Dry synonyms | Another word for dry

Reactionary, brittle, arid, arduous, arid, aloof, biting, prohibitionist, crisp, arch-conservative, arch-conservative, and monetarist are all synonyms for dry. Fresh and moist are these antonyms of dry. And here are another 171 synonyms for dry.

Dry Synonyms

1. shrivelled

  • Brittle
  • Crisp
  • Crispy
  • Dehydrated
  • Desiccated
  • Dried out
  • Dried
  • Hard
  • Hardened
  • Juiceless
  • Old
  • Parched
  • Past its best
  • Past its sell-by date
  • Sapless
  • Shrivelled
  • Stale
  • Sun-baked
  • Wilted
  • Withered
  • Wizened
  • Off

2. parched

  • Arid
  • As dry as a bone
  • As dry as dust
  • Baked
  • Bone dry
  • Burned
  • Burning
  • Dehydrated
  • Desiccated
  • Dried up/out
  • Droughty
  • Hot
  • Moistureless
  • Parched
  • Rainless
  • Scorched
  • Sizzling
  • Thirsty
  • Torrid
  • Waterless
  • Torrefied

3. thirsty

  • Arduous
  • Dehydrated
  • Gasping
  • Heavy
  • Hot
  • Longing for a drink
  • Parched
  • Strenuous
  • Thirst-making
  • Thirst-provoking
  • Thirsty
  • Tiring
  • Exhausting

4. basic

  • Arid
  • Bald
  • Bare
  • Basic
  • Bland
  • Boring
  • Cold
  • Colourless
  • Commonplace
  • Deadly
  • Dreary
  • Dry as dust
  • Dull
  • Flat
  • Fundamental
  • Hard
  • Humdrum
  • Insipid
  • Lacklustre
  • Leaden
  • Lifeless
  • Monotonous
  • Mundane
  • Naked
  • Prosaic
  • Quotidian
  • Routine
  • Run-of-the-mill
  • Samey
  • Simple
  • Stark
  • Sterile
  • Stiff
  • Stodgy
  • Straightforward
  • Tedious
  • Tiresome
  • Unadorned
  • Unembellished
  • Unexciting
  • Unimaginative
  • Uninteresting
  • Vapid
  • Wearisome
  • Wooden
  • Workaday
  • Dreich

5. indifferent

  • Aloof
  • Clinical
  • Cold
  • Cool
  • Distant
  • Emotionless
  • Formal
  • Impassive
  • Impersonal
  • Indifferent
  • Passionless
  • Remote
  • Reserved
  • Restrained
  • Rigid
  • Stiff
  • Undemonstrative
  • Unemotional
  • Wooden
  • Starchy

6. subtle

  • Biting
  • Cynical
  • Deadpan
  • Droll
  • Ironic
  • Laconic
  • Low-key
  • Mocking
  • Mordant
  • Poker-faced
  • Sarcastic
  • Sardonic
  • Satirical
  • Scoffing
  • Sharp
  • Sly
  • Straight-faced
  • Subtle
  • Waggish
  • Wry
  • Sarky

7. teetotal

  • Prohibitionist
  • Abstinent
  • Alcohol-free
  • Clean
  • Non-drinking
  • On the wagon
  • Sober
  • Teetotal
  • Straight

8. sharp

  • Crisp
  • Not sweet
  • Piquant
  • Sharp
  • Tart
  • Bitter

7. monetarist

  • Arch-conservative
  • Monetarist
  • Reactionary
  • Right-wing
  • Supply-side
  • True-blue

8. monetarist

  • Arch-conservative
  • Monetarist
  • Reactionary
  • Right-winger
  • Supply-sider