Wash

//wɒʃ//

Synonyms for "wash" (356 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Strong matches (106)

depurant detergent dip distemper diuretic double-dye douche douching drench drier drift drink drouk dye dyestuff easel-picture elution elutriation emblazon emetic

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Noun(6 words)

donga draw dry wash girl laundry lavation

Verb(4 words)

hush lap launder lave

Related words (178)

lixiviate lotion macerate marais marish marsh marshland meadow medium mere mire moisten monochrome moor moorland mop mop up mopping mopping up morass

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moss mouthwash mud mud flat mural painting nauseant oil oil painting opaque color paint painting parget peat bog percolate permeate picturization pigment plash portraiture poster painting prime prime coat primer priming prove out prove to be prove true pumice stone purgative purge purifier purify purl quagmire quicksand ravine remain valid ride rinse rinse out rinsing ripple ritually immerse salt marsh saturate scour scouring scrub scrub up scrubbing scrubbing up seethe shade shadow shampoo shellac shower slipstream slob land slop on paint slosh slough sluice sluice out smear soak soap soaping sodden solvent sop sough souse splash sponge sponging spread stain stand the test stand up steep stick together stipple stream submerge sump swab swabbing swale swamp swampland swash swish synthetic detergent syringe taiga tempera the brush thinner tinct tinction tincture tinge tint toivel tone tooth powder toothpaste track transparent color trill tub tubbing turpentine turps undercoat undercoating vapor trail varnish vehicle vortex wa wake wallow wash coat wash drawing wash out wash up washday washing washing up washington washup water waterlog wet whitewash wiping up

Verb(5 words)

moisten rinse wash away wash off wash out

Noun(15 words)

nose beer nose candy race river slipstream snow toot wadi wash drawing washables washing washout white white girl white lady

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

14 relation types

More general

40 entries

be business activity clean cleanse commercial activity cover creek bed displace eat away erode exist flow fret garment household linen

Showing 16 of 40 words.

Antonyms

17 entries

being being dirty dirty dry drying get dirty get messy getting getting dirty leave leave dirty make make dirty making making dirty messy

Showing 16 of 17 words.

Synonyms

8 entries

laundry lavatory lave moisten slipstream wa washington washout

Related terms

1 entries

the Fens

derived

106 entries

Black Mesa Wash Chinle Wash Dinnebito Wash Moenkopi Wash Oljato Wash Oraibi Wash Pacoima Wash Polacca Wash Tujunga Wash Wepo Wash acid-wash ale-washed all washed up arsewash awash backwash

Showing 16 of 106 words.

derived from

1 entries

washington

distinct from

3 entries

dirty dry dryer

entails

1 entries

rinse

etymologically related_to

1 entries

whitewash

has context

6 entries

architecture arts mining nautical television west

is a

5 entries

business activity streambed water base paint watercolor work

manner of

10 entries

be clean cleanse cover erode move remove separate serve stand

related to

214 entries

action action bath action performed activity and dry and water and wear arroyo bath bathe bathing bathing activity bathing cloth bathroom bay beauty

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similar

6 entries

launder lave rinse wash away wash off wash out

Translations

427 translations across 173 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

was verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Aklanon

1 entries

eaba verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Albanian

1 entries

lan verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Aleut

1 entries

ĝula verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Ancient Greek

4 entries

λούω verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
λούω verb (to clean oneself)
νίπτω verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
νίπτω verb (to clean oneself)

Arabic

1 entries

غَسَلَ verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Aramaic

1 entries

ܣܚܐ verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Armenian

3 entries

լվալ verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
լվանալ verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
լվացվել verb (to clean oneself)

Aromanian

3 entries

aspel (roa-rup) verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
lau (roa-rup) verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
spel (roa-rup) verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Assamese

1 entries

ধোৱা verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Asturian

1 entries

llavar verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

yumaq verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Bashkir

1 entries

йыуыу verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Basque

2 entries

garbitu verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
ikuzi verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Belarusian

4 entries

мы́цца verb (to clean oneself)
мыць verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
памы́цца verb (to clean oneself)
памы́ць verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Bengali

2 entries

ধোওয়া verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
ধোয়া verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

धोवल verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Bikol Central

1 entries

hugas verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Breton

1 entries

gwalc'hiñ verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Bulgarian

4 entries

килватер noun (wake of a ship)
локва noun (shallow body of water)
миене noun (process or an instance of washing or being washed by water)
нанос noun (ground washed away to the sea or a river)

Burmese

1 entries

ဆေး verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Buryat

1 entries

угааха verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Catalan

3 entries

rentada noun (process or an instance of washing or being washed by water)
llavar verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
rentar verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Cebuano

2 entries

hugas verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
laba verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Central Kurdish

2 entries

خۆ شوشتن verb (to clean oneself)
شوشتن verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᏕᎬᎩᎶᎠ verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

沖走 /冲走 verb (to move or erode by the force of water in motion)
洗 verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

沖洗 /冲洗 verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
沖走 /冲走 verb (to move or erode by the force of water in motion)
洗 verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
洗滌 /洗涤 verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Church Slavic

1 entries

мꙑти verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Chuvash

1 entries

ҫу verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Classical Nahuatl

1 entries

pāca verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Cornish

1 entries

golhi verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Crimean Tatar

2 entries

cuvmaq verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
yuvmaq verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Czech

2 entries

mýt verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
prát verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Danish

1 entries

vaske verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Dolgan

1 entries

һууй verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Dutch

4 entries

was noun (process or an instance of washing or being washed by water)
afspoelen verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
spoelen verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
wassen verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Egyptian

1 entries

i-a:N35B verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Elfdalian

1 entries

rįesa verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Esperanto

2 entries

lavado noun (process or an instance of washing or being washed by water)
lavi verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Estonian

1 entries

pesema verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Even

2 entries

авдай verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
хилкадай verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Evenki

2 entries

авми verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
силкими verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Faroese

1 entries

vaska verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Finnish

4 entries

(aaltojen) kohina noun (sound of breaking seas)
huuhde noun (liquid for washing)
huuhde noun (lotion)
huuhtouma noun (ground washed away to the sea or a river)

French

4 entries

lavage noun (process or an instance of washing or being washed by water)
machine noun (clothes washed at a time)
oeud noun (normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream)
faire sa toilette verb (to clean oneself)

Friulian

1 entries

lavâ verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Galician

3 entries

lavado noun (process or an instance of washing or being washed by water)
lavadura noun (process or an instance of washing or being washed by water)
lavar verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Georgian

4 entries

ბანაობა verb (to clean oneself)
ბანვა verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
გარეცხვა verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
რეცხვა verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

German

4 entries

Lavierung noun (painting)
Wäsche noun (process or an instance of washing or being washed by water)
sich waschen verb (to clean oneself)
spülen verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌸𐍅𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Greek

3 entries

βρέχω verb (to cover with liquid; to wet, moisten)
πλένομαι verb (to clean oneself)
πλένω verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

lave verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Hawaiian

1 entries

holoi verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Hebrew

2 entries

רָחַץ verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
שָׁטַף verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Hindi

1 entries

धोना verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Hungarian

4 entries

elmos verb (to move or erode by the force of water in motion)
kimos verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
megmosakszik verb (to clean oneself)
mos verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Icelandic

1 entries

þvo verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Ido

1 entries

lavar verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Indonesian

1 entries

mencuci verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Ingrian

3 entries

huuhtoa verb (to move or erode by the force of water in motion)
pessä verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
pursuttaa verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Irish

3 entries

anallas noun (distilling: fermented wort)
nigh verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
nigh verb (to clean oneself)

Isnag

1 entries

uxat verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Italian

2 entries

lavare verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
lavarsi verb (to clean oneself)

Japanese

4 entries

洗浄 noun (process or an instance of washing or being washed by water)
洗濯 noun (process or an instance of washing or being washed by water)
洗う verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
洗面する verb (to clean oneself)

Javanese

3 entries

ngumbah verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
raup verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
wisuh verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Kabyle

1 entries

ssired verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Kalmyk

1 entries

уһах verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Kashmiri

1 entries

چھَلُن verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Kashubian

1 entries

mëc verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Kazakh

1 entries

жуу verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Khakas

1 entries

чуурға verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Khmer

3 entries

ការលាង noun (process or an instance of washing or being washed by water)
ដុសលាង verb (to clean oneself)
លាង verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Kituba

1 entries

sukula verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Kongo

1 entries

sukula verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Korean

1 entries

씻다 verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

жуу verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Lao

3 entries

ຊັກ verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
ລ້າງ verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
ສ່ວຍ verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Latin

3 entries

lōtiō noun (process or an instance of washing or being washed by water)
lavō verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
luo verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Latvian

1 entries

mazgāt verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Limburgish

4 entries

aafspeule verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
speule verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
wasje verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
wesje verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Lingala

1 entries

sukola verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Lithuanian

3 entries

mazgoti verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
pláuti verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
praũsti verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Lombard

1 entries

lavà verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Low German

1 entries

waschen verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries

myś verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
myś se verb (to clean oneself)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

Wäsch noun (process or an instance of washing or being washed by water)

Macedonian

1 entries

мие verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Maguindanao

1 entries

ugas verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Malay

1 entries

mencuci verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Maltese

1 entries

ħasel verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Manchu

1 entries

ᠣᠪᠣᠮᠪᡳ verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Maore Comorian

1 entries

uhoa verb (to clean oneself)

Middle English

2 entries

wasshen verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
wasshen verb (to clean oneself)

Mongolian

1 entries

угаалга verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Māori

4 entries

kōriporipo noun (wake of a ship)
kōriporipo noun (turbulence left by airplane)
peita waimeha noun (painting)
horoi verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Nanai

1 entries

силко verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Ngazidja Comorian

2 entries

uyela verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
uyela verb (to clean oneself)

Norman

1 entries

laver verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

şûştin verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Norwegian

2 entries

tvette verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
vaske verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Occitan

1 entries

lavar verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Old East Slavic

1 entries

мꙑти verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Old English

2 entries

wascan verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
þwēan verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Old High German

1 entries

dwahan verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Old Irish

2 entries

ind·aim verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
nigid verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Old Javanese

1 entries

kumbah verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Old Norse

2 entries

þvá verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
þvætta verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Oromo

1 entries

miiccuu verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Ossetian

1 entries

ӕхсын verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries

آلتونلمق verb (to overlay with a thin coat of metal)
یالدزلامق verb (to overlay with a thin coat of metal)
یومق verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
ییقامق verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Panamint

2 entries

hunuppin noun (normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream)
okkwaitaippüh noun (normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream)

Papiamentu

1 entries

laba verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Pashto

2 entries

اندرېيل verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
ولل verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Persian

3 entries

خودشویی verb (to clean oneself)
شستن verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
فرسودن verb (to be eroded or carried away)

Piedmontese

1 entries

lavé verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Wausch noun (clothes washed at a time)

Polish

4 entries

lawowanie noun (painting)
myć verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
myć się verb (to clean oneself)
prać verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Portuguese

3 entries

lavagem noun (process or an instance of washing or being washed by water)
lavar verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
lavar-se verb (to clean oneself)

Quechua

3 entries

mayllakuy verb (to clean oneself)
mayllay verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
t'aqsay verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Rohingya

1 entries

dúo verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Romagnol

1 entries

lavêr (eml) verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Romani

1 entries

thovel verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Romanian

1 entries

spăla verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Romansch

2 entries

lavar verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
laver verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Russian

4 entries

бельё noun (clothes washed at a time)
кильва́тер noun (wake of a ship)
лосьо́н noun (lotion)
мелково́дье noun (shallow body of water)

