What is another word for wash?
Synonyms for wash
wɒʃ, wɔʃwash
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
wash
To clean is to make clean by removing dirt, impurities, or soil of any kind. Cleanse implies a worse condition to start from, and more to do, than clean. Hercules cleansed the Augean stables. Cleanse is especially applied to purifying processes where liquid is used, as in the flushing of a street, etc. We brush clothing if dusty, sponge it, or sponge it off, if soiled; or sponge off a spot. Furniture, books, etc., are dusted; floors are mopped or scrubbed; metallic utensils are scoured; a room is swept; soiled garments are washed; foul air or water is purified. Cleanse and purify are used extensively in a moral sense; wash in that sense is archaic. Compare AMEND.
Synonyms:
brush, clean, cleanse, disinfect, dust, lave, mop, purify, rinse, scour, scrub, sponge, sweep, wipeAntonyms:
befoul, besmear, besmirch, bespatter, contaminate, corrupt, debase, defile, deprave, pollute, soil, spoil, stain, sully, taint, vitiatePreposition:
Cleanse of or from physical or moral defilement; cleanse with an instrument; by an agent; the room was cleansed by the attendants with soap and water.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
washnoun
a thin coat of water-base paint
Synonyms:
backwash, airstream, wash drawing, washout, lavation, washables, laundry, slipstream, race, dry wash, washingwash, washing, lavationnoun
the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
Synonyms:
backwash, airstream, wash drawing, washout, lavation, washables, laundry, slipstream, race, dry wash, washingwash, dry washnoun
the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)
Synonyms:
backwash, airstream, wash drawing, washout, lavation, washables, laundry, slipstream, race, dry wash, washingwashout, washnoun
the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)
"from the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the water"
Synonyms:
flop, backwash, airstream, wash drawing, washout, lavation, dud, laundry, washables, slipstream, race, dry wash, washingslipstream, airstream, race, backwash, washnoun
the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
Synonyms:
backwash, wake, wash drawing, airstream, race, washout, subspecies, washables, dry wash, laundry, slipstream, raceway, lavation, aftermath, washingwash, wash drawingnoun
a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other
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backwash, airstream, wash drawing, washout, lavation, washables, laundry, slipstream, race, dry wash, washinglaundry, wash, washing, washablesnoun
garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
Synonyms:
backwash, airstream, wash drawing, washout, lavation, washables, laundry, slipstream, race, dry wash, washingwashverb
any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out
"at the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash"
Synonyms:
backwash, airstream, wash drawing, washout, lavation, washables, laundry, slipstream, race, dry wash, washingwash, rinseverb
clean with some chemical process
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rinse, wash out, gargle, lap, wash off, rinse off, launder, lave, wash away, moisten, dampenwash, laveverb
cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
Synonyms:
rinse, wash out, lap, wash off, wash up, launder, lave, wash away, moisten, dampenwash, launderverb
cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
"Wash the towels, please!"
Synonyms:
rinse, wash out, lap, wash off, launder, lave, wash away, moisten, dampenwashverb
move by or as if by water
"The swollen river washed away the footbridge"
Synonyms:
rinse, wash out, lap, wash off, launder, lave, wash away, moisten, dampenwashverb
be capable of being washed
"Does this material wash?"
Synonyms:
rinse, wash out, lap, wash off, launder, lave, wash away, moisten, dampenwashverb
admit to testing or proof
"This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court"
Synonyms:
rinse, wash out, lap, wash off, launder, lave, wash away, moisten, dampenwashverb
separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
Synonyms:
rinse, wash out, lap, wash off, launder, lave, wash away, moisten, dampenwashverb
apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
Synonyms:
rinse, wash out, lap, wash off, launder, lave, wash away, moisten, dampenwash, wash out, wash off, wash awayverb
remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent
"he washed the dirt from his coat"; "The nurse washed away the blood"; "Can you wash away the spots on the windows?"; "he managed to wash out the stains"
Synonyms:
rinse, wash out, lap, wash off, launder, rain out, lave, wash away, moisten, dampenwashverb
form by erosion
"The river washed a ravine into the mountainside"
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rinse, wash out, lap, wash off, launder, lave, wash away, moisten, dampenmoisten, wash, dampenverb
make moist
"The dew moistened the meadows"
Synonyms:
rinse, dull, lave, launder, mute, muffle, moisten, wash out, stifle, weaken, drizzle, soften, lap, wash off, deaden, wash away, damp, dampen, tone down, breaklave, lap, washverb
wash or flow against
"the waves laved the shore"
Synonyms:
rinse, wash out, swosh, lap, wash away, wash up, lap up, swoosh, lick, swish, lave, wash off, launder, moisten, dampenwashverb
to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking
"The cat washes several times a day"
Synonyms:
rinse, wash out, lap, wash off, launder, lave, wash away, moisten, dampen
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
washverb
Synonyms:
cleanse by ablutionwashverb
washverb
washverb
washverb
Synonyms:
perform ablutionwashnoun
washnoun
washnoun
Synonyms:
lotionwashnoun
Synonyms:
thin coating
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
WASH
Synonyms:
Warfarin-Aspirin Study of Heart failure
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1581 | race | |
#1618 | break | |
#1809 | clean | |
#2732 | cleaning | |
#4566 | dust | |
#4774 | wake | |
#5204 | wash | |
#6165 | brush | |
#6629 | laundry | |
#7162 | washing | |
#8608 | lap | |
#9330 | flush | |
#11416 | washed | |
#12312 | sweep | |
#12751 | lick | |
#13293 | dull | |
#13779 | aftermath | |
#14151 | cleansing | |
#14260 | wipe | |
#14866 | flop | |
#15461 | lava | |
#15888 | scrub | |
#15923 | mute | |
#16301 | sponge | |
#18173 | rinse | |
#18220 | damp | |
#18477 | mop | |
#19374 | laundering | |
#23960 | cleanse | |
#24165 | raceway | |
#25411 | weaken | |
#27075 | swish | |
#30385 | soften | |
#34163 | drizzle | |
#36357 | purify | |
#37788 | subspecies | |
#39764 | bathe | |
#42697 | scrubbing | |
#43067 | stifle | |
#43954 | scrubber | |
#44163 | scour | |
#50411 | rinsing | |
#51445 | dampen | |
#56081 | dud | |
#56901 | swoosh | |
#62004 | laver | |
#62320 | lavage | |
#62833 | backwash | |
#64312 | airstream | |
#65827 | disinfect | |
#66766 | slipstream | |
#68091 | washout | |
#75183 | handwashing | |
#76041 | launder | |
#79573 | lave | |
#87201 | moisten | |
#109857 | gargle | |
#115405 | muffle | |
#158158 | deaden | |
#235874 | lavis |
How to use wash in a sentence?
