humidity [hyoo-mid-i-tee or, often, yoo-] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
humidity [hyoo-mid-i-tee or, often, yoo-]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: very damp weather
Synonyms: clamminess, dampness, dankness, dew, dewiness, evaporation, fogginess, heaviness, humectation, humidness, moistness, moisture, mugginess, oppressiveness, sogginess, steam, steaminess, stickiness, sultriness, sweatiness, swelter, thickness, vaporization, wet, wetness
Antonyms: aridity, dryness
Main Entry: moisture
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: dampness; liquid
Synonyms: damp, dankness, dew, drizzle, fog, humidity, mist, perspiration, precipitation, rain, sweat, water, wateriness, wet, wetness
Antonyms: dryness
Main Entry: wet
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: dampness, moisture
Synonyms: clamminess, condensation, damp, drizzle, humidity, liquid, rain, rains, water, wetness
Antonyms: dehydration, dryness
Example Sentences
  • Weather is the day-to-day temperature, humidity and precipitation.
  • But any gains in that department were more than offset by the problems of cold weather and humidity.
  • He says the problem is the weather, and particularly the humidity.
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Main Entry: sultriness
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: mugginess
Synonyms: dampness, humidity, humidness, oppressiveness
Main Entry: dew point
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: temperature when dew forms
Synonyms: DP, DWPT, dew-point temperature, humidification, humidity, saturation, saturation point
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Moisture.
Category: 2. Fluid matter; specific fluids
Synonyms:
-nouns
moisture; moistness; humidity, humectation; madefaction, dew; serein; marsh; hygrometry, hygrometer.
-verbs
moisten, wet; humect, humectate; sponge, damp, bedew; imbue, imbrue, infiltrate, saturate; soak, drench (water)., be moist; not have a dry thread; perspire (exude).
-adjectives
moist, damp; watery; madid, roric; undried, humid, sultry, wet, dank, luggy, dewy; roral, rorid; roscid; juicy., wringing wet, soaking wet; wet through to the skin; saturated, like a wet rat., swashy, soggy, dabbled; reeking, dripping, soaking, soft, sodden, sloppy, muddy; swampy (marshy); irriguous.
Antonyms: dryness
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