watery
watery is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Abounding with water; wet; hence, tearful.
- 2.Resembling water; thin or transparent, as a liquid; as, watery humors. The oily and watery parts of the aliment. Arbuthnot.
- 3.Hence, abounding in thin, tasteless, or insipid fluid; tasteless; insipid; vapid; spiritless.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- add
- affuse
- affusion
- afloat
- aqua
- aquatic
- aqueous
- are
- balneal
- balneation
- bath
- bathe
- bedew
- brine
- cotidal
- dabble
- damp
- dank
- deep
- deluge
- dew
- dewy
- diluent
- dilute
- diluted
- dilution
- dip
- dolphin
- douche
- douse
- drench
- dripping
- drown
- dry
- duck
- exude
- flood
- gargle
- great
- have
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is watery.
- What is abounding with water; wet; hence, tearful called?
- What is resembling water; thin or transparent, as a liquid; as, watery humors. The oily and watery parts of the aliment. Arbuthnot called?
- What is hence, abounding in thin, tasteless, or insipid fluid; tasteless; insipid; vapid; spiritless called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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