Synonyms of awash

awash

adjective

ə-ˈwȯsh 

1

as in saturated

containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water

the streets were awash from the heavy rains

Synonyms & Similar Words

• saturated
• dripping
• bathed
• flooded
• soaked
• washed
• saturate
• soaking
• wet
• drenched
• sodden
• sopping
• watered
• soggy
• waterlogged
• logged
• flushed
• drowned
• damp
• moist
• doused
• bedraggled
• splashed
• soppy
• submerged
• watery
• water-soaked
• soused
• overflowed
• inundated
• steeped
• deluged
• dipped
• rinsed
• swamped
• hydrated
• aqueous
• humid
• irrigated
• dank
• clammy
• boggy
• sluiced
• sloppy
• squashy
• dunked
• dampish
• laved
• miry
• seepy
• wettish
• semimoist

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dry
• arid
• unwatered
• waterless
• bone-dry
• watertight
• waterproof
• baked
• hyperarid
• dehydrated
• water-resistant
• sunbaked
• droughty
• parched
• water-repellent
• ultradry
• thirsty
• wrung
• sere
• freeze-dried

2

as in filled

possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified

the literary review is currently awash in submissions and will not be accepting any more until next year

Synonyms & Similar Words

• filled
• abundant
• bursting
• crowded
• packed
• replete
• rife
• teeming
• jammed
• crammed
• stuffed
• fraught
• saturated
• swarming
• brimming
• abounding
• flush
• thronging
• buzzing
• chock-full
• loaded
• thick
• lousy
• bulging
• busy
• overflowing
• full
• clogged
• overcrowded
• congested
• overloaded
• humming
• overladen
• overstuffed
• overfilled
• lively
• bustling
• overfull
• jam-packed
• surfeited
• fat
• animated
• alive
• astir

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• devoid
• empty
• blank
• barren
• stark
• vacant
• void
• bare
• depleted
• insufficient
• short
• drained
• incomplete
• deficient
• exhausted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of awash

This summer’s street style galleries have been awash with wide-leg jeans, worn in countless ways that prove there is no one-size-fits-all formula. — Christina Holevas, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2026

And that’s quite clear today, as the internet is awash with advice about what to eat, wear, pump up and slim down. — Michael Kimmel, Time, 15 Aug. 2026

If joints had heat signatures, the screen would be awash in color. — Dylan Green, Pitchfork, 3 Aug. 2026

The sport is already awash in cash from petrocratic sovereign funds. — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026