emanate

Issue from within

Emanate means to flow out from a source.

Light emanates from the sun, heat emanates from a fire, and a strange smell might emanate from the basement.

The word often describes intangible things: Confidence emanated from her.

Rumors emanating from the campaign suggested trouble.

Something that emanates seems to radiate outward naturally rather than being deliberately projected.

emit

exhale

Expel breath outward

secrete · exude · eject · vent · ooze · effuse · diffuse · transmit · project · waft

radiate

beam

Structural support member

illuminate · luminescence · phosphorescence · incandescence · irradiate · gleam · glisten · sparkle · shimmer · brightness

originate

source

Point of origin

birth · beginning · root · spring · arise · stem · derive · proceed · issue · emerge

aura

presence

State of being somewhere

mystique · essence · charisma · magnetism · vibe · mood · feeling · character · ethos · vibration

flow

stream

Steady continuous flow

  • pourSend liquid streaming out
  • gushFlow out forcefully
  • trickleThin, slow stream

seep · spill · outpouring · efflux · surge · well up · course · flood · cascade · leak

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Opposites
directional flow

emanateabsorb

Take in fully

inhale · take in · soak up · draw in · sponge

presence/expression

emanateconceal

Keep from being seen

suppress · withhold · contain · hide · repress

temporal process

emanatecease

To discontinue activity

end · terminate · stop · conclude · culminate

Family

emanation, emanating, emanated, emanates, emanations

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G