Synonyms for drain
dreɪndrain

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 2 votes

1. drainverb

   Synonyms:
   draw, strain, drip, percolate, drop, exhaust, empty, dry

   Antonyms:
   replenish, fill, supply, pour, moisten, drown, inundate, drench, swill

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1. drain, drainagenoun

   emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it

   Synonyms:
   drainpipe, waste pipe, drainage

2. drainnoun

   tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material

   Synonyms:
   drainpipe, waste pipe, drainage

3. drain, drainpipe, waste pipenoun

   a pipe through which liquid is carried away

   Synonyms:
   drainpipe, waste pipe, drainage

4. drainverb

   a gradual depletion of energy or resources

   "a drain on resources"; "a drain of young talent by emigration"

   Synonyms:
   drainpipe, waste pipe, drainage

5. drain, run outverb

   flow off gradually

   "The rain water drains into this big vat"

   Synonyms:
   bolt, bolt out, give out, fail, peter out, run off, poop out, run down, conk out, beetle off, debilitate, run out, spill, enfeeble, expire

6. drainverb

   deplete of resources

   "The exercise class drains me of energy"

   Synonyms:
   run out, debilitate, enfeeble

7. drainverb

   empty of liquid; drain the liquid from

   "We drained the oil tank"

   Synonyms:
   run out, debilitate, enfeeble

8. enfeeble, debilitate, drainverb

   make weak

   "Life in the camp drained him"

   Synonyms:
   run out, debilitate, enfeeble

Matched Categories

1. • Consume
   • Empty
   • Emptying
   • Surgery
   • Tube
   • Weaken

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. drainverb

   Synonyms:
   draw off

2. drainverb

   Synonyms:
   empty, exhaust

3. drainverb

   Synonyms:
   make dry, clear of water or moisture

4. drainverb

   Synonyms:
   flow off

5. drainverb

   Synonyms:
   become dry

6. drainnoun

   Synonyms:
   sewer, channel, trench, water-course

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1. drainnoun

   Synonyms:
   channel, gutter, trench, ditch, sewer

2. drainverb

   Synonyms:
   empty, exhaust, deplete, filter

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:5.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "drain":

   drainage, drains, draining, brain, exodus, emptying, empty, outflow, sewer, leakage, drip, brainpower, siphon, evacuate, rigolet, wastage, sink

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1. Chad Nelsen:

   A much as 80 % of plastic waste in oceans comes from land, every mask or glove that you see on the street that's not picked up will most likely go into a storm drain, into a river then into the ocean.

2. Alvin Price:

   Parents need to fill a child's bucket of self-esteem so high that the rest of the world can't poke enough holes in it to drain it dry.

3. Gene Norman:

   The tell-tale signature of this kind of flooding is that the storms formed and moved repeatedly over the same areas, basically, raining faster than it can drain.

4. Maine Gov. Paul LePage:

   Beyond the health effects of the federal government’s corrupt food stamp policy is the tragedy of billions in wasted taxpayer dollars that buy candy and soda through a program that was originally designed to reduce hunger. Maine taxpayers see it every day at the grocery store and they are sick and tired of watching their hard-earned money go down the drain.

5. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton:

   A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday. As to the morrow, time enough to consider it when it becomes today.