Synonyms & related words for porous

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of porous — including permeable, pervious, penetrable, spongy, cribriform, leaky. 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 porous

Explore words related to porous — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include poriferous, porousness, holey, nonporous, goglet, itacolumite, porosity, nonpermeable. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for porous

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

Where does porous come from?

The word porous breaks down into one root of Greek origin: the root por-, from Greek poros (“passage, pore”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.