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wet has 16 distinct synonyms spread across 3 of its 9 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. Its one recorded opposite is dry.
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.
covered or soaked with a liquid such as water
“a wet bathing suit”
containing moisture or volatile components
“wet paint”
supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages
“a wet candidate running on a wet platform”
1 of the 9 recorded senses carries no synonym, antonym or related term, so it is not shown above. Every sense, with its definition and examples, is on the full entry for wet.
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for wet come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating
“This eight year old boy still wets his bed”