water down

The phrase “water down” has 3 syllables: wa-ter down

It's pronounced as /ˈwɑː.t̬ɚ daʊn/


What is synonym and antonym for water down?

In the thesaurus, “water down” has 40 synonyms and 31 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for water down

  • adulterate
  • attenuate
  • befoul
  • cheapen
  • contaminate
  • corrupt
  • counterfeit
  • cut
  • debase
  • defile
  • degrade
  • dilute
  • dirty
  • doctor
  • envenom
  • extend
  • fake
  • falsify
  • foul
  • fudge
  • infect
  • lace
  • load
  • manipulate
  • misrepresent
  • moderate
  • poison
  • pollute
  • qualify
  • reduce
  • soil
  • sophisticate
  • spike
  • spoil
  • sully
  • taint
  • temper
  • thin
  • thin down
  • weaken

Antonyms for water down

  • augment
  • beef up
  • better
  • clarify
  • clean
  • cleanse
  • compact
  • concentrate
  • condense
  • decontaminate
  • distil
  • distill
  • enhance
  • enrich
  • fertilize
  • filter
  • flush
  • fortify
  • improve
  • lard
  • leach
  • pasteurize
  • purge
  • purify
  • reenforce
  • refine
  • reinforce
  • richen
  • strengthen
  • supplement
  • thicken

Example Sentences

  • The strong drink was too intense, so he decided to water down the whiskey.
  • The company had to water down its proposal to meet the budget constraints.
  • The teacher asked the students to water down their complex ideas into simpler terms.
  • They tried to water down the message to make it more appealing to the general public.
  • To reduce the bitterness, she decided to water down the lemon juice with a bit of sugar.

On this page you'll find 71 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to water down, such as: adulterate, attenuate, augment, beef up, befoul, better, cheapen.

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

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  • able seaman
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  • jack
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  • lay asphalt
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  • lime
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  • lose luster
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  • lower
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  • mar
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  • navigator
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  • pilot
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  • put double whammy on
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  • road
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  • rubber cement
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  • sailboater
  • sailor
  • salt
  • sand
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  • scuzz up
  • sea dog
  • sea person
  • seafarer
  • sealant
  • seaman
  • seduce
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  • shellback
  • shipman
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  • sidewalk
  • sink
  • size
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  • skipper
  • slam
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  • sleep-inducer
  • slop
  • smear
  • smirch
  • smoke
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  • soil
  • solder
  • soporific
  • spatter
  • spike
  • spoil
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  • stain
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  • stickum
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  • tarpaulin
  • throw doubt on
  • throw the book at
  • thumb nose at
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  • voodoo
  • water
  • water dog
  • water down
  • wax
  • windjammer
  • yachter
  • zap
  • zing

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warp

  • abase
  • anchorage
  • assumption
  • backbone
  • base
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  • bastardize
  • bed
  • bedrock
  • befoul
  • begrime
  • belie
  • bend
  • blemish
  • bottom
  • bowdlerize
  • brace
  • brutalize
  • bulwark
  • buttress
  • camouflage
  • canker
  • censor
  • center
  • cheapen
  • coil
  • color
  • complicate
  • confound
  • confuse
  • contaminate
  • contort
  • cook
  • core
  • cornerstone
  • corrupt
  • crook
  • curl
  • curve
  • damage
  • debase
  • debauch
  • deface
  • defile
  • deform
  • degrade
  • demean
  • demoralize
  • deprave
  • depreciate
  • descend
  • destroy
  • deteriorate
  • deviate
  • dilute
  • dirty
  • disfigure
  • disgrace
  • disguise
  • dishonor
  • dissemble
  • distort
  • downgrade
  • equivocate
  • essence
  • eye
  • falsify
  • fib
  • flaw
  • focus
  • footing
  • foundation
  • framework
  • fudge
  • garble
  • ground
  • groundwork
  • harm
  • heart
  • hub
  • humble
  • humiliate
  • hurt
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  • infrastructure
  • justification
  • kernel
  • keystone
  • lessen
  • lie
  • loop
  • mar
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  • misdescribe
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  • misshape
  • misspeak
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  • mount
  • mystify
  • nucleus
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  • theory
  • thesis
  • thin
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  • twine
  • twist
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  • veil
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  • warp and woof
  • warrant
  • water down
  • weaken
  • whitewash
  • wind
  • wreathe
  • wreck
  • wrench
  • wrest
  • wring

