Need another word that means the same as “seep”? Find 20 synonyms and 30 related words for “seep” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Seep” are: ooze, trickle, exude, drip, dribble, flow, issue, discharge, excrete, escape, leak, drain, bleed, sweat, well, leach, filter, percolate, permeate, soak
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “seep” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| bleed | Get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone. Air can be got rid of by bleeding the radiator at the vent. |
| discharge | Go off or discharge. The eyes and nose began to discharge. |
| drain | Empty of liquid drain the liquid from. Gradually the tension and stress drained away. |
| dribble | Propel. He attempted to dribble the ball from the goal area. |
| drip | (of liquid) fall in small drops. His hands were dripping with blood. |
| escape | Interrupt an operation by means of the escape key. We escaped to our summer house for a few days. |
| excrete | (of a living organism or cell) separate and expel as waste (a substance, especially a product of metabolism. Excess bicarbonate is excreted by the kidney. |
| exude | Release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities. Sir Thomas exuded goodwill. |
| filter | Remove by passing through a filter. You ll be put through to a secretary whose job it is to filter calls. |
| flow | Fall or flow in a certain way. Their talk and laughter grew louder as the excellent brandy flowed. |
| issue | Prepare and issue for public distribution or sale. Licences were issued indiscriminately to any company. |
| leach | Cause a liquid to leach or percolate. Pesticides and fertilizers that leach into rivers. |
| leak | Be leaked. A report was leaked to the press. |
| ooze | Slowly exude or discharge a viscous fluid. She oozes a raunchy sex appeal. |
| percolate | Permeate or penetrate gradually. It will have to be instant coffee there s no time to percolate any. |
| permeate | Spread throughout (something); pervade. Water permeates sand easily. |
| soak | Fill soak or imbue totally. Soak the bandage with disinfectant. |
| sweat | Get rid of something from the body by exuding sweat. He s not going to have a lot of time to sweat the details. |
| trickle | Cause (a liquid) to flow in a small stream. A solitary tear trickled down her cheek. |
| well | Come up, as of a liquid. Tears well in her eyes. |
| bethink | Come to think. He bethought himself of the verse from the Book of Proverbs. |
| bleed | An instance of bleeding. The picture bleeds on three sides. |
| click | Make a clicking or ticking sound. The key clicked in the lock and the door opened. |
| cut | A passage cut or dug out as a railway cutting or a new channel made for a river or other waterway. They cut her in public. |
| emit | Make (a sound. The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits. |
| filter | A traffic light signalling a filter arrangement. Many other apps also offer filters for enhancing photos. |
| hole | Make a hole or holes in. The dog had dug a hole in the ground. |
| imbue | Fill soak or imbue totally. His works are invariably imbued with a sense of calm and serenity. |
| impregnate | Fertilize (an ovum). Wood which had been impregnated with preservative. |
| infiltrate | Enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members. Virtually no water infiltrates deserts such as the Sahara. |
| leach | The process of leaching. The nutrient is quickly leached away. |
| leaky | Permitting the unwanted passage of fluids or gases. A leaky defense system. |
| omnipresent | (of God) present everywhere at the same time. The omnipresent threat of natural disasters. |
| ooze | The sluggish flow of a fluid. I picked a fruit and watched the ooze of fig milk from the stem. |
| penetrable | Capable of being penetrated. The outer membrane is penetrable. |
| percolate | (of coffee) be prepared in a percolator. He put some coffee on to percolate. |
| perforate | Perforated. A perforate shell. |
| permeable | (of a material or membrane) allowing liquids or gases to pass through it. Permeable sandy soils. |
| permeate | Penetrate mutually or be interlocked. His personality has begun to permeate through the whole organization. |
| pervade | Spread or diffuse through. A smell of stale cabbage pervaded the air. |
| pervious | (of a substance) allowing water to pass through; permeable. Pervious rocks. |
| pierce | Force a way through; penetrate. Light pierced through the forest. |
| piercing | (of a feeling) intense, typically in a distressing way. Piercing knifelike pains. |
| porous | Allowing passage in and out. Compacting the soil to make it less porous. |
| pushing | The act of applying force in order to move something away. The pushing is good exercise. |
| sap | A piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people. Her illness had sapped her of energy and life. |
| snap | The act of snapping the fingers movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand. He could call a snap election. |
| stick | In field hockey the foul play of raising the stick above the shoulder. A stick of dynamite. |
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