perspiration

Main Entry:
perspiration [pur-spuh-rey-shuhn]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: sweat
Synonyms: diaphoresis, egesta, excreta, exudation, sudation, sudor, transpiration
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: sweat
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: body's perspiring
Synonyms: diaphoresis, excretion, exudation, perspiration, steam, sudor, transudation
Main Entry: excretion
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: the act of excreting
Synonyms: defecation, discharge, discharging, ejecting, ejection, elimination, evacuation, expelling, expulsion, exudation, leaving, perspiration, secretion, sweating, urination, voiding
Antonyms: accretion, eating, receiving
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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Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Excretion.
Category: 4. Motion with reference to direction
Synonyms:
-nouns
excretion, discharge, emanation; exhalation, exudation, extrusion, secretion, effusion, extravasation, ecchymosis; evacuation, dejection, faeces, excrement; bloody flux; cacation; coeliac-flux, coeliac-passion; dysentery; perspiration, sweat; subation, exudation; diaphoresis; sewage; eccrinology., saliva, spittle, rheum; ptyalism, salivation, catarrh; diarrhea, the runs; ejecta, egesta, sputa; excreta; lava; exuviae (uncleanness)., hemorrhage, bleeding; outpouring (egress).
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