tame

  • acclimatized
  • amenable
  • annoying
  • arid
  • arrest
  • aseptic
  • barren
  • biddable
  • blah
  • bland
  • blank
  • block
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  • boiled down
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  • bothersome
  • break
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  • break the spirit
  • bridle
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  • bring to heel
  • broken
  • bust
  • busted
  • check
  • civilized
  • colorless
  • common
  • commonplace
  • conquer
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  • cultivated
  • cumbersome
  • curb
  • debilitating
  • demoralizing
  • diluted
  • discipline
  • disciplined
  • discouraging
  • disheartening
  • dispiriting
  • docile
  • domestic
  • domesticated
  • domesticize
  • domiciliate
  • drab
  • draining
  • dreary
  • drudging
  • dry
  • dull
  • dullish
  • dusty
  • earthbound
  • enervating
  • enfeebling
  • enslave
  • exhausting
  • familiar
  • fatiguing
  • fearless
  • feeble
  • flat
  • gag
  • gentle
  • gentle as a lamb
  • govern
  • gray
  • grey
  • habituated
  • halfhearted
  • halterbroken
  • hamper
  • handcuff
  • harmless
  • harnessed
  • heavy
  • hinder
  • ho-hum
  • hold
  • hold back
  • house-train
  • housebreak
  • housebroken
  • humble
  • humdrum
  • impede
  • inanimate
  • inhibit
  • insipid
  • interrupt
  • irksome
  • irritating
  • jading
  • jejune
  • keep
  • kindly
  • leaden
  • lifeless
  • limp
  • longsome
  • lumbering
  • manageable
  • measure
  • meek
  • mild
  • mince
  • mind-numbing
  • mitigate
  • monochromatic
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  • obedient
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  • old
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  • overcome
  • pacify
  • pallid
  • palling
  • pedantic
  • pedestrian
  • pleasureless
  • pliable
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  • plodding
  • pocket
  • pokey
  • poky
  • ponderous
  • prosaic
  • prosy
  • pull in
  • regulate
  • repress
  • restrain
  • routine
  • rule
  • semidomesticated
  • silence
  • sink
  • slow
  • smother
  • soften
  • soggy
  • spiritless
  • squelch
  • stale
  • sterile
  • stifle
  • stodgy
  • stop
  • strangle
  • stuffy
  • stupid
  • subdue
  • subdued
  • subjugate
  • submissive
  • suppress
  • suspenseless
  • swallow
  • tamed
  • tedious
  • temper
  • tepid
  • tiresome
  • tiring
  • tone down
  • tractable
  • train
  • trained
  • unafraid
  • undramatic
  • uneventful
  • unexceptional
  • unexciting
  • unimaginative
  • uninspiring
  • uninteresting
  • unnewsworthy
  • unresisting
  • unrewarding
  • unsensational
  • unspectacular
  • unsurprising
  • vanquish
  • vapid
  • water down
  • weak
  • wearing
  • wearisome
  • weary
  • wearying
  • white-bread
  • without punch
  • yoked

debauch

  • abase
  • abuse
  • bastardize
  • befoul
  • begrime
  • bestialize
  • betray
  • blemish
  • brutalize
  • canker
  • cheapen
  • contaminate
  • corrupt
  • damage
  • debase
  • deface
  • defile
  • deflower
  • degrade
  • demean
  • demoralize
  • deprave
  • depreciate
  • descend
  • destroy
  • deteriorate
  • dilute
  • dirty
  • disgrace
  • dishonor
  • downgrade
  • flaw
  • fornicate
  • fraternize
  • go bad
  • go to hell
  • harm
  • humble
  • humiliate
  • hurt
  • impair
  • intrigue
  • inveigle
  • lead astray
  • lessen
  • live in the gutter
  • lure
  • mar
  • pervert
  • poison
  • pollute
  • profane
  • prostitute
  • ravish
  • ruin
  • seduce
  • shame
  • spoil
  • stain
  • subvert
  • taint
  • take down
  • tarnish
  • tempt
  • thin
  • violate
  • vitiate
  • warp
  • water down
  • weaken
  • wreck

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