wet

Meaning of wet

adjective
  1. covered or saturated with water or another liquid.
    she followed, slipping on the wet rock
  2. showing a lack of forcefulness or strength of character; feeble.
    they thought the cadets were a bit wet
  3. (of a country or region or of its legislation) allowing the free sale of alcoholic drink.
verb
  1. cover or touch with liquid; moisten.
    he wetted a finger and flicked through the pages
noun
  1. liquid that makes something damp.
    I could feel the wet of his tears
  2. a person lacking forcefulness or strength of character.
    there are sorts who look like gangsters and sorts who look like wets
  3. a person opposed to the prohibition of alcohol.

Old English wǣt (adjective and noun), wǣtan (verb); related to water.

Information about wet

  • The plural form of wet is: wets.
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Hyphenation of wet

wet

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 3 chars.
  • wet is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

wet synonyms

Meaning lactating:

lactating

Meaning besotted:

besotted, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pissed, pixilated, plastered, potty, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tiddly, tiddley, tight, tipsy

Meaning moisture:

moisture

Meaning slightly wet:

damp

Meaning make slightly wet:

dampened, dampen

Meaning (of a climate) rainy:

moist

Meaning wet slightly:

moistened, moisten

Meaning wet thoroughly; soak:

drenched, drench

Meaning holding as much water or moisture as can be absorbed; thoroughly soaked:

saturated

Meaning saturated with liquid; wet through:

sopping

Meaning very wet:

dripping

Meaning wet and soft:

soggy

Meaning saturated with or full of water:

waterlogged

Meaning characteristic of or resembling a marsh; waterlogged:

marshy

Meaning too wet and muddy to be easily walked on; marshy:

boggy

Meaning characteristic of or resembling a swamp:

swampy

Meaning very muddy or boggy:

miry

Meaning tending to form clots; sticky:

claggy

Meaning lacking strength of character:

feeble

Meaning having or showing a lack of common sense or judgement; absurd and foolish:

silly

Meaning lacking the power to perform physically demanding tasks; having little physical strength or energy:

weak

Meaning lacking good sense or judgement; unwise:

foolish

Meaning having or showing no skill; clumsy:

inept

Meaning not producing any significant or desired effect:

ineffective, ineffectual

Meaning affected, over-refined, and ineffectual:

effete

Meaning easy to mould, cut, compress, or fold; not hard or firm to the touch:

soft

Meaning showing a lack of courage or confidence; easily frightened:

timid

Meaning showing or suffering from nervousness or a lack of confidence:

timorous

Meaning lacking courage, vigour, or vivacity:

spiritless

Meaning lacking courage:

cowardly

Meaning weak and purposeless:

spineless

Meaning feeble and cowardly:

sissy

Meaning effeminate, weak, or cowardly:

sissified

Meaning arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness:

pathetic

Meaning weak, ineffectual, or sloppily sentimental:

drippy

Meaning weak and cowardly or unadventurous:

wimpish

Meaning weak and cowardly or feeble:

wimpy

Meaning containing or covered with many weeds:

weedy

Meaning cowardly:

chicken

Meaning silly; foolish:

daft

Meaning increase the level of moisture in (air):

humidify

Meaning cover (an object or surface) with small drops or particles of a substance:

sprinkle

Meaning apply (liquid) to someone or something in the form of tiny drops:

spray

Meaning make wet by splashing:

splash

Meaning make or allow (something) to become thoroughly wet by immersing it in liquid:

soak

Meaning cause (something) to become thoroughly soaked with water or other liquid so that no more can be absorbed:

saturate

Meaning saturate with water; make (something) waterlogged:

waterlog

Meaning cover or submerge (an area) with water in a flood:

flood

Meaning overwhelm with a flood:

deluge

Meaning pour a liquid over; drench:

douse

Meaning soak in or drench with liquid:

souse

Meaning pour or sprinkle water over (a plant or area) in order to encourage plant growth:

water

Meaning supply water to (land or crops) to help growth, typically by means of channels:

irrigate

Meaning soak up liquid using an absorbent substance:

sop

Meaning the state or condition of being covered or saturated with water or another liquid; dampness:

wetness

Meaning the state or condition of being slightly wet:

dampness

Meaning a substance that flows freely but is of constant volume, having a consistency like that of water or oil:

liquid

Meaning an ineffectual or cowardly person:

weakling

Meaning a very young child:

baby

Meaning a person who is contemptibly lacking in the courage to do or endure dangerous or unpleasant things:

coward

Meaning a small rodent that typically has a pointed snout, relatively large ears and eyes, and a long tail:

mouse

Meaning a weak and cowardly or unadventurous person:

wimp

Meaning a wild plant growing where it is not wanted and in competition with cultivated plants:

weed

Meaning a small drop of a liquid:

drip

Meaning a flake of snow, especially a feathery ice crystal, typically displaying delicate sixfold symmetry:

snowflake

Meaning a person who is indecisive and lacks courage:

milksop

Meaning an effeminate or ineffectual man or boy:

mollycoddle

Meaning a soft-hearted, weak, or sentimental person:

softie

Meaning a free-swimming marine coelenterate with a gelatinous bell- or saucer-shaped body that is typically transparent and has stinging tentacles around the edge:

jellyfish

Meaning an effeminate, weak, or oversensitive man:

jessie

Meaning a small cake baked in a cup-shaped foil or paper container and typically iced:

cupcake

Meaning a feeble or effeminate man:

pantywaist

Meaning a timid or feeble person:

milquetoast

Meaning a cat:

pussy

Meaning a female crab:

sook

Meaning an utter coward:

poltroon

wet antonyms

Meaning free from moisture or liquid; not wet or moist:

dry

Meaning having the power to move heavy weights or perform other physically demanding tasks:

strong

Meaning ready to face and endure danger or pain; showing courage:

brave

Translation of wet

Anagrams of wet

ewt, tew

Words that rhyme with wet

bedwet, grondwet, bewet, Hewet, chewet, crewet, rewet, mugwet, triwet, swiwet, unwet, bowet, Winnecowet, siscowet, klowet, sislowet, browet, rowet, overwet

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