Synonyms for damp
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Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. damp, dampness, moistness(adj)

   a slight wetness

   Synonyms:
   dampness, moistness

   Antonyms:
   dry

2. damp, dampish, moist(verb)

   slightly wet

   "clothes damp with perspiration"; "a moist breeze"; "eyes moist with tears"

   Synonyms:
   dampish, moist

   Antonyms:
   dry

3. muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down(verb)

   deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

   Synonyms:
   muffle, wash, stifle, mute, pall, numb, moderate, moisten, weaken, benumb, repress, break, soften, tone down, dull, smother, blunt, deaden, dampen, tame, strangle

   Antonyms:
   dry

4. damp(verb)

   restrain or discourage

   "the sudden bad news damped the joyous atmosphere"

   Synonyms:
   tone down, mute, weaken, dull, deaden, break, dampen, muffle, soften

   Antonyms:
   dry

5. dampen, deaden, damp(verb)

   make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible

   "muffle the message"

   Synonyms:
   stifle, mute, weaken, dull, wash, deaden, muffle, blunt, dampen, girdle, tone down, break, moisten, soften

   Antonyms:
   dry

6. dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break(verb)

   lessen in force or effect

   "soften a shock"; "break a fall"

   Synonyms:
   crack, step down, break away, give way, soften, mince, reveal, give out, unwrap, conk out, part, wash, counteract, collapse, die, transgress, founder, weaken, discover, snap off, stop, go, demote, break out, separate, cushion, muffle, split, give away, smash, dull, offend, get out, fracture, relegate, bring out, violate, pause, divulge, buffer, let on, get around, interrupt, wear out, cave in, deaden, break-dance, check, break up, breach, break in, give, split up, subvert, better, burst, go bad, break off, tone down, disclose, bust, erupt, moisten, relent, recrudesce, undermine, stifle, break dance, go against, dampen, fall in, bump, let out, ruin, fall apart, kick downstairs, de-escalate, break down, infract, fail, come apart, bankrupt, develop, mute, expose, break, moderate, discontinue, intermit, countermine, yield, wear, sabotage

   Antonyms:
   dry

English Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. damp

   Synonyms:
   chill, deter, dissuade, drive away, repel, warn

   Antonyms:
   allure, attract, cajole, captivate, coax, decoy, draw, entice, inveigle, lure, seduce, tempt, win

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. damp

   Synonyms:
   cool, blunt, dishearten, quench, slack, moderate, humid, wet, moist, discourage, discountenance, repress

   Antonyms:
   urge, inflame, incite, fan, excite

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. damp(n.)

   Synonyms:
   moisture, vapor, fog, dampness

2. damp(a.)

   Synonyms:
   moist, humid, dank, wet

3. damp(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   moisten, dampen

4. damp(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   check, repress, restrain, moderate, allay, abate

5. damp(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   chill, deaden, depress, deject

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

   wet, humid, moist, moisture, wetland, wet-type, humidity

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