Synonyms of watered

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adjective

as in saturated

containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water

a heavily watered lawn

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

watered

2 of 2

verb

past tense of water

as in wet

to make wet

watered the plants

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wet
• drowned
• washed
• flooded
• rinsed
• soaked
• bathed
• drenched
• waterlogged
• flushed
• bedraggled
• doused
• submerged
• sprinkled
• moistened
• damped
• misted
• dipped
• splashed
• water-soaked
• sopped
• showered
• hydrated
• wet down
• soused
• irrigated
• inundated
• saturated
• soddened
• humidified
• drizzled
• deluged
• overflowed
• dampened
• swamped
• impregnated
• bedewed
• steeped
• sluiced
• moisturized
• laved
• hosed (down)
• ducked
• dunked
• sloshed
• rehydrated
• aspersed
• rewashed
• rewet

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dried
• parched
• scorched
• dehydrated
• evaporated
• desiccated
• seared
• dewatered
• freeze-dried
• wrung
• drip-dried
• dehumidified

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of watered

Verb

Keeping celery watered thoroughly could cause fungal infections or root rot in your pepper plants. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 28 July 2026

Setting up a sprinkler system and creating a schedule is a useful way to keep plants watered and healthy. — Melissa Epifano, The Spruce, 26 July 2026

Some of the healthiest podocarpus seem to be kept on the dry side once established, and only watered during drier times of the year. — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2026

Prayer plants are in the same family as the calatheas and prefer not to be watered with municipal tap water, says Steinkopf. — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 21 July 2026

Congress either never voted on them at all or watered them down with so many legislative loopholes that they were rendered meaningless. — Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Local animal rights group keeps the cats fed, watered, and sheltered, in addition to arranging medical care when necessary. — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 18 July 2026

Sometimes, soil can appear dark even when it hasn’t been watered, so don’t rely on appearances alone. — Heather Zidack, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2026

The soil below two inches should be unharmed, Adams said, so long as new compost is set and plants are watered plentifully, which will promote natural biological cycles. — Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026