Synonyms of distill

distill

verb

di-ˈstil 

variants also distil

1

as in to drip

to fall or let fall in or as if in drops

the basement walls distill water every time it rains heavily

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drip
• pour
• flow
• trickle
• sprinkle
• drop
• stream
• dribble
• seep
• cascade
• roll
• run
• ripple
• exude
• weep
• bleed
• drizzle
• ooze
• discharge
• riffle
• gutter

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• spurt
• spout
• gush

2

as in to filter

to remove usually visible impurities from

distill the water before pouring it in the steam iron

Synonyms & Similar Words

• filter
• clarify
• refine
• extract
• purify
• clean
• wash
• fine
• process
• clear
• purge
• sift
• garble
• rectify
• cleanse
• decontaminate
• leach
• disinfect
• sieve
• sanitize
• screen
• elutriate
• bolt

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dull
• contaminate
• muddy
• soil
• cloud
• dirty
• pollute
• taint
• defile
• sully
• besmirch
• foul
• begrime

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of distill

The vapors that had risen from warm bodies in the pews would have carried syllables mixed with candle-soot, distilled as condensation on the chapel windows. — Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026

Populism, distilled from the witches’ brew of 1893, only attained its full strength closer to the end of the century. — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

That distinction caught the attention of Ohio resident John Ream, a former aerospace engineer and home-brewing enthusiast who wants to distill small quantities of spirits at home for himself and his wife. — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Using a technique called principal component analysis, the team examined subtle brightness changes taking place as SIMP 0136 rotated, distilling down a complicated dataset into a few patterns responsible for most of the variation. — Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 21 Sep. 2026