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Antonyms for wet
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  1. wetadjective

    Antonyms:
    dry

    Synonyms:
    saturated, soaked, damp

  2. wetadjective

    Synonyms:
    chimichanga

  3. wetadjective

    Antonyms:
    dry

  4. wetadjective

    Of weather or a day, rainy.

    It’s going to be wet tomorrow.

    Antonyms:
    dry

    Synonyms:
    damp, raining, rainy

  5. wetadjective

    To become wet

    Water is wet.

    Synonyms:
    wetting

  6. wetadjective

    An alcoholic drink.

    Don't be so wet.

    Synonyms:
    useless, hopeless, feeble

  7. wetadjective

    Inexperienced in a task or profession; having the characteristics of a rookie.

    That guy's wet; after all, he just started yesterday.

    Synonyms:
    green, wet behind the ears

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. wet

    Synonyms:
    moist, damp, humid

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Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. moisture, wetadjective

    wetness caused by water

    "drops of wet gleamed on the window"

    Antonyms:
    dried, baked, dry, scorched, semiarid, dried-up, bone-dry(a), semi-dry, withered, arid, parched, kiln-dried, waterless, sear, shrivelled, thirsty, air-dry, air-dried, sunbaked, dried-out, nonalcoholic, sober, dry-shod, desiccated, milkless, rainless, bone dry(p), adust, shriveled, sere, dry out

    Synonyms:
    moisture

  2. wetadjective

    covered or soaked with a liquid such as water

    "a wet bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet weather"

    Antonyms:
    scorched, arid, dry, parched, bone dry(p), thirsty, semi-dry, adust, waterless, milkless, shrivelled, sober, dried-up, air-dried, nonalcoholic, semiarid, sear, dried, dried-out, kiln-dried, baked, rainless, bone-dry(a), dry-shod, sere, desiccated, sunbaked, air-dry, withered, shriveled, dry out

    Synonyms:
    squiffy, crocked, fuddled, tight, smashed, stiff, soused, besotted, plastered, cockeyed, soaked, slopped, lactating, pie-eyed, blotto, loaded, blind drunk, pissed, sloshed, sozzled, pixilated

  3. wetadjective

    containing moisture or volatile components

    "wet paint"

    Antonyms:
    semi-dry, milkless, sere, dried-out, baked, scorched, desiccated, rainless, sober, dried-up, dry, adust, dried, air-dried, bone dry(p), air-dry, nonalcoholic, parched, sear, shrivelled, sunbaked, dry-shod, kiln-dried, bone-dry(a), waterless, withered, semiarid, thirsty, shriveled, arid, dry out

    Synonyms:
    squiffy, crocked, fuddled, tight, smashed, stiff, soused, besotted, plastered, cockeyed, soaked, slopped, lactating, pie-eyed, blotto, loaded, blind drunk, pissed, sloshed, sozzled, pixilated

  4. wetadjective

    supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages

    "a wet candidate running on a wet platform"; "a wet county"

    Antonyms:
    semi-dry, baked, scorched, nonalcoholic, desiccated, sear, arid, air-dry, dry, thirsty, dried-up, sunbaked, bone-dry(a), rainless, air-dried, shrivelled, semiarid, parched, dry-shod, sere, kiln-dried, milkless, adust, sober, bone dry(p), waterless, dried, shriveled, dried-out, withered, dry out

    Synonyms:
    squiffy, crocked, fuddled, tight, smashed, stiff, soused, besotted, plastered, cockeyed, soaked, slopped, lactating, pie-eyed, blotto, loaded, blind drunk, pissed, sloshed, sozzled, pixilated

  5. wet, lactatingadjective

    producing or secreting milk

    "a wet nurse"; "a wet cow"; "lactating cows"

    Antonyms:
    nonalcoholic, milkless, kiln-dried, semi-dry, dry, dried, dried-up, bone dry(p), bone-dry(a), adust, baked, sear, dried-out, air-dried, desiccated, shriveled, withered, air-dry, dry-shod, waterless, scorched, sober, parched, semiarid, arid, rainless, sere, thirsty, shrivelled, sunbaked, dry out

    Synonyms:
    squiffy, crocked, fuddled, tight, smashed, stiff, soused, besotted, plastered, cockeyed, soaked, slopped, lactating, pie-eyed, blotto, loaded, blind drunk, pissed, sloshed, sozzled, pixilated

