filter - Similar and Opposite Words

What is another word for filter ?

Here are the synonyms for filter , a list of similar words for filter from our thesaurus that you can use

Noun

device that removes something from whatever passes through it

Synonyms

• filter

More generic

• device

More specific

• air cleaner
• air filter
• bacteria bed
• coffee filter
• diatomaceous earth
• diatomite
• diffusing screen
• drain basket
• filter bed
• fuel filter
• glass wool
• kieselguhr
• light filter
• oil filter
• strainer
• water filter

Noun

an electrical device that alters the frequency spectrum of signals passing through it

Synonyms

• filter

More generic

• electrical device

More specific

• high-pass filter
• low-pass filter

Verb

pass through

Synonyms

• filter
• percolate
• permeate
• sink in

More generic

• penetrate
• perforate

More specific

• infiltrate

Verb

remove by passing through a filter

Synonyms

• filter
• filter out
• filtrate
• separate out
• strain

More generic

• separate

Verb

run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream

Synonyms

• dribble
• filter
• trickle

More generic

• course
• feed
• flow
• run

More specific

• leach
• percolate

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