watered down

The phrase “watered down” has 3 syllables: wa-tered down

It's pronounced as /ˈwɑː.t̬ɚd daʊn/


What is synonym and antonym for watered down?

In the thesaurus, “watered down” has 50 synonyms and 35 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for watered down

  • adulterated
  • attenuate
  • attenuated
  • befouled
  • cheapened
  • contaminated
  • corrupted
  • counterfeited
  • cut
  • debased
  • defiled
  • degraded
  • dilute
  • diluted
  • diminished
  • dirtied
  • doctored
  • envenomed
  • extended
  • faked
  • falsified
  • fouled
  • fudged
  • infected
  • laced
  • loaded
  • manipulated
  • misrepresented
  • mixed
  • moderated
  • poisoned
  • polluted
  • qualified
  • reduce
  • soiled
  • sophisticated
  • spiked
  • spoiled
  • spoilt
  • sullied
  • tainted
  • tempered
  • thin
  • thin down
  • thinned
  • washy
  • watery
  • weak
  • weaken
  • weakened

Antonyms for watered down

  • augmented
  • beef up
  • bettered
  • clarified
  • cleaned
  • cleansed
  • compacted
  • concentrated
  • condensed
  • decontaminated
  • distilled
  • enhanced
  • enriched
  • evaporated
  • fertilized
  • filtered
  • flushed
  • fortified
  • full-bodied
  • improved
  • larded
  • leached
  • pasteurized
  • purged
  • purified
  • reenforced
  • refined
  • reinforced
  • rich
  • richened
  • strengthen
  • strengthened
  • strong
  • supplemented
  • thicken

Example Sentences

  • The recipe called for a stronger flavor, but she accidentally watered down the soup.
  • The critics felt the movie had been watered down to appeal to a younger audience.
  • He watered down his speech to avoid offending anyone in the crowd.
  • The company had to water down their product claims to comply with the regulations.
  • The teacher watered down the lesson plan to make it more understandable for the younger students.

On this page you'll find 85 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to watered down, such as: adulterated, attenuate, attenuated, augmented, beef up, befouled, bettered.

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

Related Words

abased

  • abandoned
  • abashed
  • affronted
  • bad-mouthed
  • baneful
  • baseborn
  • bastard
  • bastardized
  • befouled
  • begrimed
  • belittled
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  • diluted
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  • flawed
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  • fouled
  • harmed
  • humble
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  • knavish
  • lessened
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  • libeled
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  • loose
  • low
  • lower-class
  • lowered
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  • maligned
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  • mean
  • mercenary
  • minimized
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  • miscreant
  • monstrous
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  • nefarious
  • nonaristocratic
  • nonplused
  • nonplussed
  • ordinary
  • perverse
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  • plain
  • plebeian
  • poisoned
  • polluted
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  • put down
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  • reliant
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  • reprehended
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  • ungenteel
  • unsustaining
  • venal
  • villainous
  • vitiated
  • vulnerable
  • warped
  • watered down
  • weakened
  • wrecked
  • wrote off

laced

  • adulterated
  • alternated
  • amalgamated
  • aromatized
  • assailed
  • assaulted
  • assimilated
  • attacked
  • attenuated
  • bashed
  • basted
  • batted
  • battered
  • beat
  • beat up on
  • befouled
  • befuddled
  • bejeweled
  • bejewelled
  • belabored
  • belted
  • beset
  • besotted
  • birched
  • blackjacked
  • blended
  • blent
  • bludgeoned
  • boozed up
  • bossed
  • boxed
  • braided
  • buffeted
  • bunged up
  • bust
  • busted
  • buzzed
  • caned
  • chased
  • cheapened
  • chopped
  • clobbered
  • clouted
  • clubbed
  • combined
  • commingled
  • contaminated
  • corrupted
  • counterfeited
  • cowhided
  • cracked
  • crapulent
  • crapulous
  • crocked
  • cudgeled
  • cudgelled
  • cuffed
  • curried
  • cut
  • debased
  • defiled
  • degraded
  • did
  • dilute
  • diluted
  • dirtied
  • doctored
  • drubbed
  • drunk as a skunk
  • drunken
  • emblazoned
  • embodied
  • embossed
  • embroidered
  • enhanced
  • enlaced
  • enriched
  • entwined
  • envenomed
  • extended
  • faked
  • falsified
  • feeling no pain
  • fibbed
  • flagellated
  • flavored
  • flogged
  • flounced
  • flushed
  • flying
  • fouled
  • fringed
  • fuddled
  • fudged
  • fused
  • fustigated
  • garlanded
  • gilded
  • gilt
  • glazed
  • gold
  • gold-plated
  • golden
  • gored
  • groggy
  • half-seas over
  • hammered
  • hided
  • high
  • high as a kite
  • hit
  • horsewhipped
  • impaired
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  • impoverished
  • incorporated
  • inebriate
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  • infected
  • inserted
  • integrated
  • interlaced
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  • intoxicated
  • inweaved
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  • joined
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  • juxtaposed
  • knocked
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  • laid on
  • lambasted
  • lammed
  • lashed
  • lathered
  • leathered
  • licked
  • light
  • linked
  • liquored up
  • lit
  • loaded
  • maimed
  • mangled
  • manipulated
  • mauled
  • merged
  • mingled
  • misrepresented
  • mixed
  • moderated
  • muddled
  • mutilated
  • paddled
  • pasted
  • pelted
  • peppered
  • perfumed
  • pistol-whipped
  • plaited
  • plastered
  • platted
  • pleached
  • plied
  • poisoned
  • polluted
  • pommeled
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  • potted
  • pounded
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  • punched
  • punched out
  • qualified
  • raided
  • rawhided
  • reduced
  • rushed
  • salted
  • sauced
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  • scourged
  • seasoned
  • seeing double
  • sequined
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  • slammed
  • slapped
  • slated
  • slogged
  • sloshed
  • smacked
  • smashed
  • socked
  • sodden
  • soiled
  • sophisticated
  • spanked
  • spiced
  • spiked
  • spoiled
  • spoilt
  • stewed
  • stoned
  • stormed
  • strapped
  • sullied
  • swatted
  • swiped
  • switched
  • tainted
  • tanked
  • tanned
  • tempered
  • thin
  • thinned
  • thrashed
  • threaded
  • three sheets to the wind
  • threshed
  • thumped
  • thwacked
  • tight
  • tipsy
  • totaled
  • tromped
  • twisted
  • under the influence
  • under-the-table
  • walloped
  • washy
  • wasted
  • watered down
  • watered-down
  • waterish
  • watery
  • weak
  • weakened
  • weaved
  • whacked
  • whaled
  • whammed
  • whapped
  • whipped
  • whomped
  • whopped
  • whupped
  • wishy-washy
  • worked over
  • wounded
  • wove
  • wreathed
  • writhed

tainted

  • abased
  • adulterate
  • adulterated
  • alloyed
  • bastardized
  • befouled
  • begrimed
  • bemired
  • besmeared
  • besmirched
  • blackened
  • blemished
  • blended
  • blurred
  • cheapened
  • clouded
  • coalesced
  • colored
  • combined
  • commingled
  • compounded
  • contaminated
  • corrupted
  • darkened
  • debased
  • debauched
  • decayed
  • defiled
  • degraded
  • demeaned
  • demoralized
  • depraved
  • dilute
  • diluted
  • dirtied
  • dirty
  • discolored
  • discredited
  • diseased
  • disgraced
  • dishonored
  • distorted
  • doctored
  • fetid
  • fouled
  • fouled up
  • grimed
  • impaired
  • impure
  • incorporated
  • infected
  • intermingled
  • intermixed
  • lowered
  • maculate
  • maculated
  • marred
  • merged
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  • mixed
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  • perverted
  • poisoned
  • polluted
  • putrid
  • rotted
  • rotten
  • sank
  • shamed
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  • smirched
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  • spoiled
  • spoilt
  • stained
  • subverted
  • sullied
  • sunk
  • tarnished
  • tarred
  • thinned
  • touched
  • twisted
  • unclarified
  • unfiltered
  • unrefined
  • vitiated
  • watered down
  • weakened

debased

  • abased
  • abashed
  • affronted
  • bad
  • bad-mouthed
  • base
  • bastardized
  • befouled
  • begrimed
  • belittled
  • bent
  • blemished
  • cankered
  • castigated
  • censured
  • chastened
  • cheapened
  • condemned
  • confounded
  • confused
  • contaminated
  • corrupt
  • corrupted
  • cried down
  • criticized
  • crooked
  • cutthroat
  • damaged
  • damned
  • debauched
  • decadent
  • decried
  • defaced
  • defamed
  • defiled
  • degenerate
  • degraded
  • demeaned
  • demoralized
  • denounced
  • depraved
  • depreciated
  • descended
  • destroyed
  • deteriorated
  • detracted
  • diluted
  • diminished
  • dirtied
  • discomfited
  • disconcerted
  • discounted
  • discountenanced
  • discredited
  • disgraced
  • dishonest
  • dishonored
  • disparaged
  • dissipated
  • dissolute
  • downgraded
  • embarrassed
  • evil
  • execrated
  • fazed
  • flawed
  • flustered
  • fouled
  • harmed
  • humbled
  • humiliated
  • hurt
  • immoral
  • impaired
  • iniquitous
  • insulted
  • jackleg
  • lessened
  • libeled
  • libelled
  • libertine
  • loose
  • lowered
  • maligned
  • marred
  • minimized
  • miscreant
  • mortified
  • nefarious
  • nonplused
  • nonplussed
  • perverse
  • perverted
  • poisoned
  • polluted
  • profaned
  • prostituted
  • put down
  • rakehell
  • rakehelly
  • rakish
  • rattled
  • reprehended
  • reprobate
  • reprobated
  • ridiculed
  • ruined
  • sank
  • shamed
  • sick
  • sinful
  • slandered
  • smirched
  • spoiled
  • spoilt
  • stained
  • subverted
  • sunk
  • tainted
  • tarnished
  • thinned
  • took down
  • unclean
  • unethical
  • unprincipled
  • unscrupulous
  • unwholesome
  • vicious
  • vitiated
  • warped
  • watered down
  • weakened
  • wicked
  • wrecked
  • wrote off

debauched


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