Definition for Moist:

• Containing water or other liquid; damp.

Synonyms for Moist:

• adj.

  •balmy (adjective)
  • summerlike,
  • pleasant.
  •clammy (adjective)
  • slimier,
  • pasty,
  • drizzliest,
  • more mucid,
  • most muculent,
  • most mucous,
  • most mucid,
  • more mucous,
  • drizzlier,
  • more muculent.
  •damp (adjective)
  • mis tier,
  • more dripping,
  • mis-tier,
  • most wettish,
  • most dripping,
  • most soaking,
  • more soaking,
  • most drenched,
  • most irriguous,
  • more irriguous,
  • more drenched,
  • more wettish.
  •humid (adjective)
  • mucky.
  •rainy (adjective)
  • more hyetal,
  • most pluvious,
  • most hyetal,
  • more pluvious,
  • most pluvial,
  • most showery,
  • more pluvial,
  • more showery.
  •sweaty (adjective)
  • perspiring,
  • stinky,
  • stinkiest,
  • sudoric,
  • covered with sweat,
  • diaphoretic,
  • perspiry,
  • sweating,
  • Sudoriferous.
  •tearful (adjective)
  • in tears,
  • blubbery.
  •watery (adjective)
  • awash,
  • aqua,
  • drenched,
  • Bathed,
  • waterlike,
  • Water-logged,
  • Irrigated,
  • Deluged,
  • diluted,
  • Immersed.
  •wet (adjective)
  • soaking,
  • saturated.
  •wet, wettish (adjective)
  • not dry,
  • oozy.

• n.

  •
  • bedraggled.
  •
  • in all weather(s),
  • unsettled.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • gelatinous,
  • beaded,
  • juicy,
  • slimy,
  • wet look,
  • Slobbery,
  • sopping,
  • soaked,
  • gluey,
  • sodden.
  •
  • waterlogged.
  •
  • hard.
  •tufted
  • mossy.

Paraphrases for Moist:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    damper, wetter, humid.
  • Proper noun, singular
    humid.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    clammy, soft, drier, dry.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    humidity, wetter, wettest.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    moisture, hydrated.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    moisture.

Antonyms for Moist:

• adj.

  • wet, wettish
    dry, arid.
  • Other antonyms:
    dehydrated, watertight, water-repellent, parched, water-resistant, Droughty, waterless, sunbaked, burned, seared, desert, scorched, sere, waterproof, dusty, baked.

• Other antonyms:

  • n.
    dry out.

Moist Sentence Examples:

• Add three spoonfuls of flour, as much moist sugar, a little salt and nutmeg, the yolks of three, and the whites of two eggs.

• The good fellow's eyes were moist as he passed his hand over them.

Homophones for Moist:

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