arid
UK/ˈæɹɪd/
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British/ˈaɹɪd/
arid adjective: very dry.
Adjective
arid (comparative arider or more arid, superlative aridest or most arid)
- Very dry.
- The cake was arid.
- Describing a very dry climate. Typically defined as less than 25 cm or 10 inches of rainfall annually.
- Deserts are known for being arid.
- And because this part of Utah is arid, the geologic landscape is fully revealed with very little vegetation to hide it, faults and all.2012, Chinle Miller, In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition
- Synonyms:
- xeric
- Antonyms:
- rainforest, humid
- Devoid of value.
- The millionaire viewed his gift as arid.
- Such occupations might have seemed arid to those who did not possess the intellect to appreciate their subtleties.1956, Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, page 37
arid meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
arid in Hindi
- arid
- सूखा sūkhā
arid in Tamil
- வறண்ட, உலர்ந்த, ஈரப் பதமற்ற, காய்ந்து போன, வறட்சியால் தரிசான
arid in Urdu
- very dry
- خشک
arid in Bengali
- very dry
- শুষ্ক śuśko
More languagesFewer languages
- arid in Malayalam
- വരണ്ട varaṇṭa, ശുഷ്ക śuṣka
- arid in Kannada
- ಒಣ, ಬಂಜರಾದ, ಒಣಗಿದ, ಶುಷ್ಕವಾದ
- arid in Sanskrit
- जङ्गल jaṅgala, जाङ्गल jāṅgala
- arid in Arabic
- قَاحِل qāḥil
- arid in Indonesian
- gersang, tandus, arid
- arid in Persian
- خشک, بایر, کم باران
Examples of arid in a sentence
- Twenty-five miles down the narrow arid highway, there is another town like Napoleon, a little smaller.
- New lakes had appeared as if by magic in the arid scrublands.
- They inhabit open country, from arid scrub to moister, high-altitude grasslands.
Synonyms of arid
Antonyms
Forms of arid
| comparative | arider |
|---|---|
| comparative | more arid |
| superlative | aridest |
| superlative | most arid |
Origin of arid
From French aride or directly from Latin āridus (“dry, arid, parched”), compare its synonymous contracted form ardus. Originally from the verb āreo (“to be dry, to be parched”), akin to ārdeō (“to be on fire, to burn”).
Words formed from arid
Questions about arid
- What does arid mean?
- Arid means very dry.
- What is arid in Hindi?
- Arid in Hindi is सूखा (sūkhā). See Arid meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is arid?
- Arid is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce arid?
- Arid is pronounced /ˈæɹɪd/ (UK).
Words near arid in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: arid (page history and authors); सूखा (Hindi) (page history and authors); arid (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); arid (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); जङ्गल (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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