drier
/ˈdɹaɪə/US/ˈdɹaɪɚ/
drier is the alternative spelling of dryer.
drier is the comparative form of dry.
Meaning of dryer
Noun
dryer (plural dryers)
- One who, or that which, dries; any device or facility employed to remove water or humidity, e.g. a desiccative
- The sun and a northwesterly wind are great driers of the earth.
- A catalyst used to promote the drying of paints and varnishes by oxidative crosslinking.
Meaning of dry
Adjective
dry (comparative drier or dryer, superlative driest or dryest)
- Free from or lacking moisture.
- This towel's dry. Could you wet it and cover the chicken so it doesn't go dry as it cooks?
- Unable to produce a liquid, as water, (petrochemistry) oil, or (agriculture) milk.
- This well is as dry as that cow.
- Built without or lacking mortar.
- [A]lready the gate was blocked with a wall of squared stones laid dry, but very thick and very high, across the opening.1937 September 21, J[ohn] R[onald] R[euel] Tolkien, “The Gathering of the Clouds”, in The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again, revised edition, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, published February 1966...
- Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids.
- Dry alcohol is 200 proof.
- Athirst, eager.
- Prospero:[…]Confederates / (ſo drie he was for Sway) with King of Naples / To giue him Annuall tribute, doe him homage / Subiect his Coronet, to his Crowne and bend / The Dukedom yet vnbow'd (alas poore Millaine) / To moſt ignoble ſtooping.1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
- Free from or lacking alcohol or alcoholic beverages.
- Of course it's a dry house. He was an alcoholic but he's been dry for almost a year now.
- Synonyms:
- sober
Proper noun capitalized: Drier
Drier (plural Driers)
- A surname from German.
Forms of drier
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | driers |
| alternative form | dryer |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Driers |
Origin of drier
From Middle English driere, dreyere (“one who dries”), equivalent to dry + -er (agent noun suffix).
From dry + -er (comparative suffix).
Americanized spelling of German Dreier or Dreyer.
Phrases with drier
Words that rhyme with drier
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- choir
- desire
- esquire
- inspire
- tire
- acquire
- admire
- dire
- empire
- respire
- sire
- transpire
- trier
- dryer
- friar
- fryer
- gyre
- lyre
- mire
- misfire
- require
- underfire
- aspire
- bemire
- buyer
- conspire
- inquire
- overfire
- perspire
- quire
- tyre
- attire
- briar
- crier
- higher
- lier
- overtire
- Pryor
- pyre
- re-retire
- retrochoir
- rewire
- supplier
- suspire
- underwire
- unretire
- afire
- byre
Questions about drier
- What does drier mean?
- Drier means a surname from German.
- What is drier the alternative spelling of?
- Drier is the alternative spelling of dryer.
- What part of speech is drier?
- Drier is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce drier?
- Drier is pronounced /ˈdɹaɪɚ/ (US).
Words near drier in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: drier (page history and authors); Drier (page history and authors); dryer (page history and authors); dry (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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