Synonyms for drench

Most common

drown · soak · douse · saturate · drink · wash · swamp · imbrue

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

Noun

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it; to saturate, to soak; also (archaic), to make (someone or something) completely wet by immersing in water or some other liquid; to soak, to steep.

2. v. 2

   To cause (someone) to drink; to provide (someone) with a drink.

3. n. 1

   A dose or draught of liquid medicine administered to an animal.

Related words

Word family

drenched drenching

Forms

Plural

drenches → drafts…

Past participle

drenched
e.g. drenched → saturated, soaked, drowned, doused…

Example sentences

• drown Our worries don't drown in alcohol. They can swim.
• soak You have tennis elbow. Soak your arm in warm water.
• douse The rain wasn't heavy enough to douse the fire.
• drink You'll soon come to enjoy the food and drink here.
• wash About how many times a month do you wash your car?

Popularity over time

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

By length

3 letters

wet¹, sop¹

4 letters

wash¹, soak¹

5 letters

drink¹, draft¹, steep¹, swamp¹, drown¹, douse¹, souse

6 letters

potion², imbrue

7 letters

draught¹, immerse²

8 letters

saturate³, submerge², inundate³, bedrench, indrench

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (potion² = 2 syllables).

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