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saturate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of saturate

to wet thoroughly with liquid

Saturate your hair with water before applying the dye.

Synonyms of saturate

drench, drown, impregnate, macerate, soak, sop, souse, steep

Words Related to saturate

marinate, seethe

dip, immerse, inundate, submerge, swamp

bathe, douse (also dowse), hydrate, swill, wash, water

infiltrate, penetrate, permeate

damp, dampen, humidify, moisten

Near Antonyms of saturate

dehydrate, desiccate, dry, parch, sear

drain, empty, void

Antonyms of saturate

Synonym Discussion of saturate

soak, saturate, drench, steep, impregnate mean to permeate or be permeated with a liquid. soak implies usually prolonged immersion as for softening or cleansing.

- soak the garment in soapy water

saturate implies a resulting effect of complete absorption until no more liquid can be held.

- a saturated sponge

drench implies a thorough wetting by something that pours down or is poured.

- clothes drenched by a cloudburst

steep suggests either the extraction of an essence (as of tea leaves) by the liquid or the imparting of a quality (such as a color) to the thing immersed.

- steep the tea for five minutes

impregnate implies a thorough interpenetration of one thing by another.

- a cake strongly impregnated with brandy

saturate

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of saturate

containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water

The test will only work if the sample cloth is saturate with solution.

Synonyms of saturate

awash, bathed, bedraggled, doused (also dowsed), drenched, dripping, logged, saturated, soaked, soaking, sodden, soggy, sopping, soppy, soused, washed, water-soaked, watered, waterlogged, watery, wet

Words Related to saturate

deluged, drowned, flooded, inundated, overflowed

submerged, swamped

dipped, dunked, splashed

flushed, irrigated, laved, rinsed, sluiced

clammy, damp, dampish, dank, humid, moist, semimoist, wettish

boggy, miry, seepy, sloppy, squashy

Near Antonyms of saturate

bone-dry, hyperarid, ultradry

waterproof, water-repellent, water-resistant, watertight

baked, dehydrated, freeze-dried

droughty, parched, sere (also sear), sunbaked, thirsty

Antonyms of saturate

arid, dry, unwatered, waterless

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