English Explanatory Dictionary

pervious

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Often followed by to: capable of being penetrated by another body or substance, such as air or water; admitting passage.
  2. Capable of being seen through; open to being examined; patent, unconcealed.
  3. Capable of being penetrated mentally; intelligible, understandable.
  4. Of a person, etc.: susceptible to being influenced by arguments, ideas, etc.; impressionable, tractable.
  5. Capable of penetrating or permeating.
  6. Of a body structure (especially the nostril of a bird): having a hole, perforate; also, wide open.

Pronunciation

/ˈpɜː.vɪ.əs/ /ˈpɜɹ.vi.əs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pervious.wav

Word forms

pervious more pervious most pervious

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pervius (“having a passage through; passable, penetrable, traversable”) + English -ous (suffix denoting the presence of a quality in any degree (typically an abundance)). Pervius is derived from per- (prefix denoting doing something all the way through or entirely) + via (“road, street; method, way; (figurative) course, route”) + -us (suffix forming adjectives)

Synonyms

penetrable permeable perviable porous perspicuous transparent pervading

Antonyms

impervious impenetrable impermeable unpervious

Related words

perviable

Derived words

impervious perveance perviousity perviously perviousness semipervious semiperviousness unpervious unperviously unperviousness
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