Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb drain

4 senses of drain

Sense 1
drain, run out -- (flow off gradually; "The rain water drains into this big vat")
       => run, flow, feed, course -- (move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi")

Sense 2
drain -- (deplete of resources; "The exercise class drains me of energy")
       => consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out -- (use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week")

Sense 3
drain -- (empty of liquid; drain the liquid from; "We drained the oil tank")
       => empty -- (make void or empty of contents; "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building")

Sense 4
enfeeble, debilitate, drain -- (make weak; "Life in the camp drained him")
       => weaken -- (lessen the strength of; "The fever weakened his body")

Antonyms of adj draining

1 sense of draining

Sense 1
draining, exhausting -- (having a debilitating effect; "an exhausting job in the hot sun")

INDIRECT (VIA debilitating) -> invigorating -- (imparting strength and vitality; "the invigorating mountain air")

Similarity of adj draining

1 sense of draining

Sense 1
draining, exhausting -- (having a debilitating effect; "an exhausting job in the hot sun")
       => debilitating (vs. invigorating) -- (impairing the strength and vitality)