Synonyms for leak
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1. leaknoun

   an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape

   "one of the tires developed a leak"

   Synonyms:
   news leak, outflow, passing water, wetting, leakage, escape, making water

2. leaknoun

   soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi

   Synonyms:
   news leak, outflow, passing water, wetting, leakage, escape, making water

3. leak, wetting, making water, passing waternoun

   a euphemism for urination

   "he had to take a leak"

   Synonyms:
   wetting, making water, leakage, escape, news leak, outflow, passing water

4. escape, leak, leakage, outflownoun

   the discharge of a fluid from some container

   "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; "he had to clean up the leak"

   Synonyms:
   leakage, evasion, escape cock, fountain, escapism, flight, safety valve, escape, spring, news leak, dodging, wetting, passing water, making water, effluence, relief valve, natural spring, efflux, escape valve, outpouring, outflow

5. leak, news leakverb

   unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information

   Synonyms:
   wetting, making water, leakage, escape, news leak, outflow, passing water

6. leakverb

   tell anonymously

   "The news were leaked to the paper"

   Synonyms:
   leak out

7. leak, leak outverb

   be leaked

   "The news leaked out despite his secrecy"

   Synonyms:
   leak out

8. leakverb

   enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure

   "Water leaked out of the can into the backpack"; "Gas leaked into the basement"

   Synonyms:
   leak out

9. leakverb

   have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out

   "The container leaked gasoline"; "the roof leaks badly"

   Synonyms:
   leak out

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1. • Disclose
   • Hole
   • Issue
   • Soft Rot

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. leaknoun

   Synonyms:
   fissure (letting a liquid in or out), chink, crevice, hole

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1. leakverb

   Synonyms:
   percolate, filter, ooze

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:2.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "leak":

   leakage, leaked, flight, leaks, escape, leakproofness, absconding, spill, tailrace, getaway, leaking, waterproofing, brain, drop-out, fuga, seepage, spillage, flee

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How to use leak in a sentence?

1. Ayana Anderson:

   Education is needed to inform the public about the safe use of petroleum products and how to recognize a gas leak and know what steps to take to prevent explosions and fires.

2. Drew Holden:

   These awards are a good reminder about how much of corporate news coverage is not designed to educate everyday Americans but to win the praise of other elite, progressive institutions, cNN earning an award for coverage of the coronavirus outbreak, despite getting it wrong on masks, the lab leak hypothesis, transmission of the virus and more? ‘Nightline’ winning an award for the kidnapping plot of Governor Whitmer, which we’ve since come to find out involved more FBI agents and informants than actual perpetrators? You’ve got story after story listed for awards that not only got material facts wrong but for which other outlets did a far better job of getting the truth.

3. Rajnath Singh:

   We have been getting regular updates on the situation at the airport, the leak is under control but we are leaving no stone unturned to check all possibilities of the leakage.

4. Keith Ellison:

   The prosecution team is not the source of the leak. We will continue to take the strictest precautions to ensure a fair trial.

5. Trey Gowdy:

   I think the most troubling part for me is when Director Comey would not assure us that there’s a leak investigation.