Synonyms of washes

washes 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of wash

1

as in bathes

to flow along or against

crystal-clear waters gently wash the island's unspoiled beaches

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bathes
• splashes
• ripples
• lips
• laves
• bubbles
• laps
• gurgles
• sloshes
• plashes

2

as in flies

to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval

the employee's story about missing the bus didn't wash with her manager

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flies
• works
• passes
• stands up
• plays
• holds water
• holds up
• takes
• passes muster
• goes down
• goes over
• gets through
• goes through

3

as in splashes

to flow in a broken irregular stream

soapy water washing down the drain

Synonyms & Similar Words

• splashes
• bubbles
• ripples
• drips
• trickles
• gurgles
• dribbles
• swirls
• laps
• rushes
• plashes
• swishes
• guggles
• eddies
• drops
• squirts
• swooshes
• jets
• gushes
• spurts
• purls
• spouts
• spews
• swashes
• whishes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• streams
• runs
• pours
• rolls

4

as in wets

to make wet

rain washed the countryside for days on end

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wets
• drowns
• rinses
• floods
• waters
• soaks
• bathes
• drenches
• flushes
• water-soaks
• submerges
• douses
• dowses
• showers
• splashes
• wets down
• damps
• waterlogs
• sops
• dips
• sprinkles
• bedraggles
• moistens
• hydrates
• souses
• moisturizes
• soddens
• inundates
• humidifies
• drizzles
• saturates
• bedews
• mists
• hoses (down)
• deluges
• impregnates
• overflows
• asperses
• dampens
• laves
• swamps
• sloshes
• irrigates
• dunks
• rehydrates
• steeps
• sluices
• ducks
• rewashes
• rewets

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dries
• sears
• dehydrates
• evaporates
• scorches
• desiccates
• parches
• dewaters
• wrings
• dehumidifies
• freeze-dries
• drip-dries

5

as in rinses

to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse

washed the baby's hair

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rinses
• flushes
• floods
• irrigates
• sluices
• washes out
• engulfs
• inundates
• flows
• deluges
• soaks
• streams
• gushes
• swamps
• saturates
• hoses
• rushes
• drenches
• douches
• sloshes
• splashes
• douses
• dowses

6

as in stirs

to cause (as a liquid) to move about in a circle especially repeatedly

she absentmindedly washed her tea by tipping her cup, until the honey was at last mixed in

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stirs
• swirls
• shakes
• churns
• whisks
• whirls
• whips
• agitates
• beats
• reels
• wheels
• paddles

washes

2 of 2

noun

plural of wash

as in marshes

spongy land saturated or partially covered with water

an invasive species threatening the plants native to the region's washes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• marshes
• wetlands
• swamps
• sloughs
• bogs
• slues
• muds
• muskegs
• fens
• marshlands
• moors
• mires
• swamplands
• morasses
• slews
• sludges
• swales
• oozes
• muck
• quagmires
• gooks
• slimes
• gucks
• slop
• slush