PERVASION Synonyms

• (physics) the process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of that substance to an area of lower concentration

• the spread of social institutions (and myths and skills) from one society to another

• the property of being diffused or dispersed

• the act of dispersing or diffusing something

• material with which something is impregnated

• the process of totally saturating something with a substance

• creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant

• spreading or spread throughout

• the process of totally saturating something with a substance

• the act of soaking thoroughly with a liquid

• a condition in which a quantity no longer responds to some external influence

• chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue

• the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)

• the act of making something completely wet

• washing something by allowing it to soak

• extremely wet

• process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space

• the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate

• act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time

• spread or diffuse through

• fill, soak, or imbue totally

• suffuse with color

• fill, as with a certain quality

• infuse or fill completely

• fertilize and cause to grow

• make pregnant

• cause (a liquid) to enter by penetrating the interstices

• enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members

• pass into or through by filtering or permeating

• pass through an enemy line; in a military conflict

• cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across

• to become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam of light

• the process of permeating or infusing something with a substance