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saturated

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of saturated

containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water

The carpet should be damp but not entirely saturated.

Synonyms of saturated

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

Words Related to saturated

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 saturated

bone-dry, hyperarid, ultradry

waterproof, water-repellent, water-resistant, watertight

baked, dehydrated, freeze-dried

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

Antonyms of saturated

arid, dry, unwatered, waterless

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