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souse

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of souse

a person who makes a habit of getting drunk

  • an old souse who lumbered home with a full bottle of gin in him every night
Synonyms of souse

alcoholic, alkie (or alky) [slang], boozehound, boozer, dipsomaniac, drinker, drunk, drunkard, inebriate, juicehead [slang], juicer [slang], lush, rummy, soak, soaker, sot, tippler, toper, tosspot
Words Related to souse

swigger, swiller

wino
Near Antonyms of souse

abstainer, nondrinker, teetotaler (or teetotaller), teetotalist

souse

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of souse

1 to make wet

  • a passing car barreled through the puddle and soused us good
Synonyms of souse

bathe, bedraggle, douse (also dowse), drench, drown, soak, sodden, sop, wash, water, water-soak, waterlog, wet, wet down
Words Related to souse

asperse, bedew, damp, dampen, drizzle, humidify, hydrate, mist, moisten, moisturize, shower, sprinkle

deluge, flood, hose (down), inundate, overflow

submerge, swamp

splash

impregnate, saturate, steep

flush, irrigate, lave, rinse, slosh, sluice

dip, duck, dunk

rehydrate, rewash, rewet
Near Antonyms of souse

dewater, evaporate, freeze-dry

drip-dry, wring

dehumidify
Antonyms of souse

dehydrate, desiccate, dry, parch, scorch, sear

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

  • repeatedly soused the tools in the tub to get the dirt off
Synonyms of souse

dip, douse (also dowse), duck, dunk, immerse, sop, submerge, submerse
Words Related to souse

bathe, moisten, soak, steep, wet

drench, drown, flood

dive, plunge, thrust

3 to wet thoroughly with liquid

  • firefighters soused the neighboring houses so that they wouldnʼt catch fire as well
Synonyms of souse

drench, drown, impregnate, macerate, saturate, soak, sodden, sop, steep
Words Related to souse

waterlog, water-soak

marinate, seethe

presoak

dip, immerse, inundate, submerge, swamp

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

infiltrate, penetrate, permeate

damp, dampen, humidify, moisten
Near Antonyms of souse

dehydrate, desiccate, dry, parch, sear

drain, empty, void

dehumidify
Antonyms of souse

wring (out)

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