FILTER Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

Definition of filter

as in to strain

to pass through a filter steep the tea and then filter it to get rid of the leaves

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as in to clarify

to remove usually visible impurities from after frying the chicken, we filtered the oil and kept it in the refrigerator to use again

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noun

as in purifier

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The water passes over or through filtering organs that sift out the solid food. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 15 July 2026 Vogue is committed to reporting and riffing on the global fashion conversation—always filtered through the lens of culture and what’s happening in the world at large. — Vogue, 14 July 2026

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Like Boosie, Fox is a Southern rambler out of West Memphis, Arkansas (just like his streaming juggernaut twin brother, YTB Fatt) without a filter or a sense of decorum. — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 17 July 2026 Create an atmospheric glow with Bloom directly on your image or as a layer effect filter. — Shelby Putnam Tupper, PC Magazine, 17 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for filter

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As the industry grows, many developers have been thrust into the public spotlight, with opponents accusing them of eroding community character and straining power grids.

— Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 20 July 2026
Alphabet reportedly plans to deploy the chip by 2028 to ease an internal shortage of AI computing power that has strained its operations and forced Google Cloud to turn away customers.

— Ty Roush, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of strain

Verb

Mars drives your 10th House of Career forward, while Saturn in your 8th House of Shared Resources clarifies obligations, approvals, and support.

— Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2026
The bill also clarifies that only those powered by liquid fuel, such as gasoline, require a muffler.

— Madison Smalstig July 18, Sacbee.com, 18 July 2026

Definition of clarify

Noun

Placing a room-sized air cleaner purifier in your child’s bedroom or playroom is a smart strategy (just make sure the purifier does not generate ozone).

— Dr. Lauren Zajac, Boston Herald, 19 July 2026
People should look for air purifiers to remove pollutants from entering inside a person’s home, and people can also make their own DIY purifier using a box fan and adequate HEPA filters.

— Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 18 July 2026

Definition of purifier

Verb

Oil needs to be refined into products and fuels people can use, including asphalt, plastic, heating oil, jet fuel, diesel and gasoline.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
The product of millions of years of evolution rather than countless lines of code, refined by the brutal simplicity of survival.

— Dana Suskind, Time, 14 July 2026

Definition of refine

Noun

Besides toning color, this shampoo acts as a gentle clarifier, removing product buildup from the roots and hair that can make your hair appear dull and greasy.

— Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 25 June 2026
One began in March after the department received an anonymous complaint about a valve on an aqua ammonia clarifier tank, not the same tank involved in the explosion, the department said.

— Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 29 May 2026

Definition of clarifier

Verb

If the reorganization lag is being compounded by organized friction rather than just cost and complexity, the 8-to-12-year timeline Goldman extracted from the ICT era may turn out to be optimistic.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 July 2026
Because the Lighthouse Nebula is relatively faint in X-rays, the researchers developed new analysis techniques to extract as much information as possible from the observations.

— Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 14 July 2026

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Noun

So far, outside of Vulcan, a small number of other companies have been selected, including Korea Zinc, a metal refiner; MP Materials, a Nevada rare-earth mining company; and ReElement Technologies, an Indiana producer of rare-earth elements and battery metals that partners with Vulcan.

— Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 28 May 2026
After the Soviet Union collapsed, Castro sought a replacement savior closer to home in a 1994 deal with Sherritt International, a Canadian nickel and cobalt miner and refiner.

— Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 24 May 2026

Definition of refiner

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