DIPPED Synonyms: 213 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in splashed

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verb

past tense of dip

as in immersed

to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid first dip a paper towel in water she dipped a hand into her pocket and pulled out a piece of candy

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as in scooped

to lift out with something that holds liquid carefully dipped water from the bucket to the kettle

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as in fell

to go to a lower level especially abruptly the temperature dipped a bit in the evening

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as in plunged

to lead or extend downward slow down, the road dips here

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as in peeked

to take a quick or hasty look I dipped into the book, but I didn't have a chance to study it thoroughly

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Recent Examples of dipped

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The team has dipped to a losing record for the first time all season since Week 1 and now has allowed the 3-4 Falcons a direct path to sole ownership of the NFC South later this weekend. — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 30 Oct. 2026 The number of Americans applying for unemployment claims dipped last week to 194,000 — the lowest since mid-July — as layoffs remain low and most Americans enjoy job security. — ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026 As economic worries grow, Newsom’s popularity dips Governor Newsom’s favorability ratings have dipped in the last months of his eight-year tenure as state leader. — Andrew Graham october 27, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026 More comfortable in the midrange, his 3-point accuracy dipped to 33 percent, among his career-low marks. — Doug Haller, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026 Before choosing himself, Jay dipped into his Roc Nation Rolodex to book Rihanna (34) in 2023, then tapping Usher (45) for the 2024 show. — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 27 Oct. 2026 No other machine had two 100% categories, and most of them dipped into the high 80s for the Adobe gamut. — Marshall Honorof, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026 As for gas, it has usually been treated as a waste product to be burned off; because there are so few pipelines to bring it to market, West Texas gas prices have even dipped negative this year. — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026 The four-week average of claims, which strips out week-to-week ups and downs, dipped to 197,750. — Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dipped

Adjective

Its submerged displacement rises to about 24,000 metric tons.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
The discovery was made in the submerged royal harbor of Alexandria, Egypt, and announced this month by the European Institute for Underwater Archaeology.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026

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In the fall of 2025, two years after Chody’s search began, the brand reached out and proposed a collaboration—one that she’d be immersed in from every step of the way.

— Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 29 Oct. 2026
Pollard has also been immersed in surrealism and dada, fitting genres for a musician and visual artist who has a knack for bending words and images to his will — either via hallucinatory lyrics or collages that mesh realms both physical and meta.

— Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of immersed

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Those two facts explain the news, scooped yesterday by Semafor, that Meta is creating a new class of nonvoting stock.

— Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026
On special teams, Clemson forced a fumble on a kickoff that safety Kylon Griffin scooped and scored a TD and kicker Nolan Hauser hit three field goals including a career long 59 yarder in the final minute before halftime.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of scooped

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In the postwar decades, humans seized ecosystems at breakneck speed—forests were felled, prairies plowed, wetlands drained.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
Griess, the superintendent of the National Mall and Memorial Parks, said the 430 trees that were felled were not identified as hazardous or raising safety concerns.

— Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of fell

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Another Australian company, NextDC, plunged 40% on Wednesday after the company slashed its annual earnings forecast.

— Ashley Capoot,Jordan Novet,Annie Palmer,Lora Kolodny,Kai Nicol-Schwarz,Caleigh Keating, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
There had been a temporary improvement but the onset of the Iran war has plunged the country back into crisis.

— Rebekah Evans, TheWeek, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of plunged

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Later, she’s brought in a police car to a nearby pond, strapped to an excavator and dunked into the water as a crowd of anti-immigrant protestors cheer on the public execution.

— Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2026
Love, born Darlene Wright in 1941, shuttled between Los Angeles and Texas and spent her first 15 years in church, dunked in gospel as much as Aretha or Ray Charles were.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 19 Sep. 2026