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Synonyms for irrigate

Most common

moisten inundate

All synonyms

Verb

1. Moisten

water, moisten, wet

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To supply (farmland) with water, by building ditches, pipes, etc.

    We need to irrigate the land before we plant the crops.

Related words

Word family
irrigation

Forms

Past participle
irrigated
e.g. irrigated → watered, moistened, wetted, inundated…

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
irrigatefalling
moistenrising
inundatefalling

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

By length

3 letters
wet1
5 letters
water2
7 letters
moisten2
8 letters
inundate3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (water2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
irriguer
Italiano
irrigare
Deutsch
bewässern