Synonyms & related words for pervious

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of pervious — including permeable, porous, porose, penetrable, receptive. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to pervious

Explore words related to pervious — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include perviousness, nonpermeable, semipermeability, semipermeable, impermeable, impermeably, permeance, permeant. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for pervious

Common synonyms for pervious include permeable, porous, porose, penetrable, receptive — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does pervious come from?

The word pervious breaks down into 3 roots of Latin origin: per-, from Latin per (“through”); vi, from Latin via (“way, road”); and -ous, from Latin osus (“full of, characterized by”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.