water

water
Synonyms and related words:
April showers, BO, Davy, Davy Jones, Dylan, Foamite, Neptune, Nereid, Nereus, Oceanid, Oceanus, Poseidon, Proteus, Thetis, Triton, Varuna, acid, adulterate, agua, air, aqua, aquarelle, asperge, atom, atomic particles, attenuate, automatic sprinkler, baptize, bastardize, beaded brow, beads of sweat, bed, bed down, bedew, bespatter, besprinkle, beverage, blood, body odor, break, bridle, brush, brute matter, building block, cambric tea, canvas, carbon tet, carbon tetrachloride, carbon-dioxide foam, cast the lead, chameleon, chemical element, cloud shapes, cobweb, cold sweat, component, constituent, contaminate, corrupt, curry, currycomb, cut, dabble, damp, dampen, dash, debase, deck gun, deluge set, denaturalize, denature, dew, diaphoresis, dilute, dishwater, doctor, doctor up, douche, drench, drink, drinking water, drool, earth, easel-picture, eau, element, elementary particle, elementary unit, emacerate, emaciate, etherealize, excrete, expand, extinguisher, exudate, exudation, fathom, feed, finger painting, fire, fire apparatus, fire engine, fire hose, fire hydrant, fireplug, fluid, fluid extract, fluid mechanics, foam, foam extinguisher, fodder, fortify, fundamental particle, gentle, give out, gossamer, gouache, groom, ground water, gruel, hair, handle, hard water, harness, head, heavy water, hitch, honest sweat, hook-and-ladder, hose, hose down, house of cards, humect, humectate, humidify, hydraulics, hydrogeology, hydrol, hydrometeor, hydrosphere, hyle, hypostasis, irrigate, juice, kaleidoscope, lace, lactate, ladder pipe, latex, lather, limewater, liquid, liquid extract, liquor, litter, make a sounding, manage, matchwood, material, material world, materiality, matter, mercury, mermaid, merman, micturition, milk, milk and water, mineral water, moisten, molecule, monad, moon, natural world, nature, oil, oil painting, paddle, painting, pee, pee-pee, perspiration, perspiration odor, physical world, piddle, pish, piss, plenum, plumb, plumb the depths, plumb-line, pollute, produce, pumper, quicksilver, rain, rainwater, rarefy, reduce, reed, rolling stone, rope of sand, rub down, saddle, salt water, sand castle, sap, sea devil, sea god, sea water, seaman, secern, secrete, semiliquid, shifting sands, siren, slaver, sling the lead, slobber, slop, slosh, snorkel, soda, soft water, sound, sparge, spatter, spike, spit, spittle, splash, splatter, sponge, spray, spring water, sprinkle, sprinkler, sprinkler head, sprinkler system, stale, steam, streams of sweat, stuff, substance, substratum, subtilize, sudor, sudoresis, super-pumper, swash, sweat, swelter, syringe, take soundings, tame, tamper with, tear, tempera, tend, the four elements, the weather, thin, thin away, thin down, thin out, thread, train, unit of being, urea, urination, urine, wash, wash drawing, water cannon, water down, water vapor, weaken, weather vane, weathercock, wee-wee, weep, well water, wet, wet blanket, wet down, wetting agent, wetting-out agent, wheel of fortune, whey, whirligig, yoke

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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