watery
Adjective Satellite
- filled with water
- "watery soil"
- wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or tears
- relating to or resembling or consisting of water
- "a watery substance"
- "a watery color"
- overly diluted; thin and insipid
- "watery milk"
Adj
- Resembling or characteristic of water.
- Wet, soggy or soaked with water.
- Diluted or having too much water.
- Thin and pale therefore suggestive of water.
- Weak and insipid.
- Discharging water or similar substance as a result of disease etc.
- Tearful.
- Containing many bodies of water.
Adjective
- Containing or resembling water; diluted.
Examples
- I took my cat to the vet because I was worried about his watery eyes.
- My opponent’s WATERY plays felt weak compared to my powerful bingo words.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English watery, wattry, from Old English wæteriġ (“watery”), from Proto-West Germanic *watarīg. Equivalent to water + -y.
Synonyms
reeking, washy, weak, aqueous, aquose, bland, drenched, flavorless, insipid, moist, waterlogged, wet, wishy-washy
Scrabble Score: 12
watery: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordwatery: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
watery: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary