Need another word that means the same as “thirsty”? Find 19 synonyms and 30 related words for “thirsty” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Thirsty” are: athirst, hungry, in need of a drink, dry, dehydrated, arid, dried out, dried up, parched, baked, desiccated, waterless, eager, greedy, avid, longing, yearning, burning, desirous
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “thirsty” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| arid | Lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless. His arid years in suburbia. |
| athirst | Thirsty. Athirst for knowledge. |
| avid | Having an eager desire for. She was avid for information about the murder inquiry. |
| baked | Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight. Baked apples. |
| burning | Of immediate import. He had a burning ambition to climb to the upper reaches of management. |
| dehydrated | Suffering from excessive loss of water from the body. Dehydrated mashed potatoes. |
| desiccated | Preserved by removing natural moisture. Desiccated coconut. |
| desirous | Having or expressing desire for something. The Pope was desirous of peace in Europe. |
| dried out | Not still wet. |
| dried up | Not still wet. |
| dry | Of noodles not served in a soup but in a sauce or with dry ingredients. Rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner. |
| eager | Strongly wanting to do or have something. Young intellectuals eager for knowledge. |
| greedy | Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth. Greedy for fame. |
| hungry | Causing hunger. I was feeling ravenously hungry. |
| in need of a drink | Directed or bound inward. |
| longing | Having or showing a yearning desire. Her longing eyes. |
| parched | Extremely thirsty. Parched corn. |
| waterless | Lacking sufficient water or rainfall. A waterless well. |
| yearning | Involving or expressing yearning. A yearning hope. |
| absorbent | A material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance. Absorbent kitchen paper. |
| climate | A region with a particular climate. He had grown up in a hot climate. |
| damp | Damp air or atmosphere. Clothes damp with perspiration. |
| dampness | The state or condition of being slightly wet. The dampness in the air. |
| dehydrate | Preserve by removing all water and liquids from. The heat dehydrated us even when we stood still. |
| drench | Drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged. A drench of sack. |
| drenched | Abundantly covered or supplied with; often used in combination. Drenched in moonlight. |
| dry | A dry or covered place. He s been dry for ten years. |
| dusty | Covered with, full of, or resembling dust. A dusty pile of books. |
| evaporation | The process of extracting moisture. Thousands of employees witnessed the rapid evaporation of their retirement plans. |
| humid | Containing or characterized by a great deal of water vapor. Humid weather. |
| humidity | A quantity representing the amount of water vapour in the atmosphere or in a gas. The humidity should be supplied by regularly spraying the leaves. |
| hungry | Having a strong desire or craving. A party hungry for power. |
| jungle | A location marked by an intense competition and struggle for survival. It s a jungle out there. |
| marshland | Land consisting of marshes. Marshland landscapes. |
| marshy | Characteristic of or resembling a marsh; waterlogged. A marshy coastline. |
| moist | Marked by a fluid discharge. Eyes moist with tears. |
| moisture | Water or other liquid diffused in a small quantity as vapour, within a solid, or condensed on a surface. In freshly felled wood the moisture content varies. |
| moisturize | Make (more) humid. Revitalize your face moisturize your skin. |
| parched | Dried out with heat. The parched earth. |
| precipitation | The quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time. Cora was already regretting her precipitation. |
| semiarid | Somewhat arid. A semiarid region with little annual rainfall. |
| soggy | Having the consistency of dough because of insufficient leavening or improper cooking. We squelched through the soggy ground. |
| sponge | Gather sponges in the ocean. She repainted the walls white then sponged them in turquoise green and lilac. |
| swampy | Characteristic of or resembling a swamp. A swampy area. |
| thirst | Strong desire for something (not food or drink. A few could drink while many thirsted. |
| tropics | The part of the Earth’s surface between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn; characterized by a hot climate. |
| unquenchable | Not able to be quenched. His enthusiasm was unquenchable. |
| vapor | The process of becoming a vapor. |
| wet | Make one s bed or clothes wet by urinating. This eight year old boy still wets his bed. |
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