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Synonyms for dank

Most common

wet moist damp humid

All synonyms

Adjective

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Dark, damp and humid.

    The dank cave was chilly and spooky.

Related words

Word family
dankness

Example sentences

  • wet Wet and stormy areas will get wetter and stormier.
  • moist I baked a cake, and it came out fluffy and moist.
  • damp The weather was not only cold, it was also damp.
  • humid It is extremely hot and humid in Bali in December.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
dankrising
wetsteady
moistfalling
damprising
humidsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
wet1
4 letters
damp1
5 letters
moist1, humid2
6 letters
clammy2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (humid2 = 2 syllables).