in-filtration

Main Entry:
incursion [in-kur-zhuhn, -shuhn]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: invasion
Synonyms: aggression, attack, foray, infiltration, inroad, intrusion, irruption, penetration, raid
Antonyms: retreat
Main Entry: mix/mixture
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: assortment, combination
Synonyms: admixture, adulteration, alloy, amalgam, amalgamation, assimilation, association, batter, blend, brew, combine, combo, commixture, composite, compound, concoction, confection, conglomeration, cross, crossing, dough, fusion, goulash, grab bag, hodgepodge, hybrid, hybridization, incorporation, infiltration, interfusion, jumble, mash, medley, merger, mingling, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, mosaic, mélange, package, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi, saturation, soup, stew, transfusion, union, variety
Antonyms: disconnection, division, separation
Main Entry: transit
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: transportation
Synonyms: alteration, carriage, carrying, conveyance, crossing, infiltration, motion, movement, osmosis, passage, penetration, permeation, portage, shift, shipment, transfer, transference, transport, transporting, travel, traverse
Main Entry: mixture
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: combination
Synonyms: admixture, adulteration, alloy, amalgam, amalgamation, assimilation, association, batter, blend, brew, combine, combo, commixture, composite, compound, concoction, confection, conglomeration, cross, crossing, dough, fusion, goulash, grab bag, hodgepodge, hybrid, hybridization, incorporation, infiltration, interfusion, jumble, mash, medley, merger, mingling, miscellany, mishmash, mix, mixed bag, mosaic, mélange, package, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi, saturation, soup, stew, transfusion, union, variety
Notes: in a mixture, the combined elements lose their individual identities and are fused, blended, or compounded in the result; in a mix, the elements, though combined, retain their individual identities
Main Entry: penetration
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: act of entering
Synonyms: diffusion, entrance, forcing, infiltration, ingress, insertion, invasion, osmosis, perforation, piercing, punching, seepage, stabbing, thrusting
Antonyms: departure, egress, evacuation
Main Entry: seepage
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: leakage
Synonyms: discharge, drainage, flow, infiltration, percolation
Related Words
Main Entry: mixture
Part of Speech: noun
Related
Adjectives:
composite, farraginous, half, hybrid, implex, indiscriminate, linsey, miscellaneous, miscible, mixed, mongrel, motley, promiscuous
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: [Forming a whole without coherence] Mixture.
Category: 3. CONJUNCTIVE QUANTITY
Synonyms:
-nouns
mixture, admixture, commixture, commixtion; commixion, intermixture, alloyage, matrimony; junction; combination; miscegenation., impregnation; infusion, diffusion, suffusion, transfusion; infiltration; seasoning, sprinkling, interlarding; interpolation, adulteration, sophistication., [Thing mixed] tinge, tincture, touch, dash, smack, sprinkling, spice, seasoning, infusion, soupcon., [Compound resulting from mixture] alloy, amalgam; brass, chowchow, pewter; magma, half-and-half, melange, tertium quid, miscellany, ambigu, medley, mess, hotchpot, hodgepodge, pasticcio, patchwork, odds and ends, all sorts; jumble (disorder); salad, sauce, mash, omnium gatherum, gallimaufry, olla-podrida, olio, salmagundi, potpourri, Noah's ark, caldron texture, mingled yarn; mosaic (variegation)., half-blood, half-caste. mulatto; terceron, quarteron, quinteron; quadroon, octoroon; griffo, zambo; cafuzo; Eurasian; fustee, fustie; grimffe, ladino, marabou, mestee, mestizo, quintroon, sacatra [U. S.], zebrule; catalo; cross, hybrid, mongrel.
-verbs
mix; join; combine; commix, immix, intermix; mix up with, mingle; commingle, intermingle, bemingle; shuffle (derange); pound together; hash up, stir up; knead, brew; impregnate with; interlard (interpolate); intertwine, interweave; associate with; miscegenate., be mixed; get among, be entangled with., instil, imbue; infuse, suffuse, transfuse; infiltrate, dash, tinge, tincture, season, sprinkle, besprinkle, attemper, medicate, blend, cross; alloy, amalgamate, compound, adulterate, sophisticate, infect.
-adjectives
mixed; implex, composite, half-and-half, linsey-woolsey, chowchow, hybrid, mongrel, heterogeneous; motley (variegated); miscellaneous, promiscuous, indiscriminate; miscible.
-adverbs
among, amongst, amid, amidst; with; in the midst of, in the crowd.
Antonyms: simpleness
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