permeating
Seeping into everything
Permeating describes something spreading throughout or penetrating every part of something else.
A smell permeates a room, an idea permeates a culture, water permeates soil.
The word suggests thorough, often gradual diffusion: The scent of pine was permeating the house.
What permeates doesn't just enter—it saturates.
Spreading gradually through
- pervadingSpreading throughout entirely
- spreadingExtending over space
- seepingFlowing slowly through
- filteringSelective passage of elements
percolating · osmosis · diffusing · penetrating · infiltrating · leaching · passing through · working through
Filling to total capacity
- soakingCompletely saturated with liquid
- drenchingMaking thoroughly wet
- steepingSoaking to extract flavor
- imbuingFilling thoroughly with
impregnating · infusing · filling · flooding · engulfing · inundating · immersing · bathing
Gradually introducing ideas
- infusingSoaking to extract flavor
- imbuingFilling thoroughly with
- inculcatingRepeatedly teaching until absorbed
- imprintingRapid early learning attachment
embedding · engraining · investing · leavening · tincturing · coloring · shaping · informing
Present in all places
- omnipresentExisting everywhere at once
- all-pervadingPresent throughout entirely
- all-encompassingIncluding everything without exception
- inescapableImpossible to avoid
prevalent · widespread · penetrating · invasive · insidious · endemic · entrenched · ingrained
suffusing
Spreading gradually through
filtering · percolating · osmosis · diffusing · penetrating · infiltrating · leaching · passing through · working through · creeping
saturating
Filling to total capacity
- soakingCompletely saturated with liquid
- drenchingMaking thoroughly wet
- steepingSoaking to extract flavor
imbuing · impregnating · infusing · filling · flooding · engulfing · inundating · immersing · bathing · suffusing
instilling
Gradually introducing ideas
- infusingSoaking to extract flavor
- imbuingFilling thoroughly with
- inculcatingRepeatedly teaching until absorbed
imprinting · embedding · engraining · investing · leavening · tincturing · coloring · shaping · informing · affecting
ubiquitous
Present in all places
- omnipresentExisting everywhere at once
- all-pervadingPresent throughout entirely
- all-encompassingIncluding everything without exception
inescapable · prevalent · widespread · penetrating · invasive · insidious · endemic · entrenched · ingrained · deep-rooted
- mixingmix, stir, blend, shake, combine
- infusinginfusing, steeping, brewing, imbuing, suffusing
- contaminationpolluting, contaminating, fouling, tainting, poisoning
- stealthsneak, ninja, creep, spy, skulk
- wettingwetting, dampening, moistening, soaking, drenching
- staining methodsdyeing, tinting, batik, tie-dyeing, bleaching
permeatingimpermeable
Cannot be penetrated
blocked · surface-level · repelled · excluded · deflected
permeatinglocalized
Restricted to one place
concentrated · contained · isolated · confined · compartmentalized