Entry Word: humid

Function: adjective

Meaning: containing or characterized by an uncomfortable amount of moisture <the air was so humid that our beach towels hanging on the line never really got dry>

Synonyms muggy, sticky, sultry

Related Words summery, sweltering, torrid; semitropical (also semitropic), subtropical (also subtropic), tropic, tropical; close, heavy, oppressive, smothering, stifling, stuffy, suffocating; clammy, damp, dank, moist; drenched, dripping, soaked, sodden, soggy, sopping, soppy, waterlogged, wet

Near Antonyms bracing, cool, crisp, fresh, invigorating, refreshing; arid, baked, burned, burnt, dehydrated, desert, droughty, dusty, parched, scorched, seared, semiarid, sere, thirsty

Antonyms dry