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

Need another word that means the same as “soak”? Find 54 synonyms and 30 related words for “soak” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Soak” are: inebriate, intoxicate, hock, pawn, hit it up, souse, douse, dowse, drench, sop, imbue, fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, surcharge, immerse, steep, submerge, submerse, dip, sink, dunk, bathe, wet, rinse, marinate, pickle, ret, wet through, saturate, waterlog, deluge, inundate, drown, swamp, permeate, penetrate, percolate, soak into, seep into, seep through, spread through, infuse, impregnate, pervade, soaking, soakage, drinker, problem drinker, alcoholic

Soak as a Noun

Definitions of "Soak" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “soak” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A heavy drinker.
• A hollow where rainwater collects; a waterhole.
• The process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid.
• Washing something by allowing it to soak.
• An act of immersing someone or something in liquid for a period of time.

Synonyms of "Soak" as a noun (5 Words)

alcoholic	A person suffering from alcoholism.
drinker	A person who drinks alcohol, especially to excess. A heavy drinker.
problem drinker	A question raised for consideration or solution.
soakage	The process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid.
soaking	Washing something by allowing it to soak. In spring give the soil a good soaking.

Usage Examples of "Soak" as a noun

• His daughter stayed up to put the old soak to bed.
• A good soak put life back in the wagon.
• I'm looking forward to a long soak in the bath.

Soak as a Verb

Definitions of "Soak" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “soak” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto.
• Be immersed in water or another liquid.
• Fill, soak, or imbue totally.
• (of a liquid) penetrate or permeate something completely.
• Heat a metal prior to working it.
• Become drunk or drink excessively.
• Remove something by immersing it in water for a period of time.
• Rip off; ask an unreasonable price.
• Make drunk (with alcoholic drinks.
• Make or allow (something) to become thoroughly wet by immersing it in liquid.
• Impose heavy charges or taxation on.
• Submerge in a liquid.
• Beat severely.
• Leave as a guarantee in return for money.
• Drink heavily.
• (of a liquid) cause (something or someone) to become extremely wet.

Synonyms of "Soak" as a verb (49 Words)

bathe	Swim or spend time in the sea or a lake, river, or pool for pleasure. I was bathed in a cold sweat.
deluge	Charge someone with too many tasks. He has been deluged with offers of work.
dip	Dip into a liquid. She dipped her knee.
douse	Slacken. Douse a rope.
dowse	Slacken. He dowsed a spiral of energy on the stone.
drench	Drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged. Three times a year drenching for calves.
drown	Deliberately kill a person or animal by drowning. The noise drowned out her speech.
dunk	Make a dunk shot in basketball. I dunked a biscuit into the cup of scalding tea.
fleece	Cover as if with a fleece. The sky was half blue half fleeced with white clouds.
gazump	Swindle (someone. Gazumping has returned as there is a shortage of good properties.
hit it up	Produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically.
hock	Disable by cutting the hock.
hook	Fasten with a hook. Inside the pack you ll find a small metal clip that hooks over the edge of your sun visor.
imbue	Fill soak or imbue totally. His works are invariably imbued with a sense of calm and serenity.
immerse	Cause to be immersed. She immersed herself in her work.
impregnate	Fertilize and cause to grow. The egg was impregnated.
inebriate	Make (someone) drunk; intoxicate. Those who feel inclined are free to inebriate themselves.
infuse	Fill; pervade. Allow the mixture to infuse for 15 minutes.
intoxicate	Fill with high spirits; fill with optimism. We don t allow people into sessions if they are intoxicated by alcohol or drugs.
inundate	Flood. The islands may be the first to be inundated as sea levels rise.
marinate	(of food) undergo marination. The beef was marinated in red wine vinegar.
overcharge	Place too much a load on. Send your bill to the Law Society if you think you ve been overcharged.
percolate	Prepare in a percolator. Light percolated into our house in the morning.
permeate	Spread or diffuse through. An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration.
pervade	(especially of a smell) spread through and be perceived in every part of. A smell of stale cabbage pervaded the air.
pickle	Preserve in a pickling liquid. The steel sheet is first pickled in acid to remove all oxides.
pluck	Pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion. He plucked the strings of his mandolin.
plume	Form a plume. A plumed helmet.
ret	Place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue. The flax has been retted and used as linen to produce the fabric.
rinse	Rinse one s mouth and throat with mouthwash. Karen rinsed her mouth out.
rob	Deprive (an opposing player) of the ball. Someone had robbed my jacket.
saturate	Fill (something or someone) with something until no more can be held or absorbed. The soil is saturated.
seep into	Pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings.
seep through	Pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings.
sink	Fall or sink heavily. The doctor concluded that the lad was sinking fast.
soak into	Become drunk or drink excessively.
sop	Be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid. He used some bread to sop up the sauce.
spread through	Cause to become widely known.
steep	Devote (oneself) fully to. Steep the blossoms in oil.
submerge	Descend below the surface of an area of water. Houses had been flooded and cars submerged.
submerse	Sink below the surface; go under or as if under water. Pellets were then submersed in agar.
surcharge	Mark a postage stamp with a surcharge. The air was surcharged with tension.
swamp	(of a boat) become overwhelmed with water and sink. A huge wave swamped the canoes.
waterlog	Saturate with water make something waterlogged. The open roof allowed rain to waterlog the field.
wet	Make one s bed or clothes wet by urinating. She was going to wet herself from fear.
wet through	Cause to become wet.

