Synonyms of bathing

bathing

verb

present participle of bathe

1

as in washing

to flow along or against

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• washing
• splashing
• laving
• rippling
• lapping
• bubbling
• lipping
• gurgling
• sloshing
• plashing

2

as in wetting

to make wet

bathe your contact lens with the solution before inserting them

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wetting
• washing
• drowning
• flooding
• rinsing
• soaking
• watering
• drenching
• dowsing
• showering
• flushing
• dousing
• sopping
• dipping
• wetting down
• waterlogging
• submerging
• splashing
• water-soaking
• sprinkling
• sousing
• bedraggling
• damping
• moistening
• moisturizing
• hydrating
• soddening
• humidifying
• inundating
• misting
• drizzling
• saturating
• irrigating
• deluging
• impregnating
• overflowing
• sluicing
• hosing (down)
• swamping
• laving
• dunking
• dampening
• aspersing
• bedewing
• steeping
• sloshing
• ducking
• rehydrating
• rewetting
• rewashing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• drying
• scorching
• dehydrating
• searing
• evaporating
• desiccating
• parching
• dewatering
• freeze-drying
• wringing
• dehumidifying
• drip-drying

3

as in illumining

to supply with light

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• illumining
• illuminating
• lighting
• brightening
• lightening
• irradiating
• shining
• illuming
• beaconing
• emblazing
• beating (down)
• glistening
• glowing
• highlighting
• beaming
• gleaming
• radiating
• glittering
• igniting
• blinding
• incinerating
• spotlighting
• enhaloing
• floodlighting
• kindling
• blazing
• dazzling
• flaming
• burning
• haloing
• glaring
• firing
• bedazzling
• dazing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• darkening
• blackening
• dimming
• obscuring
• covering
• dulling
• obfuscating
• veiling
• extinguishing
• quenching
• shrouding
• dousing
• putting out
• snuffing (out)
• dowsing