pervious

Meanings

Adjective

admitting of passage or entrance
- "pervious soil"
- "a metal pervious to heat"

Adj

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

Origin / 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, perspicuous, pervading, perviable, transparent

Antonyms

impenetrable, impermeable, impervious, unpervious

Scrabble Score: 13

pervious is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
pervious is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pervious is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

pervious is a valid Words With Friends word