wet wɛt/ adjective adjective: wet; comparative adjective: wetter; superlative adjective: wettest 1. covered or saturated with water or another liquid. "she followed, slipping on the wet rock" synonyms: damp, dampened, moist, moistened; More antonyms: dry (of the weather) rainy. "a wet, windy evening" synonyms: rainy, raining, pouring, teeming, showery, drizzly, drizzling; More antonyms: dry, fine (of paint, ink, plaster, or a similar substance) not yet having dried or hardened. "the waterproofer can easily be washed off while it is still wet" synonyms: sticky, not set, not hardened, not hard, tacky; More antonyms: dry, set, hard (of a baby or young child) having urinated in its nappy or underwear. "the baby was wet and needed changing" involving the use of water or liquid. "wet methods of photography" NAUTICAL (of a ship) liable to take in water over her bows or sides. 2. BRITISHinformal showing a lack of forcefulness or strength of character; feeble. "they thought the cadets were a bit wet" synonyms: feeble, silly, weak, foolish, inept, ineffective, ineffectual, effete, soft, namby-pamby,timid, timorous, spiritless, cowardly, spineless; More antonyms: strong, brave Conservative with liberal tendencies, especially as regarded by right-wing Conservatives. "they came across as the most liberal or wet members of the government" 3. informal (of a country or region or of its legislation) allowing the free sale of alcoholic drink. (of a person) addicted to or drinking alcohol. "our programme depends on our willingness to help other alcoholics, both wet and dry" verb verb: wet; 3rd person present: wets; past tense: wet; past participle: wet; past tense: wetted; past participle: wetted; gerund or present participle: wetting 1. cover or touch with liquid; moisten. "he wetted a finger and flicked through the pages" synonyms: dampen, damp, moisten, humidify; More antonyms: dry (especially of a baby or young child) urinate in or on. "while dreaming the child wet the bed" urinate involuntarily. "she was going to wet herself from fear" dialect infuse (tea) by pouring on boiling water. "she said she'd wet the tea immediately because they must be parched" noun noun: wet 1. liquid that makes something damp. "I could feel the wet of his tears" synonyms: wetness, damp, dampness, moisture, moistness; More rainy weather. noun: the wet "the race was held in the wet" synonyms: rain, rains, drizzle, wet/rainy/showery/damp weather, precipitation, spray, dew, damp "the race was held in the wet" BRITISHinformal a drink. plural noun: wets "I took a wet from my bottle" 2. BRITISHinformal a person lacking forcefulness or strength of character. "there are sorts who look like gangsters and sorts who look like wets" synonyms: namby-pamby, weakling, milksop, Milquetoast, baby; More a Conservative with liberal tendencies. "the wets favoured a change in economic policy" 3. US a person opposed to the prohibition of alcohol. Origin Old English wǣt (adjective and noun), wǣtan (verb); related to water.
