Definition for Filter:

• 1. To pass a fluid through a porous substance which arrests all suspended solid particles except those of extreme minuteness. 2. An apparatus provided with a porous substance through which a fluid is passed in order to separate it from any solids it may contain.

Synonyms for Filter:

• n.

  •
  • dislodge,
  • exude,
  • flush out,
  • distill,
  • take off,
  • drain,
  • seep,
  • sweep away,
  • weed out,
  • take,
  • remove,
  • extract,
  • infiltrate,
  • get out.
  •
  • burette,
  • accelerator,
  • separate,
  • bell jar,
  • conical flask,
  • Bunsen Burner,
  • boiling tube,
  • beaker,
  • centrifuge,
  • electron microscope,
  • condenser.
  •
  • bot,
  • bootstrap program,
  • compiler,
  • client,
  • applet,
  • add-on,
  • assembler,
  • architecture,
  • browser,
  • computer program.
  •
  • camera,
  • digicam,
  • darkroom,
  • celluloid,
  • aperture,
  • Asa,
  • camcorder,
  • boom,
  • cartridge,
  • developer.
  •
  • come out,
  • appear,
  • break,
  • emerge,
  • spread,
  • circulate,
  • get around,
  • leak out.
  •
  • back up.
  •
  • cigar,
  • cigarette paper,
  • briar,
  • fag,
  • ciggy,
  • butt,
  • cigarette,
  • chew,
  • cheroot.
  •
  • head,
  • forge ahead,
  • press,
  • pass,
  • carry on,
  • walk-on,
  • go,
  • flow,
  • move,
  • progress.
  •
  • crossing,
  • crossroads,
  • cross,
  • circus,
  • cone.
  •artifact (noun)
  • filter.
  •dribble (noun)
  • dribble.
  •filter (noun)
  • trickle.
  •refiner (noun)
  • de odorizer,
  • de-odorizer,
  • dis infectant,
  • de-contaminant,
  • de contaminants,
  • dis-infectant,
  • re-finer,
  • de contaminant,
  • de-odorizers,
  • re finer,
  • de-contaminants,
  • de odorizers,
  • decontaminants.
  •refinery (noun)
  • re finery,
  • re fineries,
  • re-finery,
  • re-fineries.
  •sieve (noun)
  • sifter,
  • sifters.

• v.

  •clarify (verb)
  • dis tills,
  • dis till,
  • dis tilled,
  • dis-till,
  • dis-tills,
  • dis tilling,
  • dis-tilled,
  • dis-tilling.
  •clean (verb)
  • cleanse,
  • order,
  • Disinfect,
  • clear,
  • wipe,
  • launder,
  • sterilize,
  • sweep,
  • wash,
  • tidy,
  • scrub,
  • neaten,
  • sanitize,
  • purge.
  •contact (verb)
  • sink in,
  • strain,
  • separate out,
  • filter out,
  • permeate.
  •funnel (verb)
  • Trajected,
  • trajects,
  • Trajecting.
  •percolate (verb)
  • trans fusing,
  • trans fuse,
  • trans fused,
  • trans-fuse,
  • trans-fusing,
  • trans fuses,
  • trans-fused,
  • trans-fuses.
  •purify (verb)
  • refine,
  • simplify.
  •refine (verb)
  • pro cess,
  • pro-cessed,
  • re fining,
  • pro cessed,
  • re-fining,
  • pro cessing,
  • re fines,
  • re-fine,
  • re-fines,
  • re-fined,
  • re fined,
  • pro-cess,
  • re fine,
  • pro-cesses.
  •separate to refine; seep through (verb)
  • soak through,
  • Osmose,
  • escape,
  • metastasize,
  • penetrate,
  • leak,
  • winnow.
  •sift (verb)
  • digged into,
  • co-lander,
  • pro-spects,
  • co-landers,
  • pro-bed,
  • dug into,
  • dug in to,
  • co lander,
  • delving in to,
  • in quires,
  • pores over,
  • pored over,
  • delving into,
  • in-quiring,
  • delves into,
  • co landers,
  • in quired,
  • in-quired,
  • in quire,
  • pro spects,
  • go in to,
  • digging in to,
  • in-quires,
  • delve in to,
  • delved in to,
  • digs in to,
  • in-quire,
  • pro spect,
  • dig in to,
  • digged in to,
  • digs into,
  • delved into,
  • in quiring,
  • digging into,
  • pro bed,
  • delves in to.
  •transude (verb)
  • trans pire,
  • trans-pire.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • red light,
  • level crossing,
  • road sign,
  • pedestrian crossing,
  • grade crossing,
  • bottleneck,
  • congestion charge,
  • bumper-to-bumper,
  • railroad crossing,
  • traffic calming,
  • traffic island,
  • traffic lights,
  • snarl up,
  • jaywalking,
  • traffic cone,
  • gridlock,
  • crosswalk,
  • speed limit,
  • waver,
  • diffusion,
  • T-intersection,
  • green light,
  • refract,
  • stoplight,
  • traffic jam,
  • stopstreet,
  • zebra crossing,
  • pierce.
  •
  • jam,
  • clarify,
  • congestion,
  • reflect,
  • bounce off,
  • hold up,
  • reflective,
  • subway.
  •
  • rotary,
  • ticket,
  • bathe,
  • tied up,
  • traffic,
  • busy,
  • snarl,
  • right of way,
  • fade.
  •
  • robot,
  • spill.
  •
  • focus.
  •
  • bend,
  • travel,
  • flood.
  •
  • signal.
  •
  • rush.
  •
  • play.
  •
  • guide.
  •
  • fall,
  • strike.
  •
  • catch.
  •
  • light.
  •comb
  • honeycomb.
  •drip
  • plop.
  •purify
  • Elutriating,
  • Edulcorated,
  • expiates,
  • lustrate,
  • Elutriate,
  • Deterging,
  • rarified,
  • Edulcorating,
  • rarifying,
  • aerifies,
  • edulcorates,
  • edulcorate,
  • fumigate,
  • rarifies,
  • rarify,
  • aerify,
  • deterge.
  •screen
  • pick out,
  • picking out,
  • sieved,
  • sieving,
  • picks out,
  • picked out.

Paraphrases for Filter:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    Filtered.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Filtered.

• Independent

  • Adjective, comparative
    cleaner.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    trap, teflon.
  • Verb, base form
    leach.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    Filtering.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Filtering, filtration, cleaner, screen, screens, strainer.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Filtering, filtration, cleaner, screen, strainer.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    screen.
  • Verb, base form
    screen.

Antonyms for Filter:

• v.

  • separate to refine; seep through
    combine, collect, pour, pollute.
  • Other antonyms:
    dirty, begrime, soil, cloud, taint, defile, sully, besmirch, dull, muddy, foul.

Filter Sentence Examples:

• Next, excited voices began to filter down, faint in the morning air.

• In the dim light that seemed always to filter through these gray clouds they could see the distant, level horizon.

Hypernym for Filter:

• n.

  • artifact
    air filter, filter bed, diatomaceous earth, glass wool, high-pass filter, air cleaner, kieselguhr, oil filter, diatomite, bacteria bed, light filter, fuel filter, drain basket, water filter, strainer, low-pass filter, diffusing screen, coffee filter.

• v.

  • contact
    infiltrate.

Hyponym for Filter:

• n.

  • artifact
    device, electrical device.

• v.

  • contact
    penetrate, separate, perforate.