Synonyms of distilling

distilling

verb

present participle of distill

1

as in dripping

to fall or let fall in or as if in drops

the basement walls distill water every time it rains heavily

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dripping
• flowing
• pouring
• trickling
• dropping
• sprinkling
• dribbling
• streaming
• rolling
• rippling
• seeping
• running
• bleeding
• weeping
• oozing
• discharging
• drizzling
• riffling
• exuding
• cascading
• guttering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• gushing
• spouting
• spurting

2

as in filtering

to remove usually visible impurities from

distill the water before pouring it in the steam iron

Synonyms & Similar Words

• filtering
• clarifying
• refining
• extracting
• cleaning
• fining
• processing
• purifying
• washing
• clearing
• purging
• sifting
• garbling
• rectifying
• cleansing
• leaching
• decontaminating
• sieving
• screening
• disinfecting
• bolting
• elutriating
• sanitizing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• contaminating
• clouding
• dulling
• muddying
• polluting
• soiling
• dirtying
• tainting
• defiling
• fouling
• sullying
• besmirching
• begriming

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of distilling

Chinese tech giant ByteDance’s founder reportedly forbade AI researchers from distilling rival models, as scrutiny of the practice causes friction between Washington and Beijing. — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Sometimes, though, distilling the best from a simple ingredient can be a long labor of love. — Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2026

By distilling commander’s intent through intuitive, natural language commands, Anura scales the Soldier-to-robot ratio, reduces cognitive burden, accelerates training timelines, and enables heads-up, hands-free operation. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 1 Aug. 2026

Over his 25 years behind the anchor desk at WABC-TV Eyewitness News, the veteran journalist had built a career distilling the details of the most complicated stories with clarity and precision. — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026

Of’s Frans bloomers, made to order from deadstock European fabric; mosaic Murano glasses, created using the Italian millefiori technique—each glass is one of one, distilling centuries of craft into a singular vessel. — Alex Eagle, Vogue, 26 July 2026

Some experts dispute that Moonshot's new Kimi K3 could have been built primarily by distilling Anthropic's Fable, which has not been public for long. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 23 July 2026

Kahn planned to start distilling the harvest that weekend in her lab, aiming to produce about 300 bottles, which should be ready for Shop Good stores by September. — Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 July 2026

My work became not just watching the Zeitgeist within the company but learning how to contain it—reading through messages, distilling the emotional temperature, and crafting executive responses meant to absorb shock and restore calm. — Claire Stapleton, New Yorker, 18 July 2026