Home › Words › F › filtermanfiltermanfilterman means A man employed to manage a physical process of filtration.EtymologyFrom filter + -man.nounA man employed to manage a physical process of filtration.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.filterer 71% match — A person who, or device that, filters vs filterman →filtering 58% match — The process of passing something through a filter. vs filterman →electrofilter 58% match — A filter used in electrofiltration vs filterman →furnacer 57% match — A person employed to operate a furnace. vs filterman →fractionator 57% match — A piece of chemical engineering or laboratory apparatus that is used to separate the components of a mixture by fractionation, especially by fractional distillation or by chromatography. vs filterman →valveman 56% match — A man employed to operate a valve in pumping water. vs filterman →ultrafilter 55% match — A device that performs ultrafiltration. vs filterman →minifilter 55% match — A device for filtering very small samples in a laboratory. vs filterman →