Synonyms of sops

sops 1 of 2

noun

plural of sop

as in bribes

something given or promised in order to improperly influence a person's conduct or decision

as a sop to the teachers' union for supporting his reelection campaign, the mayor promised to push for the abolition of the residency requirement

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bribes
• incentives
• fixes
• backhanders
• inducements
• boodles
• payoffs
• encouragements
• stimuli
• motivations
• flatteries
• stimulations
• lures
• cumshaws
• kickbacks
• enticements
• seductions
• temptations
• slush funds
• spurs
• incitements
• provocations
• boosts
• goads
• persuasions
• baksheeshs
• allurements
• instigations
• baits
• decoys
• snares
• traps
• turn-ons

sops

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of sop

1

as in soaks

to wet thoroughly with liquid

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• soaks
• saturates
• drowns
• drenches
• dips
• impregnates
• macerates
• washes
• souses
• steeps
• soddens
• water-soaks
• waters
• submerges
• immerses
• seethes
• inundates
• waterlogs
• marinates
• penetrates
• swamps
• swills
• damps
• bathes
• moistens
• hydrates
• permeates
• presoaks
• douses
• dampens
• humidifies
• infiltrates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dries
• wrings (out)
• sears
• empties
• drains
• voids
• dehydrates
• parches
• desiccates
• dehumidifies

2

as in wets

to make wet

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wets
• drowns
• washes
• floods
• waters
• soaks
• rinses
• water-soaks
• drenches
• bathes
• damps
• showers
• douses
• dips
• souses
• waterlogs
• wets down
• sprinkles
• flushes
• bedraggles
• soddens
• splashes
• drizzles
• moistens
• bedews
• hoses (down)
• deluges
• hydrates
• mists
• moisturizes
• inundates
• submerges
• dampens
• asperses
• laves
• saturates
• humidifies
• swamps
• overflows
• impregnates
• sloshes
• ducks
• sluices
• irrigates
• dunks
• steeps
• rehydrates
• rewashes
• rewets

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dries
• sears
• parches
• desiccates
• scorches
• evaporates
• dehydrates
• dewaters
• wrings
• freeze-dries
• dehumidifies
• drip-dries

3

as in dips

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

• dips
• soaks
• ducks
• drowns
• dunks
• immerses
• douses
• souses
• wets
• submerges
• moistens
• floods
• bathes
• submerses
• steeps
• drenches
• thrusts
• plunges
• dives

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sops

Noun

The sound can feel dense, but never overloaded — and there are certainly no obvious sops to commerciality here. — Chris Willman, Variety, 9 Aug. 2026