Water definition

Water as a noun

1. binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a sol

2. the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)

   "they invaded our territorial waters"

   Same sense: body of water

3. once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour phlegm

4. a facility that provides a source of water

   "the town debated the purification of the water supply"

   Same sense: water system, water supply

5. liquid excretory product

   "the child had to make water"

   Same sense: piss, pee, urine, piddle, weewee

6. a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants

   "he asked for a drink of water"

Water as a verb

7. supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams

   "Water the fields"

   Same sense: irrigate

8. provide with water

   "We watered the buffalo"

9. secrete or form water, as tears or saliva

   "My mouth watered at the prospect of a good dinner"

10. fill with tears

    "His eyes were watering"

Synonyms and antonyms

• body of water
• water system
• water supply
• piss
• pee
• urine
• piddle
• weewee
• irrigate

All synonyms of water, sense by sense

How to say water

Water has 2 syllables and rhymes with daughter. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with water

• daughter
• underwater
• slaughter
• granddaughter
• freshwater
• manslaughter
• wastewater
• rainwater
• deepwater
• backwater
• stepdaughter
• breakwater

WATER in word games

Scrabble

8

Words With Friends

8

Anagrams

1

Is WATER a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check WATER in the word checker, or unscramble WATER to see its 1 anagram and the shorter words in its letters.