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wet

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of wet

1 containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water

I left the car windows open while it rained, and the seats got all wet

Synonyms of wet

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

Words Related to wet

deluged, drowned, flooded, inundated, overflowed

submerged, swamped

dipped, dunked, splashed

flushed, irrigated, laved, rinsed, sluiced

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

boggy, miry, seepy, sloppy, squashy

Near Antonyms of wet

bone-dry, hyperarid, ultradry

waterproof, water-repellent, water-resistant, watertight

baked, dehydrated, freeze-dried

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

Antonyms of wet

arid, dry, unwatered, waterless

2 marked by or abounding with rain

a wet and dreary day

Synonyms of wet

pouring, precipitating, rainy, stormy

Words Related to wet

drippy, drizzling, drizzly, misty, mizzly, spitting, sprinkling

Near Antonyms of wet

3 being under the influence of alcohol

designated a driver so the others could get wet and make it home safely at the end of the night

Synonyms of wet

besotted, blasted [slang], blind, blitzed [slang], blotto [slang], bombed, boozy, canned [slang], cockeyed, crocked, drunk, drunken, fried, gassed, hammered [slang], high, impaired, inebriate, inebriated, intoxicated, juiced [slang], lit, lit up, loaded [slang], looped, oiled [slang], pickled, pie-eyed, plastered, potted [slang], ripped [slang], sloshed [slang], smashed [slang], sottish, soused, sozzled, squiffed (or squiffy), stewed, stiff, stinking [slang], stoned, tanked [slang], tiddly [chiefly British], tight, tipsy, wasted [slang], wiped out [slang]

Words Related to wet

befuddled, bleary-eyed, crapulous, dopey (also dopy), rocky, strung out, stupefied

debauched, dissipated, dissolute

alcoholic, bibulous, dipsomaniacal

Phrases Synonymous with wet

in one's cups, in the bag [slang], three sheets in the wind (or three sheets to the wind), under the influence, under the weather

Near Antonyms of wet

abstemious, abstinent, dry, temperate, teetotal

clearheaded, cool, level, steady

Antonyms of wet

sober, straight

4 appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way

things get more than a little wet during the opera's big death scene

Synonyms of wet

chocolate-box, cloying, corny, drippy, fruity, gooey, lovey-dovey, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, novelettish, saccharine, sappy, schmaltzy, sentimental, sloppy, slushy, soppy, soupy, spoony (or spooney), sticky, sugarcoated, sugary

Words Related to wet

dreamy, misty-eyed, moonstruck, moony, nostalgic, starry-eyed

feel-good, fuzzy

melodramatic, soap-operatic, soapy, sudsy

flat, insipid, soft-boiled, tasteless, vapid, watery

cutesy, twee [chiefly British]

Near Antonyms of wet

unadulterated, unvarnished

antisentimental, cynical, hard-boiled, hard-edged, hardheaded

Antonyms of wet

5 British lacking strength of will or character

employees of the company despised their boss as a wet and ineffectual bloke

Synonyms of wet

characterless, effete, frail, invertebrate, limp-wristed, milk-and-water, namby-pamby, nerveless, soft, spineless, weak, weak-kneed, weakened, weakling, wimpish, wimpy, wishy-washy

Words Related to wet

flabby, flaccid, forceless, ineffective, ineffectual

impotent, impuissant, powerless

emasculated, unnerved

lamblike, meek, pliable, submissive

corrupt, dastardly, unprincipled, unscrupulous, villainous

cowardly, craven, fainthearted, lily-livered, nebbishy, poltroon, pusillanimous, sissy, timid

infirm, irresolute, vacillating

Near Antonyms of wet

ethical, good, moral, principled, right, righteous, upright, virtuous

determined, mettlesome, resolute, unrelenting

courageous, stalwart, stouthearted

Antonyms of wet

backboned, firm, hard, strong, tough

Synonym Discussion of wet

wet, damp, dank, moist, humid mean covered or more or less soaked with liquid. wet usually implies saturation but may suggest a covering of a surface with water or something (such as paint) not yet dry.

- slipped on the wet pavement

damp implies a slight or moderate absorption and often connotes an unpleasant degree of moisture.

- clothes will mildew if stored in a damp place

dank implies a more distinctly disagreeable or unwholesome dampness.

- a prisoner in a cold, dank cell

moist applies to what is slightly damp or not felt as dry.

- treat the injury with moist heat

humid applies to the presence of much water vapor in the air.

- a hot, humid climate

wet

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of wet

a steady falling of water from the sky in significant quantity

winced as he walked out into the wet without any protection

Synonyms of wet

cloudburst, deluge, downfall, downpour, rain, rainfall, rainstorm, storm

Words Related to wet

precipitation, shower

thundershower, thunderstorm, weather

Near Antonyms of wet

drizzle, mist, mizzle, scud, spit, sprinkle

wet

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of wet

to make wet

you need to wet your hair thoroughly first

Synonyms of wet

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

Words Related to wet

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 wet

dewater, evaporate, freeze-dry

drip-dry, wring

Antonyms of wet

dehydrate, desiccate, dry, parch, scorch, sear

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