Synonyms of irrigate

irrigate

verb

ˈir-ə-ˌgāt 

as in to rinse

to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse

if you get the chemical in your eye, irrigate the eye thoroughly with water

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rinse
• wash
• flush
• flood
• sluice
• wash out
• inundate
• flow
• engulf
• stream
• swamp
• saturate
• hose
• gush
• drench
• soak
• deluge
• rush
• douse
• splash
• douche
• slosh

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of irrigate

Cyclospora is a microscopic parasite that infects food that has come into contact with human feces, most commonly when produce is irrigated or washed with contaminated water. — Savannah Peters, Fortune, 18 July 2026

Soybeans, by contrast, cover less land, and less of that acreage is irrigated, which, at this scale, matters more than the quirks of individual plants. — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 14 July 2026

Residential customers, however, may irrigate lawns but are asked to continue to conserve water, cutting outdoor use by 50%, the regional water authority said in a statement Thursday, July 9. — Donnelle Eller, Des Moines Register, 9 July 2026

Boiseans use 65 million gallons of Veolia water per day to irrigate their lawns during the summer, according to an estimate from the utility. — Idaho Statesman, 1 July 2026