wetter

1. 1.

   a chemical agent capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved

   Synonymswetting agentsurfactantsurface-active agent

   Broaderchemical agent

   Narroweremulsifierdetergent
2. 2.

   a workman who wets the work in a manufacturing process

   Broaderworkman
3. 3.

   someone suffering from enuresis; someone who urinates while asleep in bed

   Synonymsbedwetterbed wetter

   Broaderpisser

Other forms of wetter

plural

wetters·

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 wetter

What does wetter mean?

wetter means "a chemical agent capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in wetter?

wetter has 2 syllables: wet-ter. The stress falls on "wet". In IPA it is /ˈwɛtɚ/.

What is another word for wetter?

Close synonyms include wetting agent, surfactant, surface-active agent, bedwetter, bed wetter. 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 wetter a common word?

wetter 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.