Usage Examples of "Soak" as a verb

• You keep soaking in taverns.
• I soaked in the hot tub for an hour.
• She spent some time soaking in a hot bath.
• The sweat soaked through his clothes.
• Soak the beans overnight in water.
• Soak the bandage with disinfectant.
• VAT would not soak the rich—it would soak the everyday guy struggling to stay afloat.
• The rain poured down, soaking their hair.
• Don't disturb the wound—soak the dressing off if necessary.
• Cold water was soaking into my shoes.

Associations of "Soak" (30 Words)

absorb	Cause to become one with. Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely.
absorbent	A material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance. As absorbent as a sponge.
aqueous	Produced by the action of water. An eerie aqueous light.
awash	Containing large numbers or amounts of someone or something. The main deck was afloat or awash.
damp	Damp air or atmosphere. The sudden bad news damped the joyous atmosphere.
dampen	Make moist. Slider switches on the mixers can dampen the drums.
dampness	The state or condition of being slightly wet. The dampness in the air.
dank	Unpleasantly cool and humid. Huge dank caverns.
douse	Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto. Douse a sail.
drench	Drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged. A drench of sack.
humid	Marked by a relatively high level of water vapour in the atmosphere. Humid weather.
immersion	Baptism by immersing a person bodily (but not necessarily completely) in water. An immersion school.
impregnate	Fertilize and cause to grow. He impregnated his wife again.
jungle	A situation or place of bewildering complexity or brutal competitiveness. We set off into the jungle.
macerate	Cause to waste away by fasting. Macerate the mustard seeds in vinegar.
marshland	Low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water. Thousands of acres of marshland.
moist	(of the eyes) wet with tears. Exposure to the Atlantic on the west gives rise to a cool moist climate.
moisten	Moisten with fine drops. Her eyes moistened.
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.
moisturize	Make (more) humid. Revitalize your face moisturize your skin.
rain	Of the sky the clouds etc send down rain. The low sky raining over tower d Camelot.
sate	Fill to satisfaction. He was sated with flying.
saturate	A saturated fat. The groundwater is saturated with calcium hydroxide.
saturated	Denoting fats containing a high proportion of fatty acid molecules without double bonds considered to be less healthy in the diet than unsaturated fats. Saturated hydrocarbons.
soaked	Extremely wet; saturated. Rain soaked streets.
sodden	Saturated with liquid, especially water; soaked through. A whisky sodden criminal.
sop	Wet thoroughly; soak. My agent telephones as a sop but never finds me work.
submerge	Cover completely or make imperceptible. Houses had been flooded and cars submerged.
vapor	The process of becoming a vapor.
wet	Make one s bed or clothes wet by urinating. She said she d wet the tea immediately because they must be parched.