Synonyms for soak
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Absorb
absorb, drench, saturate, immerse, submerge, dip, infuse, douse, macerate, sop, impregnate, steep, infiltrate, imbrue
Other
imbue, imbibe, hit it up informal, intoxicate, bewater
Noun
1. Wet — A drunkard
wet, sponge informal, soaker, lush, sot, drunk, souse, inebriate, alcoholic, guzzler, drinker, wino, drunkard, bibber, tippler, dipsomaniac, toper formal, wine-bibber, suck-pint dated, boozer slang, lusher slang, boozehound slang informal
Other
Definitions
- v. 1
To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
I'm going to soak in the bath for a couple of hours.
- v. 2
To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.
Soak the beans overnight before cooking.
- v. 3
To penetrate or permeate by saturation.
The water soaked into my shoes and gave me wet feet.
- n. 1
A drunkard.
Related words
- Word family
- soakage soaker
- Phrases
- soak up soak in soak the runner
Example sentences
- absorb The glass can't absorb water, but the curtain can.
- immerse How do you immerse yourself in the local culture?
- hook Please hang your coat on the hook behind the door.
- pluck Can you pluck up the courage to talk to her?
By length
- 3 letters
- wet1, rob1, dip1, sop1, sot1
- 4 letters
- hook1, pawn1, lush1, hock1, wino2
- 5 letters
- drunk1, steep1, plume1, pluck1, douse1, imbue2, souse, toper
- 6 letters
- absorb2, sponge1, fleece1, infuse2, boozer2, drench1, imbibe2, soaker2, lusher2, bibber, gazump, imbrue
- 7 letters
- drinker2, immerse2, guzzler2, tippler, bewater, soakage
- 8 letters
- drunkard2, saturate3, submerge2, macerate
- 9 letters
- alcoholic4, surcharge2, inebriate4
- 10 letters
- infiltrate3, impregnate3, overcharge3, intoxicate4, boozehound
- 11 letters
- dipsomaniac
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (wino2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- détremper
- Italiano
- stemperare
- Español
- remojar