Synonyms of oozes

oozes

verb

present tense third-person singular of ooze

1

as in exudes

to flow forth slowly through small openings

maple sap oozed slowly from the cut in the tree and into the bucket

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exudes
• drips
• seeps
• percolates
• flows
• weeps
• bleeds
• sweats
• emanates
• transudes
• trickles
• emits
• strains
• dribbles
• gives off
• springs
• vents
• discharges

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• streams
• pours
• surges
• floods
• gushes

2

as in drags

to move slowly

the line more or less oozes past the body lying in state, as mourners are not allowed to pause

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drags
• crawls
• creeps
• shuffles
• pokes
• slouches
• inches
• limps
• creaks (along)
• plods
• noses
• snails
• trudges
• shambles
• lumbers
• tramps

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• races
• flies
• speeds
• floats
• glides
• tears
• whizzes
• zips
• sails
• hurries

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of oozes

Use Pretreatments in Water Sunflowers are known for polluting water when excessive debris oozes from their stems. — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Aug. 2026

The slightly musky, your-skin-but-better fragrance oozes an expensive, sophisticated air. — Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 25 July 2026

And if the filling oozes out, that's all part of their charm. — Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 July 2026

Michele Ragusa oozes entitlement and displeasure as Bobby’s mom, known only as Mother. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2026

That confidence — and the apparent embrace of both her Chinese and American cultural identities — oozes through one particular family photograph. — Stephy Chung, CNN Money, 13 June 2026

Seismic images of mid-ocean ridges typically show rough and jagged terrain, formed when lava oozes up into the cold ocean along faults or fissures and hardens suddenly into stone. — Quanta Magazine, 26 May 2026

Delane is a high-floor player who oozes confidence and will have no problems entering a serious, championship-level operation in Kansas City. — Jesse Newell, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026

Amanda oozes pick-me energy, unable to build self-esteem from within, instead begging for validation through desirability, something that will always be a slippery slope for someone in a monogamous relationship. — Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2026