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Synonyms for "porous" in English

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porous:
- porous; poriferous; holey
- porous; squeaky

English

Detailed Synonyms for porous in English

porous:

porous adj

porous
porous
- porous adj
porous

– full of pores or vessels or holes ¹
porous; poriferous
– full of pores or vessels or holes ¹
- porous adj
- poriferous adj
porous

– allowing passage in and out ¹
porous; holey
– allowing passage in and out ¹
- porous adj
  - our unfenced and largely unpoliced border inevitably has been very porous¹
- holey adj
porous

– able to absorb fluids ¹
porous
– able to absorb fluids ¹
- porous adj
  - the partly porous walls of our digestive system¹
  - compacting the soil to make it less porous¹

porous

porous
porous; squeaky
- porous
- squeaky

Related Words for "porous":

porousness

Alternate Synonyms for "porous":

Antonyms for "porous":

nonporous

Related Definitions for "porous":

full of pores or vessels or holes¹
allowing passage in and out¹
- our unfenced and largely unpoliced border inevitably has been very porous¹
able to absorb fluids¹
- the partly porous walls of our digestive system¹
- compacting the soil to make it less porous¹

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University