Synonyms of siphons

siphons

verb

variants also syphons

present tense third-person singular of siphon

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drains
• pumps
• empties
• taps
• sucks
• draws (off)
• bleeds
• evacuates
• drafts
• cleans
• milks
• flushes
• exhausts
• purges
• voids
• depletes
• vacates
• clears
• effuses
• vacuates
• decants

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fills
• waters
• bathes
• soaks
• drenches
• wets
• washes
• floods
• overflows
• douses
• drowns
• inundates
• submerges
• souses
• swamps
• deluges

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• channels
• funnels
• directs
• pipes
• carries
• channelizes
• conducts
• focuses
• canalizes
• conveys
• transmits
• consolidates
• concentrates

Example Sentences

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