Synonyms for dry
- adjective
- verb
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Matter-of-fact
2. Arid — anhydrous, free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids
arid, parched, thirsty, waterless, bone-dry, desiccated, plain, sear, anhydrous, sober, dull, severe, barren, baked, lifeless, dreary, sharp, unproductive, uninteresting, monotonous, tedious, prosaic
Other
air-dry, husky, born, meatless, unsweet, moistureless rare, juiceless rare, sapless rare, fatless rare
Verb
Definitions
- adj. 1
Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids.
Dry alcohol is 200 proof.
- adj. 2
Free from or lacking moisture.
This towel's dry. Could you wet it and cover the chicken so it doesn't go dry as it cooks?
- v. 1
To lose moisture.
The clothes dried on the line.
- v. 2
To remove moisture from.
We dried the fruit in the dehydrator.
Example sentences
- wry "What an idyllic picture," he said with a wry grin.
- ironical His ironical remarks are not directed at you.
- arid Algeria's high plateaus are a vast semi-arid area.
- parched The person who consumes chili will be parched.
By length
- 3 letters
- wry1
- 4 letters
- born1, dull1, arid2, sear1
- 5 letters
- sharp1, plain1, sober2, baked1, husky2, parch1
- 6 letters
- season2, severe2, ironic3, barren2, dreary2, wither2
- 7 letters
- thirsty2, tedious3, parched1, prosaic3, shrivel2, unsweet, sapless, fatless, torrefy, unwater
- 8 letters
- lifeless2, meatless2, ironical4, insolate
- 9 letters
- sarcastic3, evaporate4, anhydrous, dehydrate3, waterless, desiccate3, juiceless, exsiccate
- 10 letters
- monotonous4, desiccated4
- 12 letters
- unproductive4, moistureless
- 13 letters
- uninteresting4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (arid2 = 2 syllables).