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Synonyms for soaker

27 synonyms
1 antonym
2 meanings

noun

Most common

torrent water spout downpour pelter soak sponge booter

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Downpour

water spout, downpour, cloud burst, deluge, torrent, pelter

2. Soak

soak, sponge, lush, alcoholic, sucker, drunk, toper formal, boozer, drunkard, souse, tippler, dipsomaniac, alky, sot, drinker, guzzler, inebriate, wine-bibber, bibber, suck-pint dated

Other

Antonyms

All antonyms of soaker →

Definitions

n. 1
One who, or that which, soaks.
n. 2
A person suffering from alcoholism.

Related words

Phrases: soaker pad

Forms

Plural: soakers → downpours, deluges, torrents, pelters…

Example sentences

torrent For a man, passion is a torrent; for a woman, an abyss.
downpour That river quickly overflowed due to the downpour.
soak You have tennis elbow. Soak your arm in warm water.
sponge Tom threw a soaking wet sponge at me at school today.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
soaker		rising
torrent		rising
downpour		rising
pelter		steady
soak		rising

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

By length

3 letters: sot¹
4 letters: soak¹, lush¹, alky
5 letters: drunk¹, souse, toper
6 letters: sponge¹, sucker², deluge², boozer², booter, bibber, pelter
7 letters: torrent², drinker², guzzler², tippler
8 letters: downpour², drunkard²
9 letters: alcoholic⁴, inebriate⁴
11 letters: dipsomaniac

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sucker² = 2 syllables).