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bathe

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of bathe

1 to flow along or against

  • the cool waters of the North Atlantic bathe the island's shores
Synonyms of bathe

lap, lave, lip, splash, wash
Words Related to bathe

bubble, gurgle, plash, ripple, slosh

2 to make wet

  • bathe your contact lens with the solution before inserting them
Synonyms of bathe

bedraggle, douse (also dowse), drench, drown, soak, sodden, sop, souse, wash, water, water-soak, waterlog, wet, wet down
Words Related to bathe

asperse, bedew, damp, dampen, drizzle, humidify, hydrate, mist, moisten, moisturize, shower, sprinkle

deluge, flood, hose (down), inundate, overflow

submerge, swamp

splash

impregnate, saturate, steep

flush, irrigate, lave, rinse, slosh, sluice

dip, duck, dunk

rehydrate, rewash, rewet
Near Antonyms of bathe

dewater, evaporate, freeze-dry

drip-dry, wring

dehumidify
Antonyms of bathe

dehydrate, desiccate, dry, parch, scorch, sear

3 to supply with light

  • the walls of the canyon were bathed with the warm rays of the setting sun
Synonyms of bathe

beacon, emblaze, illume, illuminate, illumine, irradiate, light, lighten
Words Related to bathe

brighten

beam, beat (down), radiate, shine

enhalo, halo

floodlight

highlight, spotlight

blaze, burn, fire, flame, glare, glow, ignite, incinerate, kindle

bedazzle, blind, daze, dazzle

gleam, glisten, glitter
Near Antonyms of bathe

dim, dull, obscure

cover, shroud, veil

douse (also dowse), extinguish, put out, quench, snuff (out)
Antonyms of bathe

blacken, darken, obfuscate

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