Synonyms for dripping

Most common

wet · soaked · saturated · drenched · adrip

All synonyms

Adjective

Noun

Definitions

1. adj. 1

   very wet.

2. n. 1

   Solid animal fat, traditionally collected from dripping off roasting meat.

Related words

Phrases

dripping cake dripping pan dripping point dripping wet

Forms

Plural

drippings → soakings, drippages…

Example sentences

• wet Wet and stormy areas will get wetter and stormier.
• soaked It rained all night, and now everywhere is soaked.
• saturated A wetland is an area of land that is saturated with water.
• drenched I forgot my umbrella and got drenched in the rain.

Popularity over time

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

By length

3 letters

wet¹

5 letters

adrip

6 letters

soaked¹

7 letters

soaking²

8 letters

drenched¹, drippage

9 letters

saturated⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (soaking² = 2 syllables).