Samoan

1 entries

fulu verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Sango

1 entries

sukula verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Sanskrit

1 entries

क्षिपति verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Sardinian

4 entries

labare verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
samunàe verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
samunài verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
samunàre verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

nigh verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

ispirati verb (to move or erode by the force of water in motion)
isprati verb (mining: to separate valuable material)
mȉti verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
oprati verb (to clean oneself)

Sicilian

1 entries

lavari verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Slovak

2 entries

myť verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
prať verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Slovene

2 entries

miti verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
prati verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Spanish

4 entries

enjuague noun (lotion)
lavado noun (process or an instance of washing or being washed by water)
arrastrar verb (to move or erode by the force of water in motion)
lavar verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Sundanese

1 entries

kumbah verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Swahili

4 entries

fua verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
nawa verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
oga verb (to clean oneself)
osha verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Swedish

4 entries

lavering noun (painting)
tvätt noun (process or an instance of washing or being washed by water)
skölja verb (to move or erode by the force of water in motion)
skölja verb (to be eroded or carried away)

Sylheti

1 entries

ꠗꠃꠣ verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Tagalog

3 entries

hugas noun (process or an instance of washing or being washed by water)
hugasan verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
maghugas verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Tajik

1 entries

шустан verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Talysh

1 entries

şışte verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Tamil

3 entries

அலம்பு verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
கழுவு verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
துவை verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Tat

1 entries

şuştən verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Tatar

1 entries

юарга verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Tausug

1 entries

hugas verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Telugu

4 entries

dishes verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
etc. verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
ఉతుకు clothes verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
కడుక్కొను verb (to clean oneself)

Tetum

1 entries

fase verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Thai

2 entries

ซัก verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
ล้าง verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Tibetan

3 entries

ཁྲུ་བ verb (to clean oneself)
བཀྲུ་བ verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
འཁྲུ་བ verb (to clean oneself)

Tongan

1 entries

kaukau verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Tooro

2 entries

naaba verb (to clean oneself)
oga verb (to clean oneself)

Turkish

2 entries

yumak verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
yıkamak verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Turkmen

1 entries

ýuwmak verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Tuvan

3 entries

чугдунар verb (to clean oneself)
чунар verb (to clean oneself)
чуур verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Tày

1 entries

áp verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Ugaritic

1 entries

𐎗𐎈𐎕 verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Ukrainian

4 entries

миття́ noun (process or an instance of washing or being washed by water)
прання́ noun (process or an instance of washing or being washed by water)
ми́ти verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
ми́тися verb (to clean oneself)

Urdu

1 entries

دھونا verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Uyghur

4 entries

жуймақ verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
жумақ verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
ياقىماق verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
يۇماق verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Uzbek

2 entries

yuvinmoq verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
yuvmoq verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Vietnamese

2 entries

giặt verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)
rửa verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Volapük

1 entries

lavön verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Võro

1 entries

mõskma (fiu-vro) verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Walloon

4 entries

bouwêye noun (clothes washed at a time)
lavaedje noun (process or an instance of washing or being washed by water)
machinêye noun (clothes washed at a time)
laver verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Welsh

1 entries

golchi verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

West-Frisian

1 entries

waskje verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Yakut

1 entries

суун verb (to clean oneself)

Yiddish

1 entries

וואַשן verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Zazaki

2 entries

hi (diq) verb (to cover with liquid; to wet, moisten)
suwen (diq) verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Zealandic

1 entries

wasse verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Zhuang

1 entries

saeg verb (to clean with water — see also deterge)

Sample sentences

51 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Wash before first wearing.

Source: tatoeba (1574)

Cut, wash and dry, please.

Source: tatoeba (2239)

Do you wash your hands before meals?

Source: tatoeba (15980)

All you have to do is wash the dish.

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Wash

Synonyms for "wash" (356 found)

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