watery | Definition of watery

1 containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water

the soft, watery earth of the marshland

Synonyms of watery

awash, bathed, bedraggled, doused (also dowsed), drenched, dripping, logged, saturate, saturated, soaked, soaking, sodden, soggy, sopping, soppy, soused, washed, water-soaked, watered, waterlogged, wet

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deluged, drowned, flooded, inundated, overflowed

submerged, swamped

hydrated

dipped, dunked, splashed

aqueous

steeped

flushed, irrigated, laved, rinsed, sluiced

clammy, damp, dampish, dank, humid, moist, semimoist, wettish

boggy, miry, seepy, sloppy, squashy

Near Antonyms of watery

bone-dry, hyperarid, ultradry

waterproof, water-repellent, water-resistant, watertight

baked, dehydrated, freeze-dried

droughty, parched, sere (also sear), sunbaked, thirsty

wrung

Antonyms of watery

arid, dry, unwatered, waterless

2 having an overly soft liquid consistency

watery oatmeal

Synonyms of watery

runny, soupy

Words Related to watery

flowing, fluent, fluid, liquefied

dilute, diluted, thin, thinned, watered-down, weak, weakened

sloshy, slushy, soggy, waterlogged, wet

Near Antonyms of watery

ropy (also ropey), syrupy, viscid, viscous

creamy, heavy, thick, thickened, thickish

gelatinous, gluey, glutinous, gooey, gummy, sticky

3 not containing very much of some important element

a watery lemonade

Synonyms of watery

dilute, diluted, thin, thinned, washy, weak, weakened

Words Related to watery

adulterated, watered-down

Near Antonyms of watery

enriched, fortified

concentrated, condensed, evaporated

Antonyms of watery

full-bodied, rich, strong

4 lacking in qualities that make for spirit and character

political correctness has resulted in a lot of history books being written in very watery prose

Synonyms of watery

banal, flat, insipid, milk-and-water, namby-pamby, wishy-washy

Words Related to watery

unexciting, uninspiring, unrewarding

bland, boring, drab, dreary, dry, dull, heavy, humdrum, jading, leaden, lifeless, monotonous, pedestrian, ponderous, tedious, tiresome, tiring, uninteresting, vapid, wearisome, weary, wearying

inane

innocuous, inoffensive

mild

Synonyms and Antonyms of watery

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