Loading page
dowse has 7 distinct synonyms spread across 4 of its 5 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal
slacken
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for dowse come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
“douse a rope”
searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod