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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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

For the longer term it may become wetter by the middle of the month.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Rovers currently are trundling on Mars, attempting to learn whether life existed more than three billion years ago when the planet was warmer and wetter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

She rolled me down the ramp Dad had built, both of us getting wetter every second.

From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper