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watery

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of watery

1 containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water
  • the soft, watery earth of the marshland
Synonyms of watery

awash, bathed, bedraggled, doused (also dowsed), drenched, dripping, logged, saturate, saturated, soaked, soaking, sodden, soggy, sopping, soppy, soused, washed, water-soaked, watered, waterlogged, wet
Words Related to watery

deluged, drowned, flooded, inundated, overflowed

submerged, swamped

hydrated

dipped, dunked, splashed

aqueous

steeped

flushed, irrigated, laved, rinsed, sluiced

clammy, damp, dampish, dank, humid, moist, semimoist, wettish

boggy, miry, seepy, sloppy, squashy
Near Antonyms of watery

bone-dry, hyperarid, ultradry

waterproof, water-repellent, water-resistant, watertight

baked, dehydrated, freeze-dried

droughty, parched, sere (also sear), sunbaked, thirsty

wrung
Antonyms of watery

arid, dry, unwatered, waterless
2 having an overly soft liquid consistency
  • watery oatmeal
Synonyms of watery

runny, soupy
Words Related to watery

flowing, fluent, fluid, liquefied

dilute, diluted, thin, thinned, watered-down, weak, weakened

sloshy, slushy, soggy, waterlogged, wet
Near Antonyms of watery

ropy (also ropey), syrupy, viscid, viscous

creamy, heavy, thick, thickened, thickish

gelatinous, gluey, glutinous, gooey, gummy, sticky
3 not containing very much of some important element
  • a watery lemonade
Synonyms of watery

dilute, diluted, thin, thinned, washy, weak, weakened
Words Related to watery

adulterated, watered-down
Near Antonyms of watery

enriched, fortified

concentrated, condensed, evaporated
Antonyms of watery

full-bodied, rich, strong
4 lacking in qualities that make for spirit and character
  • political correctness has resulted in a lot of history books being written in very watery prose
Synonyms of watery

banal, flat, insipid, milk-and-water, namby-pamby, wishy-washy
Words Related to watery

unexciting, uninspiring, unrewarding

bland, boring, drab, dreary, dry, dull, heavy, humdrum, jading, leaden, lifeless, monotonous, pedestrian, ponderous, tedious, tiresome, tiring, uninteresting, vapid, wearisome, weary, wearying

inane

innocuous, inoffensive

mild, soft, subdued, tame, weak

common, commonplace, ordinary, stale, unexceptional
Near Antonyms of watery

piquant, poignant, pungent, racy, spicy

meaty, substantial

entertaining, exciting, galvanizing, inspiring, invigorating, thrilling

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