Synonyms for wash

Other words for “wash”, grouped by meaning.

We found 20 synonyms for “wash”. The most common are washing, lavation, dry wash, washout, slipstream.

noun the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)

noun the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)

Synonymsdry wash

noun the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)

Synonymswashout

noun the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

noun a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other

Synonymswash drawing

noun garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering

verb clean with some chemical process

Synonymsrinse

verb cleanse (one's body) with soap and water

Synonymslave

verb cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water

Synonymslaunder

verb remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent

verb make moist

verb wash or flow against

Synonymslavelap

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University