Synonyms of filters

filters 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of filter

1

as in strains

to pass through a filter

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• strains
• screens
• percolates
• leaches

2

as in extracts

to remove usually visible impurities from

after frying the chicken, we filtered the oil and kept it in the refrigerator to use again

Synonyms & Similar Words

• extracts
• clarifies
• refines
• fines
• processes
• cleans
• washes
• purifies
• purges
• distills
• clears
• garbles
• sifts
• cleanses
• rectifies
• screens
• leaches
• decontaminates
• sieves
• disinfects
• elutriates
• bolts
• sanitizes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• clouds
• contaminates
• dulls
• soils
• muddies
• pollutes
• dirties
• taints
• defiles
• fouls
• sullies
• besmirches
• begrimes

filters

2 of 2

noun

plural of filter

as in purifiers

Related Words

• purifiers
• refiners
• clarifiers
• purities

Dissimilar Words

• impurities
• pollutants
• contaminants
• stains
• spots
• contaminations
• blots
• adulterants
• blotches
• soil
• defilements
• dirt
• sludges
• filth
• muck
• smut
• taints
• grime
• scums

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of filters

Verb

Water filters This pitcher uses Advanced Carbon Core Technology filters to remove up to three times as many contaminants as standard filters. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026

Users decide which filters to use, browse hundreds of listings, and manually determine which jobs might be relevant. — William Jones, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026

Nothing beats the straightforward thrills of this stylish actioner, which turns Reeves into a hybrid of Alain Delon, Chow Yun-fat, and Lee Marvin from Point Blank (1967) and filters him through a less old-fashioned, more pulp-mythological lens. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Aug. 2026

As sunlight filters through Earth’s atmosphere before reaching the lunar surface, blue light is scattered away while red wavelengths continue onward, bathing the moon in pinkish, copper and crimson tones. — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026

NewStreet likes Micron's price-to-overhead ratio that filters out some of the noise from supply-sensitive margin variance. — Sean Conlon,hugh Leask,justina Lee,fred Imbert, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2026

Diesel prices rose considerably faster than gasoline, an input cost that filters into freight, food and services with a lag. — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026

The current edition correctly filters out that sort of search hit. — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 10 Aug. 2026

The institute had deliberately enabled Internet access and disabled the developers’ cybersafety filters to test the systems’ maximum capabilities; some prompts were also misconfigured. — Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2026

Noun

Half-face respirators — often gray rubber with pink canisters — offer different filters for different gases, but none can filter all of the concerning gases in wildfire smoke. — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026

Most standard portable filters only catch parasites, so check that any filter is certified to NSF Standard 53 or 58 with a small enough pore size. — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 24 June 2026

Air filters may not be able to effectively filter a larger room if there's a mismatch. — Sanja Jelic, Verywell Health, 22 May 2026

Before Getting Started Grease filters are used to catch grease from your stove and filter the air in your kitchen. — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2026

The 17-mm lens thread allows users to easily attach filters that are compatible with any 17-mm filter system. — Shirl Leigh march 05, New Atlas, 5 Mar. 2026

More power, fewer filters The plasma lens also acted as a natural filter, blocking the longer infrared laser pulses that usually drive attosecond generation. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2025

The lens is also compatible with traditional screw-in filters and has a 62mm filter thread. — Harry Bennett, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2025