porous

Other forms of porous

comparative

porouser·

superlative

porousest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about porous

What does porous mean?

porous means "able to absorb fluids". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in porous?

porous has 2 syllables: po-rous. The stress falls on "po". In IPA it is /ˈpɔɹəs/.

What is another word for porous?

Close synonyms include poriferous, holey. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of porous?

The recorded antonyms are nonporous.

Is porous a common word?

porous is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.