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filter

The word “filter” has 2 syllables: fil-ter

It's pronounced as /ˈfɪltər/

What is synonym and antonym for filter?

In the thesaurus, “filter” has 45 synonyms and 33 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for filter along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for filter

Antonyms for filter

Meanings of filter

  • noun
    1. A device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or particulate matter from a fluid, solution, or other substance; any device that separates one substance from another.
    2. Electronics or software that separates unwanted signals (for example noise) from wanted signals or that attenuates selected frequencies.
    3. Any item, mechanism, device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate.
    4. Self-restraint in speech.
    5. A non-empty upper set (of a partially ordered set) which is closed under binary infima (a.k.a. meets).
  • verb
    1. To sort, sift, or isolate.
    2. To diffuse; to cause to be less concentrated or focused.
    3. To pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter.
    4. To move slowly or gradually; to come or go a few at a time.
    5. To ride a motorcycle between lanes on a road.

Example Sentences

  • Please replace the water filter every three months.
  • She used a photo filter to brighten the image.
  • The machine has a special filter to remove dust from the air.
  • Parents should filter the content their children watch online.
  • Coffee tastes better when the filter is clean.

On this page you'll find 78 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to filter, such as: adulterant, begrime, besmirch, blot, blotch, bolt, clarifier.

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  • asepsis
  • chastity
  • clarifier
  • clarity
  • clean hands
  • cleanliness
  • cleanness
  • clear conscience
  • disinfection
  • filter
  • freshness
  • guiltlessness
  • immaculacy
  • impeccability
  • incorruptibility
  • incorruption
  • inculpability
  • nattiness
  • neatness
  • probity
  • pureness
  • purifier
  • purity
  • refiner
  • righteousness
  • sanitation
  • sinlessness
  • spotlessness
  • spruceness
  • stainlessness
  • sterility
  • taintlessness
  • tidiness
  • trimness
  • unsulliedness
  • untaintedness
  • uprightness
  • virtue
  • whiteness

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