Synonyms for sweating
- adjective
- noun
Most common
sweaty perspiring sudorific sudatory sudoriferous
All synonyms
Adjective
perspiring, sweaty, sudorific, sudatory, sudoriferous, asweat dated
Noun
1. Perspiration — the production and evaporation of a watery fluid called sweat that is excreted by the sweat glands in the…
Definitions
- adj. 1
Giving off sweat.
A sweating man stepped out of the sauna, wrapping himself in a towel.
- n. 1
The production and evaporation of a watery fluid called sweat that is excreted by the sweat glands in the skin of mammals.
Forms
- Plural
- sweatings → perspirations, diaphoreses, hidroses, sudations…
Example sentences
- sweaty This room smells like sweaty feet. Open the window.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| sweating | rising | |
| sweaty | rising | |
| perspiring | rising | |
| sudorific | steady | |
| sudatory | steady | |
| sudoriferous | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- sweaty2, asweat
- 8 letters
- sudatory, hidrosis, sudation
- 9 letters
- sudorific, sudoresis
- 10 letters
- perspiring3
- 11 letters
- diaphoresis
- 12 letters
- perspiration4, sudoriferous
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sweaty2 = 2 syllables).