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Synonyms for dip

  • verb
  • noun

Most common

plunge dive douse soak

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Plunge

plunge, dive, douse, soak, submerge, dunk, immerse, drown, merge, souse, inundate

Other

sink, duck, cut, pack a lip, decrement, dim, lade

Noun

1. Drop

drop, fall, free-fall

2. Snuff — finely ground tobacco, consumed by placing a small amount between the lip and gum

snuff, chewing tobacco US

3. Pick-pocket

pick-pocket, cut-purse

4. Inclination

inclination, magnetic dip

Other

tip, cup, depression, pitch, incline, ducking

Antonyms

lift, climb

All antonyms of dip →

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To lower into a liquid.

    Dip your biscuit into your tea.

  2. n. 1

    Finely ground tobacco, consumed by placing a small amount between the lip and gum.

  3. n. 2

    A lower section of a road or geological feature.

    There is a dip in the road ahead.

  4. n. 3

    Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.

Related words

Word family
dipper
Phrases
lucky dip magnetic dip slippery dip dip net dip pen honey dip polar bear dip

Forms

Plural
dips → drops, falls, snuffs, pick-pockets…
Past participle
dipped
e.g. dipped → plunged, dived, doused, soaked…

Choose the right word

Dip or Immerse?

Dip is Saxon, while immerse is Latin for the same initial act; dip is accordingly the more popular and commonplace, immerse the more elegant and dignified expression in many cases.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • dive It is not responsible to dive into ice-cold water.
  • soak You have tennis elbow. Soak your arm in warm water.
  • plunge The robber tried to plunge the knife into the boy.
  • douse The rain wasn't heavy enough to douse the fire.
  • dim In the dim light, Tom saw someone approaching him.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
dipfalling
diverising
soakrising
plungesteady
douserising

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

By length

3 letters
cut1, cup1, tip1, dim1
4 letters
fall1, drop1, sink1, duck1, dive1, soak1, dunk1, lade1
5 letters
pitch1, merge1, drown1, snuff1, douse1, souse
6 letters
plunge1
7 letters
incline2, ducking2, immerse2
8 letters
submerge2, inundate3
9 letters
decrement
10 letters
depression3
11 letters
inclination4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (incline2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
tremper
Italiano
ammollare
Español
mojar
Deutsch
eintauchen
Català
mullar