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synonyms for penetrant

  • biting
  • piercing
  • trenchant
  • carrying
  • clear-cut
  • crisp
  • cutting
  • edged
  • entering
  • forcing
  • infiltrating
  • permeating
  • pointed
  • shrill
  • going through
  • ingoing
  • intrusive
  • passing through
  • pervasive
  • pungent
  • sharp
  • strong
On this page you'll find 34 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to penetrant, such as: biting, piercing, trenchant, carrying, clear-cut, and crisp.

antonyms for penetrant

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  • kind
  • nice
  • weak
  • soft
  • blunt
  • dull
  • idiotic
  • senseless
  • stupid
  • unintelligent
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How to use penetrant in a sentence

Together, these difficult to treat types of cancer affect tens of thousands of patients every year who could benefit from brain-penetrant therapies, Saccomano adds.
CAN CANCER KILLERS GET PAST THE BRAIN’S BOUNCERS?CHARU KASTURINOVEMBER 30, 2020OZY
His team is currently working to develop several potentially brain-penetrant molecules that target different gene mutations.
CAN CANCER KILLERS GET PAST THE BRAIN’S BOUNCERS?CHARU KASTURINOVEMBER 30, 2020OZY
The dew lay heavy on the laurel leaves of the thickets, and the breeze was perfumed with the penetrant fragrance of many blossoms.
HEART OF THE BLUE RIDGEWALDRON BAILY
Sharp shoe-calks afford a means of infliction of penetrant wounds which may occasion open joint and infectious arthritis.
LAMENESS OF THE HORSEJOHN VICTOR LACROIX
Then he raised his eyes from the water and swept the sky in a penetrant gaze.
THE HARVESTERGENE STRATTON PORTER
Simplices clos penetrant, et literati disputant utrum sit Deus!
OXFORD AND ITS STORYCECIL HEADLAM
With Mr. Tassers penetrant and suspicious gaze on him, he decided that it would be wise to avoid all seeming interest in Myron.
FULL-BACK FOSTERRALPH HENRY BARBOUR
"What he doesn't sell he buys," he cried in his nervous, penetrant tones.
THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLEELLEN GLASGOW
But this comparison is not satisfactory, because there is a penetrant metallic quality in the twang, impossible to describe.
EXOTICS AND RETROSPECTIVESLAFCADIO HEARN
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO PENETRANT

  • biting
  • carrying
  • clear-cut
  • crisp
  • cutting
  • edged
  • entering
  • forcing
  • going through
  • infiltrating
  • ingoing
  • intrusive
  • passing through
  • penetrant
  • permeating
  • pervasive
  • piercing
  • pointed
  • pungent
  • sharp
  • shrill
  • strong
  • trenchant
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.