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wetness
[wet] 
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humidity
[hyoo-mid-i-tee or, often, yoo-]
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| 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: | precipitation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | moisture in air or falling from sky |
| Synonyms: | cloudburst, condensation, drizzle, hail, hailstorm, heavy dew, precip, rain, rainfall, rainstorm, sleet, snow, storm, 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 |
| Main Entry: | stickiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | humidity |
| Synonyms: | dampness, humidness, mugginess, steaminess, wetness |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Concept: | Moisture. |
| Category: | 2. Fluid matter; specific fluids |
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-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.
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| Antonyms: | dryness |
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