adj satadj.allable to absorb fluidsExamples:- the partly porous walls of our digestive system
- compacting the soil to make it less porous
Antonyms:impermeable
Derivationally Related Form:porousnessporosity
Inherited Hypernyms:porous
Similar to:permeable
adjadj.allfull of pores or vessels or holesSynset:poriferous
Antonyms:nonporous
Derivationally Related Form:poreporosity
Inherited Hypernyms:porous
Similar to:porose
adj satadj.allallowing passage in and outSynset:holey
Examples:- our unfenced and largely unpoliced border inevitably has been very porous
Antonyms:tight
Derivationally Related Form:holepore
Inherited Hypernyms:holey
Similar to:leaky