SIPHONS Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

siphons

verb

variants also syphons

present tense third-person singular of siphon

as in drains

to remove (liquid) gradually or completely I let the stranded motorist siphon some of my gas so he could be on his way

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as in channels

to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway investigators discovered that the so-called charitable organization was siphoning funds for personal use

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Recent Examples of siphons Constantly landing on jokes — like in its portrayal of Lockjaw and his efforts to become a member of the Christmas Adventurers Club, a powerful white-supremacists faction — siphons a sense of urgency from the film’s sketches of American unrest and white male violence. —

Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025 The filing comes days after Spotify was accused in another class action lawsuit of permitting massive amounts of streaming fraud on its platform, which siphons royalties from artists whose numbers aren’t artificially inflated. —

Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for siphons

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What Sacks doesn’t get is that by financing and diplomatically supporting Israel, our country makes the crimes of the Israeli government possible, which stains America’s reputation in the world and drains our Treasury.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
Years of use as a makeshift neighborhood have degraded the forest and contributed to pollution in Coyote Creek, which drains into San Francisco Bay, city leaders say.

— Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026