Meanings
adjectiveaquatic (comparative more aquatic, superlative most aquatic)
comparative more aquatic · superlative most aquatic · alternative obsolete aquatick
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveRelating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water.
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More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveoperating or living or growing in water
Opposite
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ékʷeh₂
- Proto-Italic*akʷā
- Latinaqua
- Latinaquāticus
- Middle Frenchaquatique
- Englishaquatic
Borrowed from Middle French aquatique (“living in water”), from Latin aquaticus (“relating to water”), from aqua (“water”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مَائِيّ
- مَائِيّ (māʔiyy)relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Bengali জলজ
- জলজ (joloj)relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Bulgarian во́ден
- во́ден (vóden)relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Catalan aquàtic
- aquàticrelating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Chinese Mandarin 水生
- 水生 (shuǐshēng)relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Czech vodní
- vodnírelating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Danish akvatisk
- akvatiskrelating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Dutch aquatisch, aquatische
- aquatischrelating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
- aquatischerelating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Esperanto akva
- akvarelating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Finnish vesi-
- vesi-relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
French aquatique
- aquatiquerelating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
German Wasser-, aquatisch
- Wasser-relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
- aquatischrelating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Greek υδατικός, υδρόβιος
- υδατικός (ydatikós)relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
- υδρόβιος (ydróvios)relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Hebrew מֵימִי
- מֵימִיrelating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Hindi जलज, जलीय
- जलज (jalaj)relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
- जलीय (jalīya)relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
- जलचर (jalcar)relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Irish uisciúil, uiscí
- uisciúilrelating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
- uiscírelating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Italian acquatico
- acquaticorelating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Japanese 水生
- 水生 (suisei)relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Korean 물의, 수서
- 물의 (murui)relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
- 수서 (suseo)relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Latin aquāticus
- aquāticusrelating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Malay air, akuatik
- airrelating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
- akuatikrelating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Norwegian Bokmål akvatisk, vannlevende
- akvatiskrelating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
- vannlevenderelating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Polish wodny
- wodnyrelating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Portuguese aquático
- aquáticorelating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Romanian acvatic
- acvaticrelating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Russian во́дный, водяно́й
- во́дный (vódnyj)relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
- водяно́й (vodjanój)relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
- аквати́ческий (akvatíčeskij)relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Slovak vodný
- vodnýrelating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Spanish acuático
- acuáticorelating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Swedish akvatisk
- akvatiskrelating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Turkish sucul
- suculrelating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Ukrainian во́дний
- во́дний (vódnyj)relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Vietnamese thuỷ sinh, thuỷ cư
- thuỷ sinhrelating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
- thuỷ cưrelating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with aquatic
eroticexoticantibioticchaoticasymptoticnarcotichypnoticidioticneuroticbioticsymbioticosmoticamnioticprobioticsemioticdespoticoticquixoticsclerotichomoeroticheterotichomeoticautoeroticNilotic
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
aquatic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aquatic
MLA
“aquatic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aquatic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aquatic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aquatic.
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