damp

1. 1.

   a slight wetness

   Synonymsdampnessmoistness

   Broaderwetness

   Narrowerdanknessrawness

1. 1.

   slightly wet

   “clothes damp with perspiration”

   “a moist breeze”

   “eyes moist with tears”

   Synonymsdampishmoist

   Similarwet

Other forms of damp

plural

damps·

past tense

damped·

present participle

damping·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about damp

What does damp mean?

damp means "deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in damp?

damp has 1 syllable: damp. In IPA it is /ˈdæmp/.

What is another word for damp?

Close synonyms include muffle, mute, dull, dampen, tone down. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is damp a common word?

damp is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with damp?

1 word rhymes with damp. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.