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drain

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of drain

1 to remove (liquid) gradually or completely
  • We drained the water from the tank before cleaning it.
Synonyms of drain

bleed, draft, draw (off), pump, siphon (also syphon), tap
Words Related to drain

milk

suck

clear, empty, evacuate, exhaust, vacate, vacuate, void

decant, effuse

deplete

clean, flush, purge
Near Antonyms of drain

bathe, douse (also dowse), drench, soak, souse, wash, water, wet

deluge, drown, flood, inundate, overflow

submerge, swamp
Antonyms of drain

fill
2 to make complete use of
  • virtually drained the country's natural resources
Synonyms of drain

absorb, burn, consume, deplete, devour, draw down, exhaust, expend, play out, spend, use up
Words Related to drain

abate, decrease, de-escalate, diminish, downsize, dwindle, lessen, lower, reduce

eat, use

bankrupt, clean (out), impoverish

cripple, debilitate, disable, enfeeble, sap, undermine, weaken

dry up, empty

blow, dissipate, fritter (away), guzzle, lavish, misspend, run through, squander, throw away, waste
Phrases Synonymous with drain

run out of
Near Antonyms of drain

augment, enlarge, increase

bolster, enforce, fortify, reinforce (also reenforce), strengthen

rebuild, repair, restore, revive

conserve, preserve, save
Antonyms of drain

renew, replace
3 to use up all the physical energy of
  • The long hike drained us.
Synonyms of drain

break, burn out, bust, do in, do up, exhaust, fatigue, frazzle, harass, kill, knock out, outwear, tire, tucker (out), wash out, wear, wear out, weary
Words Related to drain

debilitate, enervate, enfeeble, sap, waste, weaken
Phrases Synonymous with drain

wear to a frazzle
Near Antonyms of drain

activate, energize, invigorate, rejuvenate, strengthen, vitalize

relax, rest, unwind

Synonym Discussion of drain

deplete, drain, exhaust, impoverish, bankrupt mean to deprive of something essential to existence or potency. deplete implies a reduction in number or quantity so as to endanger the ability to function.
    • depleting our natural resources
drain implies a gradual withdrawal and ultimate deprivation of what is necessary to an existence.
    • personal tragedy had drained him of all spirit
exhaust stresses a complete emptying.
    • her lecture exhausted the subject
impoverish suggests a deprivation of something essential to richness or productiveness.
    • impoverished soil
bankrupt suggests impoverishment to the point of imminent collapse.
    • war had bankrupted the nation of resources

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