dilute

1. 1.

   reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity

   “diluted alcohol”

   “a dilute solution”

   “dilute acetic acid”

   Synonymsdiluted

   Similarcutwaterywhite

Other forms of dilute

past tense

diluted·

present participle

diluting·

third person

dilutes·

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 dilute

What does dilute mean?

dilute means "lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dilute?

dilute has 2 syllables: di-lute. The stress falls on "lute". In IPA it is /daɪˈlut/.

What is another word for dilute?

Close synonyms include thin, thin out, reduce, cut, load. 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 dilute a common word?

dilute is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. 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 dilute?

7 words rhyme with dilute. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.