drain - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it

Synonyms

• drain
• drainage

More generic

• emptying
• evacuation
• voidance

Noun

a gradual depletion of energy or resources

Synonyms

• drain

More generic

• depletion

More specific

• brain drain
• drawing
• drawing off

Noun

a pipe through which liquid is carried away

Synonyms

• drain
• drainpipe
• waste pipe

More generic

• pipage
• pipe
• piping

More specific

• cloaca
• culvert
• scupper
• sewer
• sewerage
• soil pipe
• trap

Noun

tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material

Synonyms

• drain

More generic

• tube
• tubing

Verb

make weak

Synonyms

• debilitate
• drain
• enfeeble

More generic

• weaken

More specific

• emaciate
• macerate
• waste

Verb

empty of liquid; drain the liquid from

Synonyms

• drain

More generic

• empty

Verb

deplete of resources

Synonyms

• drain

More generic

• consume
• deplete
• eat
• eat up
• exhaust
• run through
• use up
• wipe out

Verb

flow off gradually

Synonyms

• drain
• run out

More generic

• course
• feed
• flow
• run

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