Synonyms of wet

Noun


1. moisture, wet, wetness

usage: wetness caused by water; "drops of wet gleamed on the window"

Verb


1. wet, change, alter, modify

usage: cause to become wet; "Wet your face"

2. wet, make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass water

usage: make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating; "This eight year old boy still wets his bed"

Adjective


1. wet (vs. dry), bedewed, dewy, besprent, boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged, clammy, dank, damp, dampish, moist, sodden, soppy, drippy, drizzly, humid, misty, muggy, steamy, sticky, reeking, watery, rheumy, sloppy, showery, rainy, steaming, steamy, sticky, tacky, undried, washed, watery

usage: covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; "a wet bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet weather"

2. wet (vs. dry)

usage: containing moisture or volatile components; "wet paint"

3. wet (vs. dry)

usage: supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages; "a wet candidate running on a wet platform"; "a wet county"

4. wet (vs. dry), lactating, fresh

usage: producing or secreting milk; "a wet nurse"; "a wet cow"; "lactating cows"

5. wet, alcoholic (vs. nonalcoholic)

usage: consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor; "a wet cargo"; "a wet canteen"

6. besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet, intoxicated (vs. sober), drunk, inebriated

usage: very drunk

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