Synonyms for moist
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1. moistadjective

   Synonyms:
   damp, dank

2. moistadjective

   Slightly wet; characterised by the presence of moisture, not dry; damp.

   Synonyms:
   damp, dank

3. moistadjective

   Of eyes: tearful, wet with tears.

   Synonyms:
   dank, damp

4. moistadjective

   Of weather, climate etc.: rainy, damp.

   Synonyms:
   damp, dank

5. moistadjective

   Pertaining to one of the four essential qualities formerly believed to be present in all things, characterised by wetness.

   Synonyms:
   damp, dank

6. moistadjective

   Watery, liquid, fluid.

   Synonyms:
   dank, damp

7. moistadjective

   Characterised by the presence of pus, mucus etc.

   Synonyms:
   dank, damp

8. moistadjective

   Sexually lubricated (of the vagina); sexually aroused, turned on (of a woman).

   Synonyms:
   damp, dank

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. moist

   Synonyms:
   damp, humid, dank, wet

   Antonyms:
   arid, dry

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.5 / 8 votes

1. damp, dampish, moistadjective

   slightly wet

   "clothes damp with perspiration"; "a moist breeze"; "eyes moist with tears"

   Synonyms:
   dampish, damp

   Antonyms:
   dry

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. kind of wet

   Submitted by PrincessKitKat on March 30, 2021  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. moistadjective

   Synonyms:
   damp, humid, dank, wet

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. moistadjective

   Synonyms:
   damp, humid, dank

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "moist":

   wet, humid, damp, hydrated, wetland, sweaty, clammy, wetter

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1. Angela White:

   Brains are like sponges... If allowed to remain moist for too long they become moldy.

2. Dan Kottlowski:

   The hurricane remains in a very favorable environment for further intensification, including low vertical wind shear, deep moist unstable air and warm water.

3. Harold Brooks:

   A man stands atop a smashed car in a tornado-ravaged neighborhood south of Oklahoma City. The F5 tornado killed some 44 people in May 1999. ( Reuters) Most tornadoes form from supercells, also known as a rotating thunderstorm or a mesocyclone. A supercell is typically a thunderstorm with the winds already in motion, according to National Geographic. It requires a combination of warm, moist air and cold, dry air which are the ingredients for a regular thunderstorm.

4. Connor Diver:

   Prestwick is a really terrible place to store an airplane, because it’s cold and wet and rainy and moist, not somewhere you would plan to keep them for a long time. Maybe they were just planning to fix them, but then the other events happened.

5. Thomas Steinemann:

   Conjunctiva is modified mucus membrane, like the inside of your mouth or the inside of your nose or nasal cavity and pharynx, it's moist and nice and hospitable for viruses, in fact there's lots of organisms that can stick very readily to Thomas Steinemann conjunctiva, or for that matter, stick on a contact lens that is also resting on Thomas Steinemann conjunctiva.