saturate
1 synonym and 3 antonyms for saturate, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To soak something completely, usually with a liquid, so it can hold no more.
Synonyms
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Synonyms by Meaning
1. verb
To soak something completely, usually with a liquid, so it can hold no more.
“After walking home in the driving rain, his clothes were saturated.”
Opposites
2. verb
To fill something so full that no more can be added.
“Modern television is saturated with violence.”
Opposites
Etymology
The adjective is first attested in the second part of the 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English, the verb in 1538, the noun in 1921; inherited from Middle English saturat(e) (“satiated, satisfied”), borrowed from Latin saturātus, perfect passive participle of saturō (“to fill, satisfy, quench”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and...
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