FILTERED Synonyms: 91 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

Definition of filtered

as in purified

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verb

past tense of filter

as in strained

to pass through a filter steep the tea and then filter it to get rid of the leaves

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as in refined

to remove usually visible impurities from after frying the chicken, we filtered the oil and kept it in the refrigerator to use again

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These metabolites are filtered by the kidneys and excreted in urine. — Ayesha Gulzar, Verywell Health, 31 Aug. 2026 The set list spans her 14-year career, with even the most pop-forward selections filtered through thunderous percussion and earsplitting guitars. — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2026 At maximum eclipse, much of the moon may take on an eerie reddish hue as sunlight filtered through Earth's atmosphere is refracted into the shadow and onto the lunar surface. — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2026 But vaccines are filtered through a purification process during production, meaning no fetal tissue ends up in the final product. — Finch Walker, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 Even our vulnerability now arrives edited, filtered, captioned, and optimized for engagement. — Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026 Flores, whose only public comments had for months been filtered through his legal team, agreed to speak with The Times, detailing the toll that the prior year and a half had taken on him. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026 The light that does reach the moon is filtered through the earth’s atmosphere, according to NASA. — Idaho Statesman, 26 Aug. 2026 The grading process was one of the places where Darlington and colorist Daniel Gill really wanted the image to look grounded and authentic, not polished and Instagram-filtered. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 19 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for filtered

Adjective

Once ramped up, Circ expects the facility to process 70,000 metric tons of polycotton textile waste annually and produce cellulose pulp, purified terephthalic acid and monoethylene glycol.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 2026
The product also contains benzalkonium chloride, boric acid, edetate disodium, purified water, sodium chloride and sodium citrate as inactive ingredients.

— Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of purified

Verb

Instead, data centers may have to wait years for full service or accept provisional connections under which their electricity can be interrupted when the grid is strained.

— Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
And the United States has already used up many critical munitions and strained its troops in the region by keeping the war going.

— JAMES F. JEFFREY, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of strained

Verb

Under tolling agreements, third parties deliver raw black mass to the site to be refined for a processing fee.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026
Reviewers agree that the design looks refined, with leather that feels more expensive than its approachable price point suggests.

— Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of refined

Adjective

Sanft argued his client’s account was pure fiction, and that investigators failed to quickly and vigorously corroborate it for a reason.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2026
These sneakers also come in a wide variety of colors and trims if pure white isn’t your thing.

— Rebecca Shinners, Travel + Leisure, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of pure

Verb

Trivariate founder Adam Parker screened for stocks with a bottom-up consensus projection of at least 1% of gross margin contraction in the next fiscal year.

— Alex Harring, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
Most questions are screened by the office staff before they are relayed to the physician.

— Paul Hsieh, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of screened

Adjective

Excessive or undiluted consumption of ACV, for example, can irritate your gastrointestinal tract, erode tooth enamel, and potentially interact with certain medications, said Walker.

— Sherri Gordon, HEALTH, 1 Sep. 2026
Disinfect pruners and loppers before and after pruning each individual plant using undiluted rubbing alcohol (70% isopropyl alcohol) or a 10% bleach solution.

— Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of undiluted

Verb

Its relatively narrow focus on the first postcolonial decades might have dramatized the period’s ideological debates or at least clarified the stakes.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 2 Sep. 2026
In a statement, an Axel Springer spokesperson clarified that The Circuit was technically incorporated in the US, with staff located around the world.

— Max Tani, semafor.com, 31 Aug. 2026

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