Synonyms of drenches

drenches

verb

present tense third-person singular of drench

1

as in wets

to make wet

we were drenched by the sudden rainstorm

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wets
• drowns
• washes
• floods
• soaks
• bathes
• waters
• rinses
• douses
• water-soaks
• submerges
• flushes
• moistens
• inundates
• waterlogs
• dowses
• dips
• sops
• saturates
• wets down
• showers
• splashes
• sprinkles
• damps
• bedraggles
• drizzles
• souses
• hydrates
• soddens
• moisturizes
• deluges
• dampens
• bedews
• impregnates
• humidifies
• overflows
• irrigates
• hoses (down)
• mists
• asperses
• sloshes
• swamps
• laves
• rehydrates
• sluices
• dunks
• steeps
• ducks
• rewashes
• rewets

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dries
• scorches
• parches
• dehydrates
• desiccates
• evaporates
• sears
• dewaters
• wrings
• freeze-dries
• dehumidifies
• drip-dries

2

as in soaks

to wet thoroughly with liquid

when using the carpet shampooer, wet but do not drench the carpet

Synonyms & Similar Words

• soaks
• saturates
• drowns
• impregnates
• macerates
• submerges
• immerses
• dips
• washes
• steeps
• sops
• penetrates
• souses
• inundates
• soddens
• bathes
• marinates
• seethes
• water-soaks
• permeates
• waters
• infiltrates
• douses
• moistens
• hydrates
• waterlogs
• swamps
• swills
• dampens
• humidifies
• presoaks
• damps
• dowses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dries
• empties
• drains
• wrings (out)
• dehydrates
• sears
• parches
• voids
• desiccates
• dehumidifies