Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun oozing

1 sense of oozing

Sense 1
seepage, ooze, oozing -- (the process of seeping)
       => flow, flowing -- (the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases))

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb ooze

2 senses of ooze

Sense 1
seep, ooze -- (pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings)
       => run, flow, feed, course -- (move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi")

Sense 2
exude, exudate, transude, ooze out, ooze -- (release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities; "exude sweat through the pores")
       => excrete, egest, eliminate, pass -- (eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone")

Antonyms of adj oozing

1 sense of oozing

Sense 1
oozing, oozy, seeping -- (leaking out slowly)

INDIRECT (VIA leaky) -> tight -- (of such close construction as to be impermeable; "a tight roof"; "warm in our tight little house")

Similarity of adj oozing

1 sense of oozing

Sense 1
oozing, oozy, seeping -- (leaking out slowly)
       => leaky (vs. tight) -- (permitting the unwanted passage of fluids or gases ; "a leaky roof"; "a leaky defense system")

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