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air-dry

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Synonyms & Antonyms of air-dry

(Entry 1 of 2)

as in dry, parched

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for air-dry

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

baked,
dehydrated,
parched,
sunbaked

desert,
desertic,
desertlike,
xerothermic

bone-dry,
hyperarid,
ultradry

rainless

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for air-dry

damp,
dank,
humid,
moist,
wet

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

air-dry

verb

Synonyms & Antonyms of air-dry (Entry 2 of 2)

as in bake

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for air-dry

bake

mummify,
shrivel,
wither,
wizen

evaporate

drain

dehumidify

dehydrate,
desiccate,
dry,
parch,
scorch,
sear

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for air-dry

hydrate,
wash,
water,
wet

bathe,
deluge,
douse
(also dowse),
drench,
drown,
flood,
inundate,
overflow,
saturate,
soak,
sop,
souse,
waterlog

damp,
dampen,
humidify,
moisten

rehydrate

dip,
dunk,
submerge,
swamp

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