Synonyms for soak
soʊk

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1. soak, soakage, soaking(noun)

   the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)

   "a good soak put life back in the wagon"

   Synonyms:
   sousing, drenching, souse, soakage, soaking

2. soak, soaking(verb)

   washing something by allowing it to soak

   Synonyms:
   sousing, drenching, souse, soakage, soaking

3. soak(verb)

   submerge in a liquid

   "I soaked in the hot tub for an hour"

   Synonyms:
   fleece, hit it up, surcharge, dowse, inebriate, hook, souse, pluck, drench, overcharge, sop, imbue, hock, gazump, intoxicate, pawn, rob, douse, plume

4. overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook(verb)

   rip off; ask an unreasonable price

   Synonyms:
   crochet, pride, hook, nobble, dress, congratulate, cull, abstract, preen, glom, douse, sneak, rob, drench, hit it up, lift, displume, pick off, pilfer, roll, swipe, surcharge, overcharge, pull off, cop, accost, souse, pull, pawn, deplume, gazump, hustle, solicit, snare, dowse, snarf, shear, plunk, plume, pluck, primp, snitch, hock, tweak, pinch, filch, knock off, purloin, pick, deplumate, overload, thieve, sop, addict, cabbage, imbue, inebriate, tear, fleece, intoxicate

5. drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse(verb)

   cover with liquid; pour liquid onto

   "souse water on his hot face"

   Synonyms:
   hock, fleece, imbue, plume, duck, inebriate, surcharge, hit it up, dowse, rob, dunk, hook, soak through, pluck, drench, put out, souse, sop, dip, swamp, gazump, intoxicate, pawn, overcharge, douse, plunge, imbrue

6. pawn, soak, hock(verb)

   leave as a guarantee in return for money

   "pawn your grandfather's gold watch"

   Synonyms:
   fleece, hit it up, imbue, surcharge, dowse, inebriate, hook, overcharge, pluck, drench, souse, sop, hock, gazump, intoxicate, pawn, rob, douse, plume

7. soak(verb)

   beat severely

   Synonyms:
   fleece, hit it up, surcharge, dowse, inebriate, hook, souse, pluck, drench, overcharge, sop, imbue, hock, gazump, intoxicate, pawn, rob, douse, plume

8. intoxicate, soak, inebriate(verb)

   make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)

   Synonyms:
   tickle pink, fleece, hit it up, uplift, imbue, surcharge, elate, thrill, inebriate, hook, souse, pluck, dowse, drench, exalt, overcharge, sop, hock, gazump, lift up, pawn, pick up, rob, intoxicate, douse, exhilarate, plume, beatify

9. souse, soak, inebriate, hit it up(verb)

   become drunk or drink excessively

   Synonyms:
   tickle pink, fleece, hit it up, imbue, surcharge, souse, dowse, rob, inebriate, hook, dunk, pluck, thrill, plunge, hock, exalt, overcharge, sop, dip, gazump, intoxicate, pawn, drench, douse, exhilarate, plume, beatify

10. soak, imbue(verb)

    fill, soak, or imbue totally

    "soak the bandage with disinfectant"

    Synonyms:
    fleece, hit it up, surcharge, riddle, dowse, permeate, inebriate, hook, souse, pluck, penetrate, drench, overcharge, sop, imbue, diffuse, hock, gazump, intoxicate, pawn, rob, douse, pervade, plume, hue, interpenetrate

11. soak(verb)

    heat a metal prior to working it

    Synonyms:
    fleece, hit it up, surcharge, dowse, inebriate, hook, souse, pluck, drench, overcharge, sop, imbue, hock, gazump, intoxicate, pawn, rob, douse, plume

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. soak

   Synonyms:
   wet, steep, drench, macerate, moisten, submerge

   Antonyms:
   dry, air, wring, exsiccate, aridify, bleach

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

1. soak(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   steep, macerate, imbrue, drench

2. soak(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   steep, be soaked

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. soak(v)

   Synonyms:
   drench, saturate, absorb, imbibe, macerate imbrue, steep

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

1. List of paraphrases:

   saturate, dip, stabilization, bath, dunk, stabilisation

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How to use soak in a sentence?

1. Suu Kyi:

   I stand here to reaffirm our commitment to continue our reform and to build an investment-friendly environment, please do come to Myanmar, soak in an atmosphere brimming with opportunities and witness our new-found economic vibrancy with your own eyes.

2. Abby Wambach:

   I can't tell you what it means to be a world champion, to win a World Cup, because obviously it hasn't really sunk in. ... I can't believe it. I am going to soak it up.

3. Jinna Yang:

   I took the time to appreciate the little things, in every city I went, I took time to sit and soak in sights.

4. Henry Miller:

   To live without killing is a thought which could electrify the world, if men were only capable of staying awake long enough to let the idea soak in.

5. Aaron Jett:

   Demand has been pretty decent and continued to grow, and it should continue at a decent clip. But will it be enough to soak up enough supply in the U.S. market? Probably not.

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