saturates

The word “saturates” has 3 syllables: sat-u-rates

It's pronounced as /ˈsætʃəˌreɪts/


What is synonym and antonym for saturates?

In the thesaurus, “saturates” has 33 synonyms and 9 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for 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

Antonyms for saturates

  • dehumidifies
  • dehydrates
  • desiccates
  • drains
  • dries
  • empties
  • parches
  • sears
  • voids

Meanings of saturates

  • verb
    1. To cause to become completely impregnated, or soaked (especially with a liquid).
    2. To fill to excess.
    3. To satisfy the affinity of; to cause a substance to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold.
    4. To render pure, or of a colour free from white light.

Example Sentences

  • Heavy rainfall quickly saturates the soil, making it prone to flooding.
  • The company saturates the market with advertisements to boost sales.
  • A strong fragrance saturates the air as she opens the perfume bottle.
  • The news media often saturates the public with the same stories repeatedly.
  • Heavily processed food saturates the body with unhealthy fats and sugars.

On this page you'll find 42 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to saturates, such as: bathes, dampens, damps, dehumidifies, dehydrates, desiccates, dips.

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Related Words

dampens

  • abates
  • alleviates
  • bathes
  • bedews
  • benumbs
  • blunts
  • burns out
  • castrates
  • cauterizes
  • damps
  • daunts
  • deadens
  • debilitates
  • decreases
  • dehydrates
  • demoralizes
  • desiccates
  • devitalizes
  • diminishes
  • dips
  • discourages
  • disheartens
  • dispirits
  • does in
  • douses
  • dowses
  • drains
  • drenches
  • dulls
  • dunks
  • dwindles
  • eases
  • enervates
  • enfeebles
  • exhausts
  • fatigues
  • flushes
  • gelds
  • humidifies
  • immerges
  • immerses
  • impregnates
  • irrigates
  • laves
  • lessens
  • lightens
  • lobotomizes
  • lowers
  • moderates
  • moistens
  • muffles
  • mutes
  • numbs
  • petrifies
  • recedes
  • reduces
  • refreshes
  • rehydrates
  • remoistens
  • rinses
  • saps
  • saturates
  • sluices
  • soaks
  • souses
  • steeps
  • subdues
  • subsides
  • undermines
  • wanes
  • washes
  • waters
  • weakens
  • wears
  • wears out
  • wets

damps

  • abates
  • alleviates
  • bathes
  • bedews
  • benumbs
  • blunts
  • burns out
  • castrates
  • cauterizes
  • dampens
  • daunts
  • deadens
  • debilitates
  • decreases
  • dehydrates
  • demoralizes
  • desiccates
  • devitalizes
  • diminishes
  • dips
  • discourages
  • disheartens
  • dispirits
  • does in
  • douses
  • dowses
  • drains
  • drenches
  • dulls
  • dunks
  • dwindles
  • eases
  • enervates
  • enfeebles
  • exhausts
  • fatigues
  • flushes
  • gelds
  • humidifies
  • immerges
  • immerses
  • impregnates
  • irrigates
  • laves
  • lessens
  • lightens
  • lobotomizes
  • lowers
  • moderates
  • moistens
  • muffles
  • mutes
  • numbs
  • petrifies
  • recedes
  • reduces
  • refreshes
  • rehydrates
  • remoistens
  • rinses
  • saps
  • saturates
  • sluices
  • soaks
  • souses
  • steeps
  • subdues
  • subsides
  • undermines
  • wanes
  • washes
  • waters
  • weakens
  • wears
  • wears out
  • wets

jam-packs

  • bloats
  • brims
  • bulks
  • charges
  • crams
  • crowds
  • crushes
  • drenches
  • fills
  • floods
  • gluts
  • heaps
  • honeycombs
  • jams
  • loads
  • mats
  • overcharges
  • overfills
  • overflows
  • packs
  • penetrates
  • presses
  • rams
  • refills
  • refreshes
  • reloads
  • repacks
  • replenishes
  • saturates
  • shoves
  • squashes
  • squeezes
  • stuffs
  • swamps

jams

  • backups
  • bathing costume
  • beach costume
  • beachwear
  • bikini
  • binds
  • bloats
  • blocks
  • bores
  • bottlenecks
  • boxes
  • brims
  • bulks
  • bulldozes
  • bulls
  • bungs
  • catch-22s
  • charges
  • chokes
  • clogs
  • clothing for swimming
  • clots
  • clutches
  • congestions
  • congests
  • corks
  • corners
  • crams
  • crashes
  • crawls
  • crises
  • crossroads
  • crowds
  • crushes
  • dams
  • deadlocks
  • delays
  • difficulties
  • dilemmas
  • drenches
  • elbows
  • emergencies
  • exigencies
  • fills
  • fixes
  • floods
  • furs
  • gluts
  • gridlocks
  • halts
  • heaps
  • holes
  • honeycombs
  • hot waters
  • impasses
  • inundates
  • jackpots
  • jam-packs
  • jam-ups
  • jamas
  • jammies
  • jostles
  • junctures
  • kettles of fish
  • loads
  • locks
  • logjams
  • loungewear
  • lounging robe
  • maillot
  • mats
  • mires
  • muscles
  • nightdress
  • nightie
  • nightshirt
  • nightwear
  • nodes
  • obstructs
  • occludes
  • one-piece
  • one-piece bathing suit
  • one-piece suit
  • overcharges
  • overfills
  • overflows
  • overwhelms
  • packs
  • penetrates
  • pickles
  • pinches
  • plights
  • predicaments
  • presses
  • pushes
  • quagmires
  • quandaries
  • rabbit holes
  • rams
  • rattraps
  • refills
  • refreshes
  • reloads
  • repacks
  • replenishes
  • sandwiches
  • saturates
  • scrapes
  • shoehorns
  • shoulders
  • shoves
  • silts
  • sleeper
  • sleeping suit
  • slowdowns
  • snarls
  • soups
  • spiles
  • spots
  • squashes
  • squeezes
  • stalemates
  • standstills
  • sticky wickets
  • stoppages
  • stoppers
  • stopples
  • straits
  • string bikini
  • stuffs
  • sunning
  • swamps
  • swimming trunks
  • swimsuit
  • swimwear
  • tailbacks
  • tangles
  • tank suit
  • thong
  • thrusts
  • tie-ups
  • traffic
  • troubles
  • trunks
  • two-piece
  • two-piece bathing suit
  • two-piece suit
  • wedges

macerates

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

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