wet

nouns

wetness caused by water

"drops of wet gleamed on the window"

moisture, wet

verbs

cause to become wet

"Wet your face"

wet

is derived from

wetter

is derived from

wetting

antonym

dry

is a type of (narrower)

cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

"The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"

alter, change, modify

make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating

"This eight year old boy still wets his bed"

wet

is derived from

wetter

is a type of (narrower)

eliminate urine

"Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug"

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

adjectives

covered or soaked with a liquid such as water

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

wet

is derived from

wetness

antonym

dry

is similar to

wet with dew

bedewed, dewy

is similar to

sprinkled over

"glistening grass besprent with raindrops"

besprent

is similar to

(of soil) soft and watery

"the ground was boggy under foot"; "a marshy coastline"; "miry roads"; "wet mucky lowland"; "muddy barnyard"; "quaggy terrain"; "the sloughy edge of the pond"; "swampy bayous"

boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged

is similar to

unpleasantly cool and humid

"a clammy handshake"; "clammy weather"; "a dank cellar"; "dank rain forests"

clammy, dank

is similar to

slightly wet

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

damp, dampish, moist

is similar to

wet through and through; thoroughly wet

"stood at the door drenched (or soaked) by the rain"; "the speaker's sodden collar"; "soppy clothes"

sodden, soppy

is similar to

wet with light rain

"a sad drizzly day"; "a wet drippy day"

drippy, drizzly

is similar to

containing or characterized by a great deal of water vapor

"humid air"; "humid weather"

humid

is similar to

wet with mist

"the misty evening"

misty

is similar to

hot or warm and humid

"muggy weather"; "the steamy tropics"; "sticky weather"

muggy, steamy, sticky

is similar to

wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or tears

"wiped his reeking neck"

reeking, watery

is similar to

moist, damp, wet (especially of air)

"the raw and theumy damp of night air"

rheumy

is similar to

wet or smeared with a spilled liquid or moist material

"a sloppy floor"; "a sloppy saucer"

sloppy

is similar to

(of weather) wet by periods of rain

"showery weather"; "rainy days"

rainy, showery

is similar to

filled with steam or emitting moisture in the form of vapor or mist

"a steaming kettle"; "steamy towels"

steaming, steamy

is similar to

moist as with undried perspiration and with clothing sticking to the body

"felt sticky and chilly at the same time"

sticky

is similar to

(of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch

"tacky varnish"

tacky

is similar to

still wet or moist

undried

is similar to

wet as from washing; sometimes used in combination

"rain-washed"

washed

is similar to

filled with water

"watery soil"

watery

is an attribute of

the condition of containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water)

"he confirmed the wetness of the swimming trunks"

wetness

containing moisture or volatile components

"wet paint"

wet

is derived from

wetness

antonym

dry

supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages

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

wet

antonym

dry

producing or secreting milk

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

lactating, wet

antonym

dry

consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor

"a wet cargo"; "a wet canteen"

wet

is similar to

characteristic of or containing alcohol

"alcoholic drinks"

alcoholic