English Synonym Finder

doused

Definitions

Extinguished a fire or light by pouring liquid over it.

Drenched or saturated someone or something with a liquid.

Slid or lowered something quickly into a liquid.

Examples

The firefighters quickly doused the flames before they could spread to the neighboring houses.

He doused his pancakes in maple syrup until they were completely soaked.

Synonyms

extinguished soaked drenched submerged quenched saturated dampened

Antonyms

ignited dried kindled parched dehydrated lighted aroused