Synonyms of sopping

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adjective

ˈsä-piŋ 

as in dripping

containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water

my hair and clothes were absolutely sopping after the unexpected downpour

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dripping
• saturated
• wet
• soaked
• soaking
• bathed
• washed
• flooded
• saturate
• sodden
• drenched
• soggy
• waterlogged
• damp
• moist
• watered
• bedraggled
• soppy
• water-soaked
• awash
• logged
• flushed
• watery
• drowned
• doused
• submerged
• splashed
• soused
• rinsed
• overflowed
• humid
• dipped
• hydrated
• aqueous
• clammy
• steeped
• irrigated
• inundated
• deluged
• dank
• boggy
• swamped
• sloppy
• dunked
• squashy
• dampish
• sluiced
• wettish
• seepy
• laved
• miry
• semimoist

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dry
• arid
• unwatered
• waterless
• bone-dry
• waterproof
• watertight
• hyperarid
• dehydrated
• baked
• water-repellent
• water-resistant
• parched
• thirsty
• droughty
• sunbaked
• sere
• wrung
• ultradry
• freeze-dried

sopping

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verb

present participle of sop

1

as in soaking

to wet thoroughly with liquid

sopped the sponge with the detergent and began scrubbing the floor vigorously

Synonyms & Similar Words

• soaking
• saturating
• drowning
• drenching
• dipping
• impregnating
• washing
• macerating
• immersing
• steeping
• submerging
• sousing
• soddening
• penetrating
• seething
• marinating
• inundating
• moistening
• watering
• bathing
• swamping
• permeating
• water-soaking
• waterlogging
• dousing
• swilling
• infiltrating
• presoaking
• hydrating
• damping
• dampening
• humidifying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• drying
• wringing (out)
• searing
• emptying
• draining
• dehydrating
• parching
• voiding
• desiccating
• dehumidifying

2

as in wetting

to make wet

my book fell in the swimming pool and was thoroughly sopped before I could fish it out

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wetting
• drowning
• washing
• flooding
• soaking
• drenching
• rinsing
• watering
• bathing
• dousing
• waterlogging
• wetting down
• flushing
• dipping
• sprinkling
• moistening
• sousing
• splashing
• damping
• water-soaking
• submerging
• soddening
• showering
• drizzling
• bedraggling
• saturating
• misting
• inundating
• overflowing
• hydrating
• deluging
• dampening
• moisturizing
• humidifying
• swamping
• laving
• sloshing
• sluicing
• hosing (down)
• irrigating
• bedewing
• impregnating
• aspersing
• dunking
• ducking
• rewetting
• steeping
• rehydrating
• rewashing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• drying
• scorching
• searing
• parching
• desiccating
• dehydrating
• evaporating
• dewatering
• wringing
• freeze-drying
• dehumidifying
• drip-drying

3

as in dipping

to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid

hesitant to sop his bread in gravy, no matter how delicious, at such a formal banquet

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dipping
• immersing
• soaking
• drowning
• dunking
• ducking
• wetting
• submerging
• moistening
• dousing
• sousing
• submersing
• flooding
• bathing
• drenching
• plunging
• steeping
• thrusting
• diving

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sopping

Adjective

In the away end, on this putrid, sopping evening in N17, the bigger picture is steamrolled by the small. — George Caulkin, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026

Them that got across emerged rat-like, coated with sopping sludge. — Literary Hub, 9 Jan. 2026

And then, for a coffee or churros or a sopping slice of tres leches, rejoin the river of humanity flowing through the mercado. — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024

Stand in a circle and pass around a sopping-wet sponge until the music stops. — Christina Montoya Fiedler, Woman's Day, 24 Feb. 2023

Jean had the sensation of throwing sopping red meat to a starving dog. — Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 11 Oct. 2022

If washing a regular comforter can be a chore, imagine hauling a sopping wet weighted blanket out of the washing machine. — Cara Lynn Shultz, Forbes, 21 June 2021

Verb

After coming into contact with the squid, Wade begins to have visions of the hag, a black-haired, sopping-wet woman in white who comes to him repeatedly. — Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026

The entire middle bun was essentially a sopping wet rag designed to do little more than absorb and deliver sauce into your mouth. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2026

Highlights include the raw sampler—mussels blanketed in a thick puree of herbs, scallop crudo bathed in homemade almond milk—and a bouillabaisse accompanied by insanely crunchy cheesy bread for sopping. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 May 2026

Drying off won’t leave these absorbent towels sopping wet. — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 15 Apr. 2026

In the away end, on this putrid, sopping evening in N17, the bigger picture is steamrolled by the small. — George Caulkin, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026

When the sopping girl has joined them on the beach, one of the producers separates from the huddle of production personnel. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Jan. 2026

After a sopping start to the new year, Southern California’s persistent drizzle is expected to wrap up by late Tuesday, ushering in a period of dry conditions, warmer temperatures and even some Santa Ana winds by the weekend, according to the National Weather Service. — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2026

The other side of the sopping wet coin is how to counter these noises. — New Atlas, 7 Dec. 2025