fertilizers that leach into rivers.
omnipresent	(of God) present everywhere at the same time. The omnipresent threat of natural disasters.
percolate	Gain or regain energy. Percolate coffee.
perforate	Perforated. A perforated eardrum.
pervade	(especially of a smell) spread through and be perceived in every part of. The sense of crisis which pervaded Europe in the 1930s.
pierce	Cut or make a way through. A shrill voice pierced the air.
piercing	Painful as if caused by a sharp instrument. Piercing knifelike pains.
porous	Able to absorb fluids. Layers of porous limestones.
scatter	Sow by scattering. His family are hoping to scatter his ashes at sea.
scattered	Lacking orderly continuity. Scattered thoughts.
seep	Pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings. Water began to seep through the soles of his boots.
spread	The fact or process of spreading over an area. The owls have spread as far north as Kuala Lumpur.
stick	Stick to firmly. He collected dry sticks for a campfire.
strew	Scatter or spread (things) untidily over a surface or area. Leaves strewed the path.