Thesaurus:wet
English
Adjective
Sense: covered with or impregnated with liquid
Synonyms
- bewatered
- damp
- drenched
- dripping
- drunk [⇒ thesaurus]
- humid
- irriguous (archaic, poetic)
- madid (dated)
- moist
- moisty
- overwatered
- plashy
- saturated
- soaked
- sodden
- soggy
- spewy
- spongy
- squidgy (Britain)
- thoan (Britain, dialectal)
- thone (Britain, dialectal)
- undried
- watered
- waterlogged
- watery
- wet
- wetter than an otter's pocket (simile, informal)
- wiery (obsolete)
Antonyms
Hyponyms
- bedewed [⇒ thesaurus]
- dank
- doty (of wood)
- juicy
- marshy [⇒ thesaurus]
- muggy [⇒ thesaurus] (of weather)
See also
Further reading
- “339. moisture” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “wet” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.