Synonyms of bathed

bathed 1 of 2

adjective

as in saturated

containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water

covered the victim's burns with bathed bandages

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

bathed

2 of 2

verb

past tense of bathe

1

as in washed

to flow along or against

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• washed
• splashed
• lapped
• rippled
• laved
• bubbled
• lipped
• gurgled
• sloshed
• plashed

2

as in drowned

to make wet

bathe your contact lens with the solution before inserting them

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drowned
• washed
• wet
• flooded
• watered
• soaked
• rinsed
• drenched
• flushed
• doused
• bedraggled
• submerged
• showered
• waterlogged
• sprinkled
• dipped
• splashed
• damped
• sopped
• soused
• moistened
• water-soaked
• saturated
• inundated
• drizzled
• wet down
• hydrated
• misted
• soddened
• deluged
• humidified
• impregnated
• swamped
• overflowed
• steeped
• irrigated
• dampened
• sluiced
• bedewed
• laved
• dunked
• moisturized
• ducked
• hosed (down)
• sloshed
• rehydrated
• aspersed
• rewashed
• rewet

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dried
• scorched
• seared
• evaporated
• parched
• dehydrated
• desiccated
• dewatered
• freeze-dried
• wrung
• drip-dried
• dehumidified

3

as in illumined

to supply with light

the walls of the canyon were bathed with the warm rays of the setting sun

Synonyms & Similar Words

• illumined
• illuminated
• lit
• brightened
• lightened
• irradiated
• beaconed
• shone
• glowed
• illumed
• glistened
• beamed
• highlighted
• beat (down)
• radiated
• emblazed
• gleamed
• ignited
• blinded
• haloed
• dazzled
• kindled
• spotlighted
• glittered
• incinerated
• blazed
• enhaloed
• glared
• burned
• floodlit
• dazed
• flamed
• fired
• bedazzled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• darkened
• blackened
• dimmed
• obscured
• covered
• dulled
• veiled
• shrouded
• obfuscated
• extinguished
• doused
• quenched
• put out
• snuffed (out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bathed

Verb

On Saturday morning, Donald Judd’s 100 Untitled Works in Mill Aluminum was glimmering in the Marfa sunshine, bathed in light with nobody to see it. — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 16 Oct. 2026

Dduk Dabang The restaurant specializes in toppoki, which are hot dishes filled with chewy rice cakes bathed in a sauce. — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Indeed, in 1986, many of the largest cities were bathed in permanent twilight, with only the brightest stars and planets visible from near city centers and with astronomically unacceptable conditions up to 50 miles (80 km) away. — Joe Rao, Space.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Wright wanted the inside of the building to be bathed in natural light. — Wendy S. Walters, Architectural Digest, 12 Oct. 2026

The white Cessna banked right to reveal dense forests of Douglas fir, pines and quaking aspen in varying shades of green bathed in the early morning light. — Jennifer Oldham, Denver Post, 8 Oct. 2026

They’re bathed in natural light and come with spa-like bathrooms. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026

The dense blocks of flats receding in Shawn’s side-view mirror were bathed in warm orange light. — Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026

The inside was bathed in natural light, with clean wood floors and comfortable brown leather couches. — Trisha Thadani Kirsten Potter Tanya Pérez Devin Murphy, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026