Synonyms for moisten
Definitions
- v. 1
To make moist or moister.
She put on some lip balm to moisten her lips.
Related words
- Word family
- moistener
Forms
- Past participle
- moistened
e.g. moistened → wetted, damped, dampened, washed…
Example sentences
- wet Wet and stormy areas will get wetter and stormier.
- wash About how many times a month do you wash your car?
- damp The weather was not only cold, it was also damp.
- dampen Benedito used water to dampen the cloth for cleaning.
- drizzle Tom opened his umbrella as it began to drizzle.
- irrigate Canals have been built to irrigate the desert.
By length
- 3 letters
- wet1
- 4 letters
- wash1, damp1
- 5 letters
- water2, bedew
- 6 letters
- dampen2, dabble2
- 7 letters
- drizzle2
- 8 letters
- irrigate3
- 9 letters
- enmoisten
- 10 letters
- moisturize, moisturise
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (water2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- humidifier
- Español
- humedecer