Synonyms of watery
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Another word for watery is mobile. Other synonyms of watery are moist, soaked, humid, drenched and saturated.
Synonyms and similar words for watery
adjectiveResembling or characteristic of water.
adjectiveWet, soggy or soaked with water.
- drenchedCompletely wet; sodden.
- moistCharacterized by the presence of moisture; not dry; slightly wet; damp.
- waterlogged
- bewatered
- damp
- drippingVery wet.
- drunk
- humidContaining perceptible moisture (usually describing air or atmosphere); damp; moist; somewhat wet or watery.
- moistyMoist.
- overwateredWatered too much.
- plashyWatery, wet, waterlogged.
- saturatedSoaked or drenched with moisture.
- soakedDrenched with water, or other liquid.
- sodden
- soggy
- soppyVery wet; sodden, soaked.
- spewy
- spongy
- squidgyMoist and pliant; soggy.
- thoan dialectal
- thone dialectalDamp; moist; wet; soft from dampness.
- undriedNot dried.
- watered
- wet
- wetter than an otter's pocket informalCompletely wet, drenched, soaked.
- irriguous archaic, poeticIrrigated, well-watered.
- madid datedWet; moist.
- wiery obsolete
adjectiveDiluted or having too much water.
- wishy-washyThin or watery.
adjectiveWeak and insipid.
- blandLacking in taste or flavor.
- flavorless
- cardboard figuratively
- ingustible
- intastableIncapable of being tasted.
- savorlessNot having taste; flavorless.
- insipid
- tame
- smackless
- tasteless
- unsavory
- untasteable
- vapidTasteless, bland, or insipid.
- waugh British, dialectalInsipid; tasteless.
- wersh British, dialectalInsipid; tasteless; delicate; having a pale and sickly look.
- flaggy obsolete
- gustless obsolete
- sapidless archaicLacking sapidity; tasteless; flavorless.
- mawkish archaicSickening or insipid in taste or smell.
- wallowish archaicTasteless or having an unpleasant taste; nauseous, sickly-sweet.
- wearish obsolete
adjectiveTearful.
- lachrymoseTearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying.
- tearyOf a person, having eyes filled with tears; inclined to cry.
- crysomeCharacterised by crying or weeping; tearful; lamentful.
- tearful
- weepyInclined to weep; tearful or lachrymose.
- cryey rareInclined to cry; tearful.
- lachrymate literary, rareStained or filled with tears.
- larmoyant rareTeary, tearful.
- maudlin obsoleteTearful, lachrymose.
- sobful archaicFull of sobs; tearful, weeping.
Meaning of watery
- adjective Resembling or characteristic of water.
- adjective Wet, soggy or soaked with water.
- adjective Diluted or having too much water.
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