Synonyms of bathes

bathes

verb

present tense third-person singular of bathe

1

as in washes

to flow along or against

the cool waters of the North Atlantic bathe the island's shores

Synonyms & Similar Words

• washes
• splashes
• laves
• lips
• ripples
• laps
• gurgles
• bubbles
• sloshes
• plashes

2

as in wets

to make wet

bathe your contact lens with the solution before inserting them

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wets
• drowns
• washes
• soaks
• floods
• waters
• drenches
• rinses
• douses
• water-soaks
• submerges
• flushes
• moistens
• dips
• showers
• wets down
• dowses
• damps
• sops
• inundates
• waterlogs
• splashes
• saturates
• bedraggles
• souses
• sprinkles
• hydrates
• moisturizes
• humidifies
• drizzles
• irrigates
• impregnates
• soddens
• dampens
• bedews
• hoses (down)
• deluges
• overflows
• mists
• laves
• asperses
• sloshes
• swamps
• rehydrates
• sluices
• dunks
• steeps
• ducks
• rewets
• rewashes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dries
• scorches
• dehydrates
• sears
• evaporates
• desiccates
• parches
• dewaters
• wrings
• dehumidifies
• freeze-dries
• drip-dries

3

as in illumines

to supply with light

the walls of the canyon were bathed with the warm rays of the setting sun

Synonyms & Similar Words

• illumines
• illuminates
• lights
• brightens
• lightens
• irradiates
• shines
• illumes
• glistens
• beacons
• glows
• radiates
• highlights
• beams
• beats (down)
• gleams
• emblazes
• ignites
• dazzles
• spotlights
• incinerates
• kindles
• glitters
• haloes
• glares
• blinds
• burns
• enhaloes
• floodlights
• blazes
• flames
• bedazzles
• dazes
• fires

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• darkens
• blackens
• obfuscates
• obscures
• dims
• dulls
• covers
• shrouds
• veils
• extinguishes
• douses
• quenches
• puts out
• snuffs (out)
• dowses