Dry Synonyms

Reactionary , brittle, arid, arduous, arid, aloof, biting, prohibitionist, crisp, arch-conservative, arch-conservative, and monetarist are synonyms for dry; fresh and moist are antonyms of dry. On this page, you will find 171 another word for dry.

171 Another Word for Dry

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

Dry Sentences

The clothes were hung to dry.

The desert is an extremely dry place.

My skin feels dry in winter.

The paint will dry in an hour.

He delivered the news with a dry humor.