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

Need another word that means the same as “humid”? Find 16 synonyms and 30 related words for “humid” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Humid” are: muggy, close, sultry, sticky, steamy, oppressive, airless, stifling, suffocating, stuffy, clammy, soupy, heavy, fuggy, like a turkish bath, like a sauna

Humid as an Adjective

Definitions of "Humid" as an adjective

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

• Containing or characterized by a great deal of water vapor.
• Marked by a relatively high level of water vapour in the atmosphere.

Synonyms of "Humid" as an adjective (16 Words)

airless	Lacking fresh air. A dusty airless basement.
clammy	Unpleasantly damp and sticky or slimy to touch. Clammy weather.
close	Fitting closely but comfortably. A close study.
fuggy	(British informal) poorly ventilated. A fuggy pub.
heavy	Large and powerful especially designed for heavy loads or rough work. Heavy grey clouds.
like a sauna	Conforming in every respect.
like a turkish bath	Conforming in every respect.
muggy	(of the weather) unpleasantly warm and humid. Muggy weather.
oppressive	Marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior. Oppressive laws.
soupy	Having the appearance or consistency of soup. A soupy fog.
steamy	Depicting or involving passionate sexual activity. Steamy sex scenes.
sticky	Having the sticky properties of an adhesive. The relationship is going through a sticky patch.
stifling	Making one feel constrained or oppressed. The stifling formality of her family life.
stuffy	(of a person) not receptive to new or unusual ideas; conventional and narrow-minded. A stuffy feeling in my chest.
suffocating	Causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat. Some marriages can at times feel suffocating.
sultry	Characterized by oppressive heat and humidity. A sultry look.

Usage Examples of "Humid" as an adjective

• Humid weather.
• A hot and humid day.
• Humid air.

Associations of "Humid" (30 Words)

blurry	Not clearly or distinctly visible or audible. My memories of him are blurry at best.
cloud	Darken the sky with cloud. The smoke clouded above the houses.
cloudy	Uncertain; unclear. A very grey cloudy day.
condensation	Atmospheric moisture that has condensed because of cold. The inside of the cab steamed up with condensation.
damp	Damp air or atmosphere. The muted notes should be produced by damping the strings at the seventh position.
dampness	A slight wetness. The dampness in the air.
dank	Unpleasantly cool and humid. Dank rain forests.
dusty	Staid and uninteresting. Patches of pale gold and dusty pink.
fog	Make (a film, negative, or print) obscure or cloudy. She stared at him confusion fogging her brain.
foggy	Obscured by fog. My memories of the event are foggy.
hazy	Indistinct or hazy in outline. The picture we have of him is extremely hazy.
indistinct	Not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand. An indistinct memory.
jungle	A style of dance music incorporating elements of ragga, hip-hop, and hard core and consisting of very fast electronic drum tracks and slower synthesized bass lines, originating in Britain in the early 1990s. The lakes are hidden in dense jungle.
marsh	New Zealand writer of detective stories (1899-1982. Thousands of acres of marshland.
marshland	Low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water. Thousands of acres of marshland.
marshy	Soft and watery. The marshy ground towards the sea.
misty	Full of, covered with, or accompanied by mist. A misty out of focus silhouette.
moist	Slightly wet. The moist fertile soil.
moisture	Water or other liquid diffused in a small quantity as vapour, within a solid, or condensed on a surface. The air was constantly heavy with moisture.
morass	A complicated or confused situation. She would become lost in a morass of lies and explanations.
muddy	Cause to become muddy. Muddy coffee.
quagmire	A soft boggy area of land that gives way underfoot. A legal quagmire.
rain	Rain falls. Bombs rained down.
soak	Fill soak or imbue totally. The rain poured down soaking their hair.
soggy	(of soil) soft and watery. The chorus sings powerfully but the interpretation is ultimately soggy.
swamp	Overwhelm with an excessive amount of something; inundate. A huge wave swamped the canoes.
swampy	Characteristic of or resembling a swamp. Swampy bayous.
vapor	The process of becoming a vapor.
wet	Make one s bed or clothes wet by urinating. Drops of wet gleamed on the window.
wetland	Land consisting of marshes or swamps; saturated land. The draining of British wetlands.