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waterless

[waw-ter-lis, wot-er-] / ˈwɔ tər lɪs, ˈwɒt ər- /
ADJECTIVE
anhydrous
Synonyms
WEAK
arid bone-dry dehydrated dry evaporated moistureless parched
ADJECTIVE
arid
Synonyms
STRONGEST
barren bone-dry desert dusty parched
WEAK
dry as a bone dry as dust moistureless thirsty
Antonyms
STRONGEST
fertile productive
WEAK
damp humid interested lively moist spirited wet
ADJECTIVE
bone-dry
Synonyms
STRONGEST
arid parched scorched sunbaked
WEAK
anhydrous dry as a bone moistureless seared
Antonyms
STRONGEST
damp moist wet
ADJECTIVE
dry
Synonyms
STRONGEST
arid bare barren dehydrated dusty parched stale torrid
STRONG
baked depleted desert desiccant desiccated drained evaporated exhausted impoverished sapped sear shriveled
WEAK
anhydrous athirst bald dried-up droughty hard juiceless not irrigated rainless sapless thirsty unmoistened
Antonyms
STRONGEST
damp full moist wet
WEAK
dripping humid juicy soaked soggy watery
ADJECTIVE
moistureless
Synonyms
WEAK
anhydrous arid athirst baked bald bare barren bone-dry dehydrated depleted desert desiccant desiccated drained dried-up droughty dusty evaporated exhausted hard impoverished juiceless not irrigated parched rainless sapless sapped sear sere shriveled stale thirsty torrid unmoistened
ADJECTIVE
parched
Synonyms
STRONGEST
arid scorched thirsty withered
STRONG
burned dehydrated shriveled
WEAK
cotton-mouth dried-out dried-up dry as dust
Antonyms
STRONGEST
moist wet
WEAK
damp
ADJECTIVE
rainless
Synonyms
WEAK
anhydrous arid athirst baked bald bare barren dehydrated depleted desert desiccant desiccated drained dried-up droughty dusty evaporated exhausted hard impoverished juiceless not irrigated parched sapless sapped sear shriveled stale thirsty torrid unmoistened
ADJECTIVE
sere
Synonyms
WEAK
arid dried droughty dry parched scorched sear shriveled withered
ADJECTIVE
thirsty
Synonyms
STRONGEST
anxious dehydrated eager greedy hungry impatient inclined keen parched
WEAK
agog appetent ardent arid athirst avid bone-dry breathless burning cottonmouthed craving crazy for droughty dry as dust dying for hankering itching for juiceless longing lusting partial to sapless thirsting wild for yearning
Antonyms
STRONGEST
unconcerned unenthusiastic
WEAK
moist quenched satisfied wet

Example Sentences

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On a misty winter's day in the English midlands, engineers struggled to drag stranded narrowboats from a waterless, mud-filled canal that collapsed weeks earlier, in a delicate, multi-million-pound rescue operation.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

Alchemie is not the only company attempting a nearly waterless dye process.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2024

Several preliminary schemes call for filling the 20,500-square-foot basin with — no illusion — a waterless meadow.

From Seattle Times • May 4, 2023

One day Mr. Kamoya went out for a walk along the waterless Nariokotome River.

From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2022

By Friday the flower hung down over the rim of the waterless vase, its dead stump of a head shedding yellow dust in the pencil groove.

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.