DRAINED: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DRAINED?

Need another word that means the same as “drained”? Find 2 synonyms and 30 related words for “drained” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Drained” are: knackered, dead

Drained as an Adjective

Definitions of "Drained" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “drained” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Emptied or exhausted of (as by drawing off e.g. water or other liquid.
• Drained of electric charge; discharged.
• Very tired.

Synonyms of "Drained" as an adjective (2 Words)

dead	Lacking emotion, sympathy, or sensitivity. The pitch was so utterly dead that Pollock could hardly get the ball bail high.
knackered	Severely damaged or broken. He had seen Sonny flying around on a knackered old bike for the last two weeks.

Usage Examples of "Drained" as an adjective

• A drained marsh.
• Left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained.
• A drained tank.
• A drained and apathetic old man…not caring any longer about anything.

Associations of "Drained" (30 Words)

abandoned	Unrestrained; uninhibited. An abandoned sadness born of grief.
aqueduct	A conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley.
basin	The quantity that a basin will hold. The Amazon basin.
canal	Provide a city with a canal. They travelled on by canal.
channel	A service or station using a channel of frequencies. Channel information towards a broad audience.
coast	A slope down which sleds may coast. Once the coast to the moon had begun Apollo was separated from the third stage.
conduit	A channel for conveying water or other fluid. As an actor you have to be a conduit for other people s words.
countermand	Revoke or cancel (an order. I forthwith mounted and went off lest I should receive a countermand.
deserted	Forsaken by owner or inhabitants. Deserted beaches of soft sand.
ditch	Provide with a ditch or ditches. Ditch a plane.
drainage	The action or process of draining something. The drainage of wetlands.
empty	Become empty or void of its content. The room was empty of furniture.
exhaust	The system through which exhaust gases are expelled. We have exhausted the food supplies.
fluvial	Of or relating to or happening in a river. Fluvial deposits.
irrigate	(of a river or stream) supply (land) with water. Irrigate the wound.
irrigation	The process of washing out an organ or wound with a continuous flow of water or medication. The river supplies water for irrigation of agricultural crops.
island	A zone or area resembling an island. The island of Crete.
isthmus	A cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure.
moat	Surround a place with a moat.
navigable	Able to be sailed on or through safely. A good cart track navigable by cars.
peninsula	A large mass of land projecting into a body of water.
pipeline	Convey a substance by a pipeline. Chip designers pipeline the instructions given to the hardware.
revoke	Officially cancel (a decree, decision, or promise. He revoked the ban on smoking.
sedimentary	Produced by the action of water.
soil	Make soiled filthy or dirty. Don t soil your clothes when you play outside.
trench	Cut a trench in as for drainage. This would surely trench very far on the dignity and liberty of citizens.
tubular	Long, round, and hollow like a tube. Donatello is totally tubular when he s jamming.
vacate	Cancel or annul (a judgement, contract, or charge. You must vacate your office by tonight.
waterway	A conduit through which water flows. The canal was a very successful commercial waterway.