Synonyms for emission
ɪˈmɪʃ ənemis·sion

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. emission, emanationnoun

   the act of emitting; causing to flow forth

   Synonyms:
   expelling, rise, procession, discharge, emanation

2. discharge, emissionnoun

   a substance that is emitted or released

   Synonyms:
   dismissal, arc, emanation, firing, waiver, firing off, dismission, sack, discharge, venting, liberation, release, sacking, spark, run, electric arc, expelling, outpouring, electric discharge

3. emissionnoun

   the release of electrons from parent atoms

   Synonyms:
   expelling, discharge, emanation

4. discharge, emission, expellingnoun

   any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body

   "the discharge of pus"

   Synonyms:
   dismissal, arc, emanation, firing, waiver, firing off, dismission, sack, discharge, venting, liberation, release, sacking, spark, run, electric arc, expelling, outpouring, electric discharge

5. emissionnoun

   the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe)

   Synonyms:
   expelling, discharge, emanation

Matched Categories

1. • Bodily Process
   • Emergence
   • Flow
   • Material
   • Release

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. emissionnoun

   Synonyms:
   issue, sending out, throwing out

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:2.0 / 2 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "emission":

   emissions, issuance, emission-related, playout, issuing, programming, broadcasts, broadcast, discharge, emitting

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1. David Ryan:

   For road transport, hydrogen is the perfect fuel, for large lorries [ trucks ] and buses it is probably the future of clean fuel, because its emission is water.

2. Harjeet Singh:

   If these negotiations do not help countries to deal with the real impacts of climate change, and only prioritize emission targets, they will have failed the very people this agreement is meant to protect.

3. Gesa Reimelt:

   When you ride the truck the CO2 emission is really zero, now if you look at the energy consumption, if the energy is green energy that is charged in to the battery, then it's zero as well. So this is huge.

4. Jeffrey Toobin:

   In the United States, the government is immune from many lawsuits, their products never violated any existing law, because the emission of carbon in the atmosphere was not, and still is not, illegal.

5. Mel Ydreos:

   Regulations need to be advanced, especially on emission controls. As long as the policy makers send the right signals the industry will respond.