Synonyms for porous
ˈpɔr əs, ˈpoʊr-por·ous

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1. porousadjective

   Synonyms:
   permeable

2. porousadjective

   Full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through.

   Synonyms:
   permeable

3. porousadjective

   (Of legislation) full of loopholes

   Synonyms:
   permeable

4. porousadjective

   With many gaps.

   Synonyms:
   permeable

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. porous

   Synonyms:
   foraminous, pervious, permeable, percolable

   Antonyms:
   impervious, impermeable, impercolable

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. porousadjective

   able to absorb fluids

   "the partly porous walls of our digestive system"; "compacting the soil to make it less porous"

   Synonyms:
   poriferous, holey

   Antonyms:
   nonporous, impermeable, tight

2. porous, poriferousadjective

   full of pores or vessels or holes

   Synonyms:
   poriferous, holey

   Antonyms:
   impermeable, nonporous, tight

3. holey, porousadjective

   allowing passage in and out

   "our unfenced and largely unpoliced border inevitably has been very porous"

   Synonyms:
   poriferous, holey

   Antonyms:
   nonporous, tight, impermeable

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1. porousadjective

   Synonyms:
   permeable, penetrable, pervious, percolable

   Antonyms:
   imporous, compact

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1. List of paraphrases for "porous":

   permeable, pore, leaky

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1. James Mwanga:

   This border is very porous, you will not know who has passed if the person went through the unofficial border posts, in most cases. Now there is anxiety and so on. We have heightened our alertness.

2. Sarah Palin:

   Trump is the candidate giving voice to untold millions of fed-up Americans witnessing a purposeful destruction of our economy and the equal opportunity for success that made America exceptional, we're watching career politicians throw away our kids' future through bankrupting public budgets and ripping open our porous borders which, obvious to all us non-politicians, puts us at great risk.

3. Rick Francona:

   And that border is very, very porous.

4. Murthy Gudipati:

   Deep fried ice cream is really the perfect analogy, because the interior of the comets should still be very cold and contain the more porous, amorphous ice.

5. Ellen Perez:

   [We] feel it's very important for Americans to have compassion in this situation. These are not random, uninvited immigrants pouring over a porous border. These are people that we gave our word to, they worked alongside us, believing in our cause. And we gave our word that if … they needed to leave because there were danger from the Taliban, then we would help them do so.