pervious
5 synonyms and 1 antonym for pervious, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — Allowing something such as air or water to pass through it, often used with 'to'.
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Synonyms by Meaning
1. adj
Allowing something such as air or water to pass through it, often used with 'to'.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pervius (“having a passage through; passable, penetrable, traversable”), to which English -ous (suffix denoting the presence of a quality in any degree, typically an abundance) was added. Pervius itself derives from per- (prefix denoting doing something all the way through or entirely) plus via (“ro...
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