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

The Victorian era was awash in handwringing about the loss of male vigor (some of which was blamed on the unnatural intellectual pursuits of women). — Elizabeth Dray, STAT, 21 July 2026

The adjoining stone-and-wood bathroom is awash in natural light. — Mark David, Robb Report, 4 July 2026

One hundred years later, the country was awash with federal, state, city and philanthropic funding for a music-happy bicentennial of exceptional ambition. — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026

Stars & Stripes Afternoon Tea Afternoon Tea is a big part of America’s history, and that is honored at The Peninsula New York, who has introduced a Stars & Stripes Afternoon Tea, that is awash wit red, white, and blue and running through July 18. — Aly Walansky, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026