pervious

Meaning

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

Opposite of

impervious, impenetrable, impermeable, unpervious

Synonyms

permeable

penetrable

pervade

porous

transplacental

infiltrate

non-watertight

osmosis

Translations

toegankelijk

permeable

διαχωρητός

pénétrable

perméable

penetrabile

permeabile

ontvankelijk

doordringbaar

accesible

penetrable

geçiş imkânı veren

durchlässig

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɜː.vi.əs/

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)