Synonyms of soaks

soaks 1 of 2

noun

plural of soak

as in alcoholics

a person who makes a habit of getting drunk

felt sorry for the town soak, who couldn't hold a job

Synonyms & Similar Words

• alcoholics
• soakers
• inebriates
• drunks
• souses
• sots
• drinkers
• dipsomaniacs
• drunkards
• rummies
• topers
• tipplers
• tosspots
• alkies
• boozers
• juicers
• lushes
• boozehounds
• juiceheads
• swillers
• swiggers
• winos

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• abstainers
• teetotallers
• teetotalers
• nondrinkers
• teetotalists

soaks

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verb

present tense third-person singular of soak

1

as in saturates

to wet thoroughly with liquid

we ran for home as soon as the rain started, but our clothes still ended up soaked

Synonyms & Similar Words

• saturates
• drowns
• drenches
• impregnates
• macerates
• submerges
• immerses
• dips
• washes
• steeps
• sops
• penetrates
• marinates
• soddens
• souses
• water-soaks
• bathes
• seethes
• inundates
• waters
• moistens
• permeates
• infiltrates
• hydrates
• douses
• waterlogs
• swamps
• presoaks
• humidifies
• swills
• dampens
• damps
• dowses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dries
• drains
• empties
• wrings (out)
• dehydrates
• sears
• voids
• desiccates
• parches
• dehumidifies

2

as in stings

to charge (someone) too much for goods or services

a merchant who soaks the tourists every summer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stings
• gouges
• overcharges
• surcharges
• cheats
• sticks
• defrauds
• clips
• fleeces
• skins
• mischarges

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• undercharges

3

as in wets

to make wet

that downpour soaked my hair, and now I look like a sight

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

4

as in drinks

to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages

depressed about his love life, he repaired to a bar to soak

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drinks
• boozes
• guzzles
• revels
• hits the bottle
• liquors (up)
• bibs
• tipples
• lushes (up)
• boozes it up
• carouses
• imbibes
• nips

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• abstains