Dry

/dɹaɪ/

Synonyms for "dry" (488 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (98)

acarpous acerb acerbate acerbic acescent acetose acid acidulous air-dry anhydrate anhydrous antisaloon apathetic arid ascetic athirst austere bake baked bald

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Adjective(3 words)

anhydrous aridbone dry

Adjective(11 words)

anhydrous mineralarid climatearid groundarid plainarid soilarid valleybarren climatebrut chalkiest chapped crisp

Noun(11 words)

arere arid aridifying aridity chap crusting cures deadpan deadpanning dehydrate dehydrating

Verb(4 words)

deadpanned dehumidified dehumidifies dehydrates

Strong matches (146)

desert desiccate desiccated desolate despoil direct discreet dismal displume divest draggy drain drained drearisome drearydried updried-up droughtydry as dustdry cure

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dry updry-cure dry-salt dryasdust dull dusty earthbound effete elephantine embalm empty etiolated evaporate everlasting exhaust exhausted exsiccate fade fair fallow fine fire flat flay fleece frank freezefreeze dryfreeze-dry fruitless fume gaunt gelded grating green gruff guttural harden harping harsh harsh-sounding heavyhigh and dryho humho-hum hoarse hollow homely homespun humdrum husky impassive impotent impoverish impoverished inane indurate ineffectual inexcitable infecund infertile insipid insolate invariable ironic irradiate issueless jarring jejune jerkjog trotjog-trot juiceless kiln kipper leached leaden lean lifelesslike parchmentliteralliteral mindedlong windedlong-windedlow spiritedlow-spirited marinade marinatematter-of-factmenopausal

Adjective(15 words)

desert biotic communitydesertlikedesertlike terraindriest areadrollestdry field sitedry seedlingdry vesselempty valleyhumorless humourless ironic ironical juicelesslow moisture

Noun(12 words)

desert life descriptiondesert terraindesiccate desiccateddesiccated claydesiccating desiccationdried beakerdroughtdry landdrynesslandscape without water

Verb(6 words)

desiccates desolvating dried driesdry outkilned

Adjective(3 words)

droughtydry as a boneexsuccous

Related words (244)

metallic milk modest moistureless monotonous mummify mundane natural neat nonfertile nonproducing nonproductive nonprolific open pale pallid parch parched pedantic pedestrian

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phlegmaticpick cleanpickle pickled plainplain spokenplain-speaking plain-spoken plodding pluck pointless poky ponderous preservatize preserve prohibitionist prolix prosaic prosing prosy pungent pure quick-freeze rabelaisian ragged rasping raucid raucous refrigerate rough roupy rub rude rugged rustic rusty saharan salt sandy sapless sapped sarcastic sardonic satiric satirical scorch scratchy sear season sec sere set severe shear shovel shrivel simple simple-speakingsine prolesingsong skin slow smoke smoke-curesoak upsober solemn solidify soursour as vinegarsoured sourish spare spartan spiritless sponge squawking squawky staid stale stark sterile stertorous stiff stodgy stoic stolid straightforward strangled strident stridulous stripstrip barestuff stuffysuck drysucked drysun sun-dry superficial swab tart tartish tasteless tedious teemless teetotal thick thirsting thirsty throaty tinny torrefy towel treadmill unadorned unaffected uncultivated undamped unembellished uneventful unfanciful unfertile unfruitful ungarnished unideal unimaginative uninspired uninteresting uninventive unlively unoriginal unornamented unplowed unpoetic unpoetical unpretentious unproductive unprolific unripe unromantic unromanticized unsown unsweet unsweetened untilled unvarnished unvarying unwatered vapid vinegarish vinegary virgin waste wasted waterless wctu weariful weariness wearisome weazen wipe witherwithout issuewizen wooden

Adjective(26 words)

moisture-deficient nonwateringnonwatering setupparched throatpotted plant drynessrainless seasonedsemidarid regionsunbaked teetotal textbookish tonelessunamusing itemunconvincing unfunny ungreased unhumorous unlubricated unoiledwaterless system

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windburned wrier wry wryest xericxeric zone

Verb(6 words)

mummified parchespreserve artifactsshriveled sunned towelled

Noun(20 words)

nonwetland parched parching preliminary preparatory prohibitionist squeegeeing squeegees sunning suns towelling towels trial understated underwateringunderwatering plantswater deficientwater deficitwipes wry

Adjective(6 words)

parched sare sear sere unmoist waterless

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

20 entries

alter changeclimate conditioncondition crusaderhumor stylemanner meliorist modifymoisture changepracticeprocedure checkproperty reformer reformist simulation

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More specific

12 entries

air dryingarid climatedeadpan humordesiccated fruitdesiccationmoderate droughtparched groundpilot testsevere droughtsun dryingtrial rununderstated wit

Collocations

12 entries

dry airdry clothesdry erase boarddry erase markerdry goodsdry handsdry landdry matterdry seasondry soildry spelldry weather

Inflections

5 entries

dried drier dries driest drying

Derivations

3 entries

drying dryly dryness

Antonyms

4 entries

phlegmy sweet wet

similar

46 entries

adust air-dried air-dry alcoholic arid bakedbone drybone-dry brut desiccated dried dried-out dried-up dry-eyed dry-shod humorous

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Translations

126 translations across 74 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ξηραίνω verb (to make dry)

Arabic

4 entries

جَفَّف verb (to make dry)
جَفَّفَ verb (to make dry)
نَشَّف verb (to make dry)
يَبَّسَ verb (to make dry)

Armenian

1 entries

չորացնել verb (to make dry)

Aromanian

4 entries

sec verb (to make dry)
usãc verb (to make dry)
vintur verb (to make dry)
zvintu verb (to make dry)

Asturian

1 entries

secar verb (to make dry)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

qurutmaq verb (to make dry)

Basque

1 entries

agortu verb (to make dry)

Bulgarian

2 entries

изсушавам verb (to make dry)
суша verb (to make dry)

Campidanese Sardinian

1 entries

asciuttare verb (to make dry)

Catalan

2 entries

assecar verb (to make dry)
eixugar verb (to make dry)

Cebuano

1 entries

uga verb (to make dry)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

وشک کردن verb (to make dry)

Chickasaw

1 entries

shilili verb (to make dry)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

乾 /干 verb (to make dry)
乾燥 /干燥 verb (to make dry)

Danish

1 entries

tørre verb (to make dry)

Dutch

2 entries

droog adj (maintaining temperance)
drogen verb (to make dry)

Esperanto

1 entries

sekigi verb (to make dry)

Estonian

1 entries

kuivatama verb (to make dry)

Finnish

4 entries

alkoholiton adj (maintaining temperance)
kuiva adj (maintaining temperance)
kuivata verb (to make dry)
kuivattaa verb (to make dry)

French

2 entries

faire sécher verb (to make dry)
sécher verb (to make dry)

Friulian

4 entries

secjâ verb (to make dry)
sečhâ verb (to make dry)
suiâ verb (to make dry)
sujâ verb (to make dry)

Galician

2 entries

enxugar verb (to make dry)
secar verb (to make dry)

Gallurese

1 entries

ascinà verb (to make dry)

German

4 entries

trocken adj (maintaining temperance)
abdroggle verb (to make dry)
abdroggne verb (to make dry)
abtrocknen verb (to make dry)

Greek

2 entries

στεγνός adj (maintaining temperance)
στεγνώνω verb (to make dry)

Hebrew

2 entries

יִבֵּשׁ verb (to make dry)
ייבש verb (to make dry)

Hungarian

1 entries

szárít verb (to make dry)

Icelandic

1 entries

þurrka verb (to make dry)

Indonesian

1 entries

kering verb (to make dry)

Irish

1 entries

triomaigh verb (to make dry)

Italian

2 entries

asciugare verb (to make dry)
seccare verb (to make dry)

Japanese

1 entries

乾かす verb (to make dry)

Khmer

1 entries

ស្ងួត verb (to make dry)

Korean

1 entries

말리다 verb (to make dry)

Latin

2 entries

exsuco verb (to make dry)
sicco verb (to make dry)

Latvian

1 entries

žāvēt verb (to make dry)

Lithuanian

1 entries

džiovinti verb (to make dry)

Lombard

1 entries

sugà verb (to make dry)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

dréchnen verb (to make dry)

Maguindanao

1 entries

gangu verb (to make dry)

Malayalam

1 entries

ഉണക്കുക verb (to make dry)

Mansaka

1 entries

burad verb (to make dry)

Megleno-Romanian

1 entries

usc verb (to make dry)

Mongolian

1 entries

хатаах verb (to make dry)

Māori

3 entries

rangirangi verb (to make dry)
tauraki verb (to make dry)
whakamaroke verb (to make dry)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

hwaniha verb (to make dry)

Norman

1 entries

s'tchi verb (to make dry)

Norwegian

1 entries

tørke verb (to make dry)

Occitan

1 entries

secar verb (to make dry)

Piedmontese

1 entries

sué verb (to make dry)

Polish

3 entries

osuszać verb (to make dry)
suszyć verb (to make dry)
wysuszyć verb (to make dry)

Portuguese

2 entries

enxugar verb (to make dry)
secar verb (to make dry)

Quechua

1 entries

ch'akichiy verb (to make dry)

Romanian

3 entries

usca verb (to make dry)
zbici verb (to make dry)
zvânta verb (to make dry)

Romansch

4 entries

seccar verb (to make dry)
sechar verb (to make dry)
secher verb (to make dry)
segar verb (to make dry)

Russian

4 entries

вы́сушить verb (to make dry)
вы́тереть verb (to make dry)
вытира́ть verb (to make dry)
суши́ть verb (to make dry)

Sanskrit

1 entries

शोषयति verb (to make dry)

Sardinian

1 entries

asciuttare verb (to make dry)

Sassarese

1 entries

asciuttà verb (to make dry)

Shor

1 entries

қурударға verb (to make dry)

Sicilian

3 entries

nsiccumari verb (to make dry)
nziccumari verb (to make dry)
siccari verb (to make dry)

Sikkimese

1 entries

སྐམས verb (to make dry)

Spanish

2 entries

enjugar verb (to make dry)
secar verb (to make dry)

Swedish

3 entries

torrlagd adj (maintaining temperance)
vit adj (maintaining temperance)
torka verb (to make dry)

Tagalog

2 entries

magpatuyo verb (to make dry)
tuyuin verb (to make dry)

Telugu

1 entries

ఆరబెట్టు verb (to make dry)

Turkish

2 entries

kurulamak verb (to make dry)
kurutmak verb (to make dry)

Ukrainian

4 entries

ви́сушити verb (to make dry)
вису́шувати verb (to make dry)
посуши́ти verb (to make dry)
просу́шувати verb (to make dry)

Uyghur

1 entries

قۇرۇتماق verb (to make dry)

Venetan

1 entries

secar verb (to make dry)

Vietnamese

2 entries

hong verb (to make dry)
sấy verb (to make dry)

Welsh

1 entries

sychu verb (to make dry)

Yiddish

1 entries

טריקענען verb (to make dry)

Zazaki

1 entries

wısk kerden verb (to make dry)

Sample sentences

61 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Cut, wash and dry, please.

Source: tatoeba (2239)

I will dry your T-shirt.

Source: tatoeba (17427)

Your T-shirt will dry soon.

Source: tatoeba (17428)

Are my socks dry already?

Source: tatoeba (18088)

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