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watery

  • adjective
  • /ˈwɔːtəɹi/

Resembling or characteristic of water.

Other meanings

  1. Wet, soggy or soaked with water.

  2. Diluted or having too much water.

    “watery coffee”

Related words

  • wateriness
  • unwatery
  • watery hide disease

Word history

From Old English "wæteriġ".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “watery” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.