Drain Synonyms and Antonyms

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A pipe or conduit
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. duct
  2. channel
  3. sewer
  4. wasted
  5. drainpipe
  6. drainage
  7. ruined
  8. gone
  9. waste-pipe
To withdraw fluid
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. empty
  2. tap
  3. pump
  4. divert
  5. bleed
  6. draw
  7. milk
  8. canal
  9. channel
  10. let out
  11. draw-off
  12. deplete
  13. drink
  14. exhaust
  15. run out
  16. enfeeble
  17. filter
  18. remove
  19. gutter
  20. leak
  21. evaporate
  22. outlet
  23. pipe
  24. catheterize
  25. sewer
  26. sink
  27. spout
  28. trench
  29. tube
  30. watercourse
  31. debilitate
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To lessen or weaken severely, as by removing something essential
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. deplete
  2. exhaust
  3. impoverish
  4. sap
  5. use up
To seep away
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. diminish
  2. run out
  3. run-off
  4. flow off
  5. abate
  6. flow out
  7. decrease
  8. seep off
  9. seep out
  10. exude
  11. dwindle
  12. trickle out
  13. ebb
  14. filter off
  15. ooze
  16. lessen
  17. percolate
  18. let up
  19. effuse
  20. find an opening
  21. peter
  22. osmose
  23. rebate
  24. decline
  25. reduce
  26. leave dry
  27. tail away
  28. taper
A gradual reduction
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. exhaustion
  2. abatement
  3. draining
  4. curtailment
  5. cut
  6. depletion
  7. cutback
  8. decrease
  9. decrement
  10. diminishment
  11. diminution
  12. reduction
  13. slash
  14. strain
  15. slowdown
  16. taper
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To cause (a resource or supply of something) to be used up gradually and often completely.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. deplete

Words Related to Drain

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Drain Sentence Examples

  • She could feel the blood drain from her face.

  • Want me to drain the lake?

  • The roof must not be quite flat, for a slight fall is necessary in its upper surface to allow water to drain away into gutters placed at convenient points.

  • Such cells are termed "drain pipe" cells.

  • He said he was going to drain all my blood out.

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