waterproof

1. 1.

   make watertight

   “Waterproof the coat”

   Broaderseal

1. 1.

   not permitting the passage of water

   Synonymsrainproofwaterproofed

   Similartight

Other forms of waterproof

plural

waterproofs·

past tense

waterproofed·

present participle

waterproofing·

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 waterproof

What does waterproof mean?

waterproof means "any fabric impervious to water". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in waterproof?

waterproof has 3 syllables: wa-ter-proof. The stress falls on "wa". In IPA it is /ˈwɔtɚˌpɹuf/.

What is another word for waterproof?

Close synonyms include raincoat, rainproof, waterproofed. 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 waterproof a common word?

waterproof 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 waterproof?

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