dry mouth

1. 1.

   abnormal dryness of the mouth resulting from decreased secretion of saliva

   Synonymsxerostomia

   Broaderdryness

Questions about dry mouth

What does dry mouth mean?

dry mouth means "abnormal dryness of the mouth resulting from decreased secretion of saliva".

What is another word for dry mouth?

Close synonyms include xerostomia. 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 dry mouth a common word?

dry mouth 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.