Synonyms for pervade
pərˈveɪdper·vade

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.4 / 9 votes

1. pervade

   Synonyms:
   permeate, fill, saturate, color, tinge, fill, diffuse

   Antonyms:
   touch, affect

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1. permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue, riddleverb

   spread or diffuse through

   "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"; "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks"

   Synonyms:
   fall into place, circulate, spread, infiltrate, interpenetrate, sink in, soak, penetrate, bottom, disperse, circularize, propagate, pass around, riddle, spread out, filter, come home, disseminate, perforate, dawn, hue, click, diffuse, broadcast, screen, distribute, percolate, fan out, circularise, get across, fathom, imbue, get through, permeate

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1. pervadeverb

   Synonyms:
   permeate, penetrate, pass through

2. pervadeverb

   Synonyms:
   overspread, fill, run through, be diffused through, be disseminated through

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1. List of paraphrases for "pervade":

   permeate, imbue

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1. Scott Long:

   There is consistent pattern of invading private life. Arresting people in their apartment, breaking down their doors, looking for evidence of 'deviance', what underwear you wear, looking for condoms in the drawers, this is a strong message by the state power to pervade private life.

2. J. Gresham Machen:

   The Christian cannot be satisfied so long as any human activity is either opposed to Christianity or out of connection with Christianity. Christianity must pervade not merely all nations but also all of human thought.

3. Barry Schwartz:

   Our institutions and values are in jeopardy as the mores of the market pervade all social life in this country. Loyalty, honesty, courage, discipline, patriotism, and commitment to family are being crowded out by the goals and rules of economic rationality -- do whatever makes the most money.

4. Benjamin Franklin, letter to David Hartley, December 4, 1789:

   God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervade all the nations of the earth, so that a philosopher may set his foot anywhere on its surface and say: "This is my country."