SEEPS Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

seeps

verb

present tense third-person singular of seep

as in drips

to flow forth slowly through small openings water seeping through the basement walls

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Recent Examples of seeps What’s being said about him rarely seeps through traditional avenues. — Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026 The low-molecular-weight collagen seeps into your skin as an in-office treatment would, reducing the size of pores and lifting saggy, crepey skin. — Essence Wiley, InStyle, 26 Aug. 2026 My first stop was Willow House, a café and bakery where washi lanterns cast gentle light onto the natural-wood interiors and jazz seeps from the speakers. — Adam H. Graham, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Aug. 2026 The show’s dark history seeps into his life, threatening his last chance at reconciliation. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 18 Aug. 2026 It was left to the victims’ families to piece together evidence, which historians of the border have used to show the myriad ways that the past seeps into the present. — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026 In the heart of urban Los Angeles lie the La Brea Tar Pits, a group of natural asphalt seeps made famous by the millions of ice age fossils preserved within the bubbling, dark pools of goo. — Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2026 Basically, color bleeding is when the dye of clothes seeps into the water during a wash cycles and stains other clothes in the load. — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2026 Olive oil seeps into each layer, adding a subtle fruitiness and welcome richness. — Martha Stewart, 20 July 2026

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Omnivores should punch up the platter with the special beef kitfo, raw steak that drips with herbed, purified butter and gets its fiery kick from mitmita, a spice blend with chile peppers.

— Warren Rojas, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2026
Massage tools now sit alongside health trackers and IV drips as one of the discretionary categories where younger consumers are outspending everyone else.

— Rhett Power, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of drips

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And that overall sense of purpose flows from a production unusually well-protected by the women who truly understand this fictional world’s appeal.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2026
The organizations that will move fastest in 2027 will be the ones redesigning how work flows across people, processes, governance and enterprise systems.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of flows

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Where to Stay Portrait Firenze Overlooking the Arno and Ponte Vecchio, this member of the Leading Hotels of the World, owned by the Ferragamo family, exudes chic residential style.

— Laura Itzkowitz, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026
Elsewhere, Huston exudes a terrifying blankness while writing his Spinoza magnum opus paper dressed literally in a suit with an upright piano in the room, and a Chekhov’s google search of Nembutal in his browser history.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of exudes

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Swiss skier Melanie Meillard weeps in the arms of her teammate Janine Schmitt after missing a turn on her slalom run Women’s Team Combined Slalom.

— Staff Photographer, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
Cannon weeps into an expansive white space that only she and Trish inhabit.

— E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2025

Definition of weeps

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Loyalties typically drive a supporter’s wish to see their favourites win the biggest accolades but that, in turn, bleeds into why individual honours now mean so much to players and their clubs.

— Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Political identity functions similarly, and increasingly bleeds into professional contexts.

— Big Think, Big Think, 21 Aug. 2026

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