Wash your hands, cover your cough, for the rest of the American public right now, we understand that folks are concerned.
The whole thing could wind up being a wash.
Sounds like a good idea, but that's called a' wash sale' and isn't allowed.
I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art.
Being a mom, what are you ? You're a diplomat, interpersonal relationships. You're a chef. You're a chauffeur. You're a problem solver. You're a nurse. You're a health care provider. You have so much, and that's just with the children, not to mention the other aspects of family, i don't think that before I had five children in six years that I used time as effectively as I did as a mom. ... I didn't even have time sometimes to wash my face.
Translations for wash
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- wasAfrikaans
- غسلArabic
- yumaqAzerbaijani
- мыць, памы́цца, праць, мы́цца, памыцьBelarusian
- мияBulgarian
- ধোওয়া, ধোয়াBengali
- gwalc'hiñBreton
- llavar, rentarCatalan, Valencian
- prát, mýtCzech
- golchiWelsh
- vaskeDanish
- sich waschen, spülen, wegspülen, waschen, Lavierung, WäscheGerman
- πλένομαι, πλένωGreek
- laviEsperanto
- lavarse, lavar, lavado, enjuagueSpanish
- pesemaEstonian
- فرسودن, شستن, خودشوییPersian
- peseytyä, huuhtoa, tiskata, pyykätä, pestä, huuhtoutua, vanavesi, pyykki, matalikko, jättöpyörre, huuhtouma, peräaalto, laveeraus, pesuFinnish
- vaskaFaroese
- laver, se laver, oeud, lavage, machineFrench
- waskjeWestern Frisian
- nighIrish
- lavarGalician
- שטף, רחץHebrew
- धोनाHindi
- laveHaitian Creole
- mosakszik, kimos, mos, megmosakszik, elmosHungarian
- լվանալ, լվալ, լվացվելArmenian
- mencuciIndonesian
- lavarIdo
- þvoIcelandic
- lavarsi, lavareItalian
- 洗面, 洗うJapanese
- жууKazakh
- ដុសលាង, លាង, ការលាងKhmer
- 씻다Korean
- شوشتن, خۆ شوشتن, şûştinKurdish
- golhiCornish
- жуушKyrgyz
- lavōLatin
- ລ້າງLao
- mazgoti, prausti, pláutiLithuanian
- mazgātLatvian
- миеMacedonian
- угаалгаMongolian
- mencuciMalay
- ဆေးBurmese
- wegspoelen, wassenDutch
- tvette, vaskeNorwegian
- lavarOccitan
- myć, prać, lawowaniePolish
- [[lavar]]-[[se]], lavarPortuguese
- mayllakuy, mayllayQuechua
- lavar, laverRomansh
- вы́мыться, мы́ться, помы́ть, размы́ться, промыва́ть, смыва́ть, умы́ться, стира́ть, размыва́ться, смыть, постира́ть, умыва́ться, помы́ться, вы́мыть, мыть, промы́ть, сти́рка, полоска́ние, кильва́тер, мытьё, прибо́й, лосьо́н, попу́тная струя́, бельё, мелково́дьеRussian
- samunài, labare, samunàre, sciacuai, samunàeSardinian
- oprati, спрати, miti, spirati, спирати, мити, sprati, ispirati, испирати, испрати, prati, опрати, isprati, пратиSerbo-Croatian
- prať, myťSlovak
- prati, mitiSlovene
- lanAlbanian
- tvätta, laveringSwedish
- கழுவுTamil
- ఉతుకు, కడుగు, కడుక్కొనుTelugu
- ซัก, ล้างThai
- ýuvmakTurkmen
- yıkamakTurkish
- прати, митиUkrainian
- دھوناUrdu
- yuvinmoq, yuvmoqUzbek
- giặt, rửaVietnamese
- lavönVolapük
- 洗Chinese
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