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water

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of water

to make wet

watered the plants

Synonyms of water

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

Words Related to water

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

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

submerge, swamp

impregnate, saturate, steep

flush, irrigate, lave, rinse, slosh, sluice

dip, duck, dunk

rehydrate, rewash, rewet

Near Antonyms of water

dewater, evaporate, freeze-dry

drip-dry, wring

Antonyms of water

dehydrate, desiccate, dry, parch, scorch, sear

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