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

9 senses of soak

Sense 1
soak -- (submerge in a liquid; "I soaked in the hot tub for an hour")
       => immerse, plunge -- (thrust or throw into; "Immerse yourself in hot water")

Sense 2
overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook -- (rip off; ask an unreasonable price)
       => cheat, rip off, chisel -- (deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money")

Sense 3
drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse -- (cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face")
       => wet -- (cause to become wet; "Wet your face")

Sense 4
pawn, soak, hock -- (leave as a guarantee in return for money; "pawn your grandfather's gold watch")
       => consign, charge -- (give over to another for care or safekeeping; "consign your baggage")

Sense 5
soak -- (beat severely)
       => beat, beat up, work over -- (give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students")

Sense 6
intoxicate, soak, inebriate -- (make drunk (with alcoholic drinks))
       => affect -- (act physically on; have an effect upon; "the medicine affects my heart rate")

Sense 7
souse, soak, inebriate, hit it up -- (become drunk or drink excessively)
       => drink, booze, fuddle -- (consume alcohol; "We were up drinking all night")

Sense 8
soak, imbue -- (fill, soak, or imbue totally; "soak the bandage with disinfectant")
       => impregnate, saturate -- (infuse or fill completely; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol")

Sense 9
soak -- (heat a metal prior to working it)
       => heat, heat up -- (make hot or hotter; "the sun heats the oceans"; "heat the water on the stove")

Antonyms of adj soaked

1 sense of soaked

Sense 1
besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet -- (very drunk)

INDIRECT (VIA intoxicated) -> sober -- (not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol))

Similarity of adj soaked

1 sense of soaked

Sense 1
besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet -- (very drunk)
       => intoxicated (vs. sober), drunk, inebriated -- (stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol); "a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors"; "helplessly inebriated")

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