wetter

ADJECTIVE

damp, moist

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dank foggy humid misty muggy rainy slippery snowy soaked sodden soggy stormy

STRONG

drenched dripping drizzling moistened pouring raining saturate saturated soaking sopping soused teeming

WEAK

aqueous clammy dewy showery slimy slushy soppy teary water-logged watery wringing-wet

Antonyms

STRONGEST

arid clear dry

WEAK

dehydrated

Example Sentences

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"The unusually hot and dry weather during May, followed by wetter conditions in the lead-up to the match, presented a number of challenges in preparing the pitch."

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Many of the planet's major outflow channels end there, leading some scientists to suggest that the area may once have contained a large ocean during a warmer and wetter period in Mars's history.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2026

To determine which areas have grown drier or wetter, they used data from satellites that track shifts in water across the landscape.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Are they fossilized Martian microbes that lived billions of years ago when the planet next door was a wetter, warmer world?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Harry was still numb with cold, still wetter than he’d ever been in his life, but he could see.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling