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Synonyms for wet

68 synonyms
11 antonyms
7 meanings

adjective
verb
noun

Most common

damp rainy humid showery soaked dripping sodden moist

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Damp — of weather or a time period, rainy

damp, rainy, humid, showery

2. Soaked — of an object, etc., covered or impregnated with liquid, usually (but not always) water

soaked, dripping, drenched, saturated

3. Muggy — refreshed with liquor; drunk

sodden, muddy, soggy, marshy, sticky, soppy, cock-eyed, clammy, boggy, sloppy, plastered, tight, fresh, spongy, drunk, besotted, blind drunk, pixilated, dewy, canned, pie-eyed informal, inebriated

4. Moist — sexually aroused and thus having the vulva moistened with vaginal secretions

moist, steamy, horny, drippy slang

Other

watery, slippery, dank, green, tacky, hopeless, useless, feeble, undried rare, dampish rare

Verb

1. Moisten — to make or become wet

moisten, water, dampen, wash, dew, irrigate, dabble, bedew rare

2. Soak — to cover or impregnate with liquid

soak, drench, get wet, saturate, sog

3. Stiff — to kill or seriously injure

stiff, do away with informal, dash, baptize UK US, baptise UK, do violence to

Other

sponge, sprinkle

Noun

moisture, wetness, dampness

Antonyms

dry, arid, sunny

All antonyms of wet →

Definitions

adj. 1
Of an object, etc.: covered or impregnated with liquid, usually (but not always) water.
The baby is wet and needs its nappy changed.
adj. 2
Of weather or a time period: rainy.
It’s going to be wet tomorrow.
v. 1
To cover or impregnate with liquid.
n. 1
Liquid or moisture.

Related words

Word family: wetland wet-on-wet wetware wetting
Phrases: wet blanket wet oneself soaking wet wet wipe wet one's pants wet season wringing wet get wet
Other spellings: wat weet

Forms

Plural: wets → moistures, wetnesses, dampnesses…
Past participle: wetted
e.g. wetted → moistened, watered, dampened, washed…

Example sentences

rainy If it is rainy tomorrow, the game will be put off.
damp The weather was not only cold, it was also damp.
humid It is extremely hot and humid in Bali in December.
showery It's going to be a showery day today.
soaked It rained all night, and now everywhere is soaked.
dripping The rain was dripping through a leak in the roof.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
wet		steady
rainy		steady
damp		rising
humid		steady
showery		falling
soaked		rising

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

By length

3 letters: dew¹, sog
4 letters: wash¹, dash¹, damp¹, soak¹, dank¹, dewy²
5 letters: water², green¹, fresh¹, tight¹, drunk¹, stiff¹, horny², rainy², moist¹, muddy², humid², tacky², soggy², boggy
6 letters: sticky², soaked¹, sloppy², canned¹, sponge¹, watery³, feeble², steamy², dampen², dabble², marshy², spongy², clammy², sodden²
7 letters: useless², baptize², wetness², moisten², showery, baptise, undried, dampish
8 letters: moisture², hopeless², slippery³, dripping², sprinkle², drenched¹, irrigate³, saturate³, dampness², besotted³
9 letters: saturated⁴, plastered², pixilated
10 letters: inebriated⁵

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dewy² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: mouillé
Italiano: bagnato
Español: mojado
Deutsch: nass