waterless

waterless

adjective

Definition of WATERLESS

marked by little or no precipitation or humidity <cacti prefer a nearly waterless environment>

Synonyms arid, droughty, sere (also sear), thirsty, waterless

Related Words air-dry; bone-dry, hyperarid, ultradry; baked, dehydrated, parched, sunbaked; rainless; desert, desertic, desertlike, xerothermic

Near Antonyms awash, bathed, doused (also dowsed), drenched, dripping, saturated, soaked, soaking, sodden, soggy, sopping, soppy, soused, washed, watered, waterlogged, watery; deluged, drowned, flooded, inundated, overflowed; submerged, swamped; hydrated

Antonyms damp, dank, humid, moist, wet