souse
1 of 3verb (1)
ˈsau̇s 
soused; sousing
transitive verb
1
: pickle
2
a
: to plunge in liquid : immerse
b
: drench, saturate
3
: to make drunk
intransitive verb
: to become immersed or drenched
souse
2 of 3noun
1
: something pickled
especially : seasoned and chopped pork trimmings, fish, or shellfish
2
: an act of sousing : wetting
3
a
: a habitual drunkard
b
: a drinking spree : binge
souse
3 of 3verb (2)
soused; sousing
intransitive verb
archaic : to swoop down : plunge
transitive verb
archaic : to swoop down on
Synonyms
Verb (1)
- bathe
- bedraggle
- douse
- dowse
- drench
- drown
- soak
- sodden
- sop
- wash
- water
- water-soak
- waterlog
- wet
- wet down
Noun
- alcoholic
- alkie [slang]
- alky
- boozehound
- boozer
- dipsomaniac
- drinker
- drunk
- drunkard
- inebriate
- juicehead [slang]
- juicer [slang]
- lush
- rummy
- soak
- soaker
- sot
- tippler
- toper
- tosspot
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Example Sentences
Noun an old souse who lumbered home with a full bottle of gin in him every night
Word History
Etymology
Verb (1)
Middle English, from Anglo-French suz, souce pickling juice, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German sulza brine, Old English sealt salt
Verb (2)
Middle English souce, noun, start of a bird's flight, alteration of sours, probably from Anglo-French surse source — more at source
First Known Use
Verb (1)
14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
Noun
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb (2)
1567, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense
souse 1 of 2
noun
as in alcoholic
a person who makes a habit of getting drunk an old souse who lumbered home with a full bottle of gin in him every night Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- alcoholic
- drunk
- sot
- drunkard
- tippler
- drinker
- toper
- inebriate
- dipsomaniac
- soak
- alkie
- boozehound
- boozer
- tosspot
- alky
- rummy
- juicer
- juicehead
- soaker
- wino
- swiller
- lush
- swigger
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- teetotaler
- teetotaller
- abstainer
- nondrinker
- teetotalist
souse
2 of 2verb
1
as in to wet
to make wet a passing car barreled through the puddle and soused us good Synonyms & Similar Words
- wet
- drown
- wash
- water
- drench
- flood
- rinse
- soak
- sop
- bathe
- sodden
- dip
- wet down
- flush
- douse
- waterlog
- bedraggle
- dowse
- shower
- splash
- sprinkle
- moisten
- water-soak
- lave
- damp
- duck
- drizzle
- submerge
- mist
- swamp
- asperse
- bedew
- slosh
- sluice
- hydrate
- impregnate
- deluge
- humidify
- moisturize
- dunk
- dampen
- overflow
- saturate
- inundate
- irrigate
- hose (down)
- rehydrate
- steep
- rewash
- rewet
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- dry
- parch
- sear
- dehydrate
- desiccate
- evaporate
- scorch
- dewater
- freeze-dry
- drip-dry
- wring
- dehumidify
2
as in to dip
to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid repeatedly soused the tools in the tub to get the dirt off Synonyms & Similar Words
- dip
- duck
- dunk
- drown
- sop
- immerse
- wet
- submerge
- douse
- dowse
- moisten
- soak
- drench
- bathe
- submerse
- flood
- plunge
- steep
- thrust
- dive
3
as in to soak
to wet thoroughly with liquid firefighters soused the neighboring houses so that they wouldn't catch fire as well Synonyms & Similar Words
- soak
- drench
- drown
- dip
- sop
- impregnate
- sodden
- macerate
- saturate
- wash
- water
- steep
- submerge
- swamp
- swill
- immerse
- marinate
- penetrate
- seethe
- bathe
- waterlog
- moisten
- water-soak
- presoak
- douse
- hydrate
- damp
- inundate
- dowse
- permeate
- humidify
- infiltrate
- dampen
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- dry
- drain
- dehydrate
- sear
- wring (out)
- void
- empty
- parch
- desiccate
- dehumidify