Thesaurus:wet

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

• dry    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• bedewed    [⇒ thesaurus]
• dank
• doty (of wood)
• juicy
• marshy    [⇒ thesaurus]
• muggy    [⇒ thesaurus] (of weather)

See also

• Thesaurus:liquid

Further reading

• “339. moisture” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “wet” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.