filter

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of FILTER

to pass through a filter <steep the tea and then filter it to get rid of the leaves>

Synonyms filter, screen

Related Words leach, percolate

to remove usually visible impurities from <after frying the chicken, we filtered the oil and kept it in the refrigerator to use again>

Synonyms clear, distill (also distil), filter, fine, garble, purify

Related Words process, rectify, refine; clean, cleanse, decontaminate, elutriate, purge, wash; extract, leach; bolt, screen, sieve, sift; disinfect, sanitize

Near Antonyms cloud, dull, muddy; contaminate, dirty, soil; defile, pollute, taint; begrime, besmirch, foul, sully

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