Synonyms for wet
wɛtwet

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1. wetadjective

   Synonyms:
   saturated, soaked, damp

   Antonyms:
   dry

2. wetadjective

   Synonyms:
   chimichanga

3. wetadjective

   Antonyms:
   dry

4. wetadjective

   Of weather or a day, rainy.

   It’s going to be wet tomorrow.

   Synonyms:
   damp, raining, rainy

   Antonyms:
   dry

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

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1. wet

   Synonyms:
   moist, damp, humid

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1. Wetadjective

   Synonyms:
   Nasty, humid, damp, moist. See Nasty.

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1. moisture, wetadjective

   wetness caused by water

   "drops of wet gleamed on the window"

   Synonyms:
   moisture

   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

2. wetadjective

   covered or soaked with a liquid such as water

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

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

   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

3. wetadjective

   containing moisture or volatile components

   "wet paint"

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

   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

4. wetadjective

   supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages

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

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

   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

5. wet, lactatingadjective

   producing or secreting milk

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

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

   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

6. wetadjective

   consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor

   "a wet cargo"; "a wet canteen"

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

   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

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

   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

   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

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

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1. humid

   Submitted by anonymous on April 23, 2020  

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1. wetadjective

   Synonyms:
   damp, moist, humid, dank, aqueous, watery

2. wetadjective

   Synonyms:
   rainy, showery

3. wetnoun

   Synonyms:
   humidity, moisture, dampness, wetness

4. wetverb

   Synonyms:
   moisten, water, irrigate, damp, dampen, sprinkle

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1. wetadjective

   Synonyms:
   damp, moist, humid, soaked

2. wetverb

   Synonyms:
   moisten, dampen, soak, imbrue, saturate

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1. List of paraphrases for "wet":

   moist, humid, damp, wetted, wetland, wetlands, rainy, wet-bulb, wetter, electrolyte, moisture, wet-type, wets, crew, crapped, pees, soaked, wettest, humidity

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How to use wet in a sentence?

1. Aristophanes:

   Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.

2. Ted Shepherd:

   This paper adds to the growing evidence that the simple paradigm of 'wet-gets-wetter, dry-gets-drier' under a warming climate does not apply over land areas.

3. Marty Irby:

   Were thrilled to see a light at the end of the tunnel with Chinas proposal to reclassify dogs as companion animals and bring an end to dog meat trade, these animals are our dutiful companions and not our dinner fare. If COVID19 has taught us anything, its that we can not allow infectious practices such as eating bats, dogs, cats, pangolins, and other exotic creatures to continue not only for the welfare of the animals, but for the heath and safety of the human race and global economy. Its believed that the coronavirus pandemic originated from a wet market in Wuhan, China. Marty Irby added that.

4. Donald Trump:

   The Kentuky( sic) Derby decision was not a good one, it was a rough and tumble race on a wet and sloppy track, actually, a beautiful thing to watch. Only in these days of political correctness could such an overturn occur. The best horse did NOT win the Kentucky Derby - not even close !

5. Robert Saleh:

   You just want him to get his feet wet, show that the game's not too big for him, which he obviously showed, this young man's potential is through the roof.