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Antonyms for wet
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This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term 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. Edward Fine:

    The woman who gave me the wet paper towel as we descended the stairs and which I later used to breathe through; the firefighters who were ascending the stairs as we were descending; the Catholic priest who put his hand on my shoulder and prayed for us as we lay on the street being covered by dust and debris, then there was the bus driver who took us uptown… those people all come to my mind.

  2. Natalie Jo Eaton:

    I thought someone had hit me in the head with a baseball bat, i turned my neck just to see what was, what was getting my shirt wet. And as I looked, the metal in the back scraped the concrete, and that's when I knew there was something in my neck.

  3. Julie Kalansky:

    In the long term, it's really hard to tell, just because we have a wet October or have a big event in October, it doesn't necessarily mean the rest of the season is going to be wet, so the rest of the season is still really to be determined.

  4. Curtis Harrison:

    It is a wet dream for marketers, you start off with an email address, and once you get that email address you get a name. And once you get a name you get a phone number. Once you get that phone number you get more and more and more.

  5. Louise Brown:

    It is always wet in a rain forest, outside it looks warm, but it is always wet.

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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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