parched
The word “parched” has 1 syllable: parched
It's pronounced as /pɑːrtʃt/
What is synonym and antonym for parched?
In the thesaurus, “parched” has 37 synonyms and 40 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for parched along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for parched
- air-dried
- air-dry
- arid
- baked
- bone-dry
- burned
- cotton-mouth
- dehumidified
- dehydrated
- desert
- desertic
- desertlike
- desiccated
- drained
- dried
- dried-out
- dried-up
- droughty
- dry
- dry as dust
- evaporated
- hyperarid
- mummified
- rainless
- scorched
- sear
- seared
- sere
- shriveled
- shrivelled
- sunbaked
- thirsty
- ultradry
- waterless
- withered
- wizened
- xerothermic
Antonyms for parched
- awash
- bathed
- damp
- damped
- dampened
- dank
- deluged
- dipped
- doused
- dowsed
- drenched
- dripping
- drowned
- dunked
- flooded
- humid
- humidified
- hydrated
- inundated
- moist
- moistened
- overflowed
- rehydrated
- saturated
- soaked
- soaking
- sodden
- soggy
- sopped
- sopping
- soppy
- soused
- submerged
- swamped
- washed
- watered
- waterlogged
- watery
- wet
- wetted
Meanings of parched
- verb
- To burn the surface of, to scorch.
- To roast, as dry grain.
- To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat.
- To make thirsty.
- To boil something slowly (Still used in Lancashire in parched peas, a type of mushy peas).
- To become superficially burnt; be become sunburned.
- adjective
- Dry.
- Very thirsty.
Example Sentences
- After hiking all day, he felt parched and needed water.
- The parched land cracked under the intense heat.
- Her throat was parched from speaking for hours.
- The travelers searched for an oasis in the parched desert.
- The crops withered on the parched fields due to the drought.
On this page you'll find 77 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to parched, such as: air-dried, air-dry, arid, awash, baked, bathed, bone-dry.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
ultradry
- air-dry
- arid
- baked
- bone-dry
- dehydrated
- desert
- desertic
- desertlike
- droughty
- dry
- hyperarid
- parched
- rainless
- sear
- sere
- sunbaked
- thirsty
- waterless
- xerothermic
xerothermic
- air-dry
- arid
- baked
- bone-dry
- dehydrated
- desert
- desertic
- desertlike
- droughty
- dry
- hyperarid
- parched
- rainless
- sear
- sere
- sunbaked
- thirsty
- ultradry
- waterless
zestless
- antiquated
- arid
- banal
- barren
- bent
- bland
- boring
- colorless
- common
- commonplace
- corny
- dead
- dilute
- drab
- dreary
- dried
- dry
- dull
- dusty
- effete
- faded
- fetid
- flat
- flavorless
- fusty
- hackneyed
- hard
- humdrum
- insipid
- leaden
- like a dinosaur
- malodorous
- mawkish
- monotonous
- moth-eaten
- musty
- noisome
- numbing
- out
- parched
- past
- pedestrian
- platitudinous
- ponderous
- predictable
- rank
- reeking
- repetitious
- savorless
- shopworn
- smelly
- sour
- spoiled
- stagnant
- stale
- stenchy
- stereotyped
- stinking
- stodgy
- tasteless
- tedious
- thin
- threadbare
- timeworn
- tired
- tiring
- trite
- uninteresting
- unoriginal
- watery
- weak
- wearisome
- wearying
- well-worn
- worn-out
rainless
- anhydrous
- arid
- athirst
- baked
- bald
- balmy
- bankrupted
- bare
- barren
- bleak
- boney
- bony
- calm
- clear
- clement
- cloudless
- consumed
- dead
- debilitated
- dehydrated
- delightful
- depleted
- desert
- desiccant
- desiccated
- desolate
- diminished
- drained
- dried-up
- droughty
- dry
- dusty
- enfeebled
- equable
- evaporated
- exhausted
- expended
- fair
- fine
- genial
- gentle
- halcyon
- hard
- hardscrabble
- impoverished
- infertile
- inhospitable
- juiceless
- lessened
- lifeless
- mild
- moderate
- not irrigated
- parched
- peaceful
- placid
- pleasant
- poor
- reduced
- sapless
- sapped
- sear
- sere
- shriveled
- soft
- spent
- stale
- stark
- sunbaked
- sunny
- sunshiny
- temperate
- thirsty
- torrid
- tranquil
- uncultivable
- unfertile
- unmoistened
- unproductive
- untillable
- used up
- waste
- waterless
baked
- air-dry
- arid
- bone-dry
- charred
- cremated
- dehydrated
- desert
- desertic
- desertlike
- dried
- droughty
- drunk
- dry
- enflamed
- fired
- fried
- heated
- hyperarid
- ignited
- incinerated
- inflamed
- intoxicated
- kindled
- lighted
- lit
- looped
- melted
- parched
- rainless
- scalded
- scathed
- scorched
- sear
- seared
- sere
- simmered
- singed
- stewed
- stoned
- sunbaked
- thirsty
- ultradry
- warmed
- wasted
- waterless
- xerothermic