bathe

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of BATHE

to flow along or against <the cool waters of the North Atlantic bathe the island's shores>

Synonyms bathe, lap, lave, lip, splash

Related Words bubble, gurgle, plash, ripple, slosh

to make wet <bathe your contact lens with the solution before inserting them>

Synonyms bathe, bedraggle, douse (also dowse), drench, drown, soak, sodden, sop, souse, wash, water, waterlog, water-soak, wet down

Related Words asperse, bedew, damp, dampen, drizzle, humidify, hydrate, mist, moisten, moisturize, shower, sprinkle; deluge, flood, hose (down), inundate, overflow; submerge, swamp; splash; impregnate, saturate, steep; flush, irrigate, lave, rinse, slosh, sluice; dip, duck, dunk; rehydrate, rewash, rewet

Near Antonyms dewater, evaporate, freeze-dry; drip-dry, wring; dehumidify

Antonyms dehydrate, desiccate, dry, parch, scorch, sear

to supply with light <the walls of the canyon were bathed with the warm rays of the setting sun>

Synonyms bathe, beacon, emblaze, illume, illumine, irradiate, light, lighten

Related Words brighten; beam, beat (down), radiate, shine; enhalo, halo; floodlight; highlight, spotlight; blaze, burn, fire, flame, glare, glow, ignite, incinerate, kindle; bedazzle, blind, daze, dazzle; gleam, glisten, glitter

Near Antonyms dim, dull, obscure; cover, shroud, veil; douse (also dowse), extinguish, put out, quench, snuff (out)

Antonyms blacken, darken, obfuscate

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