dilute

dilute is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make thinner or more liquid by admixture with something; to thin and dissolve by mixing. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To make thinner or more liquid by admixture with something; to thin and dissolve by mixing.
2. transitive verb. To diminish the strength, flavor, color, etc., of, by mixing; to reduce, especially by the addition of water; to temper; to attenuate; to weaken.
3. intransitive verb. To become attenuated, thin, or weak; as, it dilutes easily.
4. adjective. Diluted; thin; weak.
5. verb. lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

   "cut bourbon"

   Synonyms: cut, reduce, thin

6. verb. corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones

   "adulterate liquor"

   Synonyms: adulterate, debase, load, stretch

7. adjective. reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity

   "diluted alcohol"

   "a dilute solution"

   Synonyms: diluted

Synonyms

cut, reduce, thin, adulterate, debase, load, stretch, diluted

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in dilute:

dultie

Common word forms

diluted, diluter, dilutes, dilutely, diluting, diluteness

Words from these letters

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