PERCOLATE (INTO) Synonyms: 19 Similar Words

percolate (into)

verb

Definition of percolate (into)

as in to penetrate

to spread throughout the closing shot of the film is one of those iconic images that has long since percolated into the cultural consciousness

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Concrete is mixed with a crystalline, water-proof powder that blocks water from penetrating into it, protecting structures and extending their life.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026
His schemes prioritize a fast, penetrating front four to generate pressure without relying on heavy blitzing.

— Gladys Louise Tyler, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of penetrate

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After setting her wildly popular debut The Tiger's Wife in a Balkans suffused with myth and magic, the author turned in subsequent books to the Old West and a city redolent of New York.

— Colin Dwyer, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026
The threat is still there, suffused into the air like a memory, but for a time the choice between love and survival no longer feels mutually exclusive to Nino and Yasmina.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 22 July 2026

Definition of suffuse

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No matter what people think about the party out of power, the level of waste, fraud, corruption and incompetence that permeates our state government should make voters consider something new in November.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026
This bias permeates leadership advice, often leading to over-complication.

— Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of permeate

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As usual, that passion for both motorsport and motoring in general pervaded the show lawn, festooned with 218 cars from 14 different nations, all divided into nearly 30 classes.

— Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 17 Aug. 2026
On summer days, the sun would unexpectedly become obscured by clouds and a pervading darkness.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of pervade

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