macerate

The word “macerate” has 3 syllables: ma-cer-ate

It's pronounced as /ˈmæsəˌreɪt/


What is synonym and antonym for macerate?

In the thesaurus, “macerate” has 37 synonyms and 9 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for macerate along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for macerate

  • bathe
  • damp
  • dampen
  • dip
  • douse
  • dowse
  • drench
  • drown
  • emaciate
  • humidify
  • hydrate
  • immerse
  • impregnate
  • infiltrate
  • inundate
  • marinate
  • mash
  • moisten
  • penetrate
  • permeate
  • presoak
  • ret
  • saturate
  • seethe
  • soak
  • sodden
  • soften
  • sop
  • souse
  • steep
  • submerge
  • swamp
  • swill
  • wash
  • water
  • water-soak
  • waterlog

Antonyms for macerate

  • dehumidify
  • dehydrate
  • desiccate
  • drain
  • dry
  • empty
  • parch
  • sear
  • void

Meanings of macerate

  • noun
    1. A macerated substance.
  • verb
    1. To soften (something) or separate it into pieces by soaking it in a heated or unheated liquid.
    2. To make lean; to cause to waste away.
    3. To subdue the appetite by poor or scanty diet; to mortify.
    4. To mortify the flesh in general.

Example Sentences

  • The chef instructed his team to macerate the berries to enhance the dessert's flavor.
  • Gardeners often choose to macerate compost materials to speed up the decomposition process.
  • Before brewing, the coffee beans underwent a careful process to macerate and develop their rich taste.
  • In winemaking, vintners may choose to macerate the grape skins for a prolonged period to extract maximum color and tannins.
  • The herbalist recommended patients macerate certain herbs to create potent infusions for therapeutic purposes.

On this page you'll find 46 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to macerate, such as: bathe, damp, dampen, dehumidify, dehydrate, desiccate, dip.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

jerk around

  • abuse
  • annoy
  • attack
  • baffle
  • bait
  • bamboozle
  • beat
  • bedevil
  • beguile
  • beleaguer
  • betray
  • bilk
  • bleed
  • bother
  • bug
  • bullyrag
  • bunco
  • burn
  • caboodle
  • catch
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  • commercialize
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  • con
  • cozen
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  • cross
  • deceive
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  • delude
  • despoil
  • devil
  • diddle
  • distress
  • disturb
  • do
  • do a number on
  • double-cross
  • double-deal
  • dupe
  • dust
  • eat
  • exasperate
  • exhaust
  • exploit
  • fast talk
  • fatigue
  • finagle
  • fleece
  • flimflam
  • foray
  • fudge
  • get to
  • give a bad time
  • give a hard time
  • give bum steer
  • gnaw
  • gouge
  • gull
  • harry
  • hassle
  • heckle
  • hoax
  • hoodwink
  • hornswoggle
  • hose
  • hound
  • hustle
  • intimidate
  • irk
  • irritate
  • kid
  • leverage
  • macerate
  • manipulate
  • maraud
  • milk
  • mislead
  • mistreat
  • mulct
  • noodge
  • outwit
  • overcharge
  • overreach
  • pain
  • perplex
  • persecute
  • pester
  • pimp
  • plague
  • pluck
  • pull something
  • raid
  • ream
  • ride
  • rifle
  • rip off
  • rob
  • rook
  • rope in
  • run a game on
  • sandbag
  • scam
  • screw
  • sell a bill of goods
  • shaft
  • short
  • shuck
  • skin
  • snow
  • soak
  • spoof
  • stick
  • stiff
  • strain
  • stress
  • strip
  • sucker
  • swindle
  • take
  • take for a ride
  • take in
  • take out
  • take to the cleaners
  • tease
  • tire
  • torment
  • trick
  • trim
  • trouble
  • try
  • two-time
  • use
  • vex
  • victimize
  • weary
  • work
  • work on
  • worry

malnourished

  • angular
  • bony
  • could eat a horse
  • craving
  • dehydrated
  • dog-hungry
  • drawn
  • dying
  • emaciated
  • empty
  • faint
  • famished
  • flying light
  • gangly
  • haggard
  • have munchies
  • hungering
  • hungry
  • ill-fed
  • macerated
  • miniature
  • peaked
  • peaky
  • peckish
  • perishing
  • petite
  • pinched
  • puny
  • rattleboned
  • ravenous
  • scrawny
  • shadow
  • short
  • skeleton
  • skin and bones
  • skinny
  • small
  • starved
  • starving
  • stringbean
  • stunted
  • thin
  • tiny
  • underfed
  • undernourished
  • undersized
  • weakened

saturate

  • aqueous
  • awash
  • bathe
  • bathed
  • bedraggled
  • boggy
  • clammy
  • damp
  • dampen
  • dampish
  • dank
  • deluged
  • dip
  • dipped
  • douche
  • douse
  • doused
  • dowse
  • dowsed
  • drench
  • drenched
  • dripping
  • drown
  • drowned
  • dunked
  • flooded
  • flushed
  • humid
  • humidify
  • hydrate
  • hydrated
  • imbue
  • immerse
  • impregnate
  • infiltrate
  • infuse
  • inundate
  • inundated
  • irrigated
  • laved
  • logged
  • macerate
  • marinate
  • miry
  • moist
  • moisten
  • overfill
  • overflowed
  • penetrate
  • percolate
  • permeate
  • pervade
  • presoak
  • rinsed
  • sate
  • satiate
  • saturated
  • seepy
  • seethe
  • semimoist
  • sloppy
  • sluiced
  • soak
  • soaked
  • soaking
  • sodden
  • soggy
  • sop
  • sopping
  • soppy
  • souse
  • soused
  • splashed
  • squashy
  • steep
  • steeped
  • submerge
  • submerged
  • suffuse
  • surfeit
  • swamp
  • swamped
  • swill
  • transfuse
  • wash
  • washed
  • water
  • water-soak
  • water-soaked
  • watered
  • waterlog
  • waterlogged
  • watery
  • wet
  • wettish

saturated

  • aqueous
  • awash
  • bathed
  • bedraggled
  • boggy
  • clammy
  • damp
  • damped
  • dampened
  • dampish
  • dank
  • deluged
  • dipped
  • doused
  • dowsed
  • drenched
  • dripping
  • drowned
  • dunked
  • flooded
  • flushed
  • full
  • humid
  • humidified
  • hydrated
  • imbued
  • immersed
  • impregnate
  • impregnated
  • infiltrated
  • inundated
  • irrigated
  • laved
  • logged
  • macerated
  • marinated
  • miry
  • moist
  • moistened
  • overflowed
  • penetrated
  • permeated
  • presoaked
  • rinsed
  • saturate
  • seepy
  • seethed
  • semimoist
  • sloppy
  • sluiced
  • soaked
  • soaking
  • sodden
  • soddened
  • soggy
  • sopped
  • sopping
  • soppy
  • soused
  • splashed
  • squashy
  • steeped
  • submerged
  • swamped
  • swilled
  • washed
  • water-soaked
  • watered
  • waterlogged
  • watery
  • wet
  • wettish

saturates

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

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