  6. wetadjective

    consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor

    "a wet cargo"; "a wet canteen"

    Antonyms:
    waterless, bone-dry(a), kiln-dried, dry, milkless, adust, shrivelled, air-dried, bone dry(p), sober, sere, dried, withered, shriveled, baked, dry-shod, sear, desiccated, dried-up, thirsty, air-dry, rainless, nonalcoholic, semiarid, scorched, dried-out, semi-dry, parched, sunbaked, arid, dry out

    Synonyms:
    squiffy, crocked, fuddled, tight, smashed, stiff, soused, besotted, plastered, cockeyed, soaked, slopped, lactating, pie-eyed, blotto, loaded, blind drunk, pissed, sloshed, sozzled, pixilated

  7. besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wetverb

    very drunk

    Antonyms:
    dry, dried, air-dried, air-dry, dried-up, semi-dry, scorched, shrivelled, rainless, sunbaked, sere, adust, waterless, semiarid, sober, nonalcoholic, desiccated, bone dry(p), dried-out, milkless, sear, withered, shriveled, kiln-dried, arid, baked, dry-shod, parched, thirsty, bone-dry(a), dry out

    Synonyms:
    stiff, affluent, stringent, rigorous, fuddled, skew-whiff, flush, laughable, ladened, plastered, smashed, steamed, ludicrous, tight, blotto, firm, unbendable, blind drunk, unwavering, impish, roiled, soaked, miffed, loaded, riled, steady, buckram, nasty, strong, pie-eyed, crocked, irritated, cockeyed, derisory, potent, puckish, slopped, close, nonsensical, wealthy, sealed, awry(p), prankish, soused, unshakable, pixilated, wicked, pissed, peeved, askew, sozzled, wonky, mean, implike, miserly, besotted, squiffy, slicked, compressed, idiotic, nettled, laden, stung, taut, arch, ridiculous, starchy, mischievous, steadfast, absurd, preposterous, pissed off, sloshed, rigid, annoyed, moneyed, lopsided, mingy, lactating, unfaltering

  8. wetverb

    cause to become wet

    "Wet your face"

    Antonyms:
    dry-shod, arid, dried, kiln-dried, dry, air-dried, parched, scorched, shriveled, semiarid, dried-out, sober, semi-dry, waterless, baked, milkless, thirsty, withered, nonalcoholic, air-dry, desiccated, dried-up, rainless, sunbaked, adust, sear, shrivelled, bone-dry(a), sere, bone dry(p), dry out

  9. wetverb

    make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating

    "This eight year old boy still wets his bed"

    Antonyms:
    dried-up, sober, desiccated, dry-shod, dry, thirsty, milkless, sunbaked, semi-dry, shriveled, rainless, shrivelled, baked, dried-out, waterless, dried, parched, adust, arid, sear, scorched, semiarid, air-dried, nonalcoholic, air-dry, withered, sere, kiln-dried, bone dry(p), bone-dry(a), dry out

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. wetadjective

    Synonyms:
    damp, moist, humid, soaked

  2. wetverb

    Synonyms:
    moisten, dampen, soak, imbrue, saturate

How to use wet in a sentence?

  1. Sophie Turner:

    Some of the fondest memories I have are of all of us snuggled up in warm coats trying to get warm, that camaraderie that we've built from just being so like cold and so wet... they were the most exciting times because it was how we really bonded as a cast.

  2. Thomas Carlyle:

    Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May but at length the season of summer does come.

  3. falcon lover xxx:

    harry james like wet men

  4. Lisa Kucharski:

    not a day goes by when I am not thinking of you you are like an open field full of ocean waves – to run through and never get wet but almost. this is the way I want to go home in a place – where the curtains are sails – bulging go break the fence post the houses want to run away

  5. Michael Antonelli:

    Clarida threw a bit of a wet blanket on the market at the end of the session.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#2507dry
#3208wet
#8618dried
#10452baked
#18314arid
#19532sober
#25239thirsty
#42637sear
#46199scorched
#50616withered
#69569parched
#70063waterless
#103054nonalcoholic
#106606sere
#109637semiarid
#111960shriveled
#113281desiccated
#160290shrivelled

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