humid

H4U1M3I1D2
/ˈhjuːmɪd/

adjective

Containing perceptible moisture (usually describing air or atmosphere); damp; moist; somewhat wet or watery.

“humid earth”

Similar
dampmoistbewatereddrencheddrippingdrunkirriguousmadid
OriginOld French humide ← Latin hūmidus ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- →
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Meanings

adjectivehumid (comparative humider or more humid, superlative humidest or most humid)

comparative humider · comparative more humid · superlative humidest · superlative most humid

  1. Containing perceptible moisture (usually describing air or atmosphere); damp; moist; somewhat wet or watery.

    humid earth

    2 more examples

    Evening cloud, or humid bow.

    1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC

    Soft tears again bedewed my cheeks, and I even raised my humid eyes with thankfulness towards the blessed sun which bestowed such joy upon me.

    1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter VIII, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume II, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC, pages 132–133

    Synonyms: damp, moist, bewatered, damp, drenched, dripping, drunk, irriguous

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveContaining perceptible moisture (usually describing air or atmosphere); damp; moist; somewhat wet or watery.

Similar
dampmoistbewatereddampdrencheddrippingdrunkirriguousmadidmoistmoistyoverwateredplashysaturatedsoakedsoddensoggysoppyspewy

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivecontaining or characterized by a great deal of water vapor

Similar
wet
Also see
drenchedlashmoistmoistyoppressiveplashysaturatedsoakedsoppyspewysquidgythonewaterywetwetter than an otter's pocket

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*ūmo-
  2. Latinūmeō
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  4. Latinūmidus
  5. Latinhūmidus
  6. Old Frenchhumide
  7. Englishhumid

Borrowed from Old French humide, from Latin humidus (“moist”). Via Proto-Indo-European *wegʷ- (“wet”) related to English weaky.

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Translations

Arabic رَطْب, رَطِب
  • رَطْب (raṭb)slightly wet
  • رَطِب (raṭib)slightly wet
Basque heze
  • hezeslightly wet
Bengali আর্দ্র
  • আর্দ্র (ardro)slightly wet
Bulgarian вла́жен
  • вла́жен (vlážen)slightly wet
Catalan humit
  • humitslightly wet
Chinese Mandarin 濕 /湿, 濕潤 /湿润
  • 濕 /湿 (shī)slightly wet
  • 濕潤 /湿润 (shīrùn)slightly wet
Czech vlhký
  • vlhkýslightly wet
Danish fugtig
  • fugtigslightly wet
Dutch vochtig
  • vochtigslightly wet
Esperanto humida
  • humidaslightly wet
Estonian niiske
  • niiskeslightly wet
Finnish kostea, humidi
  • kosteaslightly wet
  • humidislightly wet
French mouillé, humide
  • mouilléslightly wet
  • humideslightly wet
German feucht
  • feuchtslightly wet
Greek υγρός, νοτερός
  • υγρός (ygrós)slightly wet
  • νοτερός (noterós)slightly wet
Hebrew לַח
  • לַח (lakh)slightly wet
Hindi नम, गीला
  • नम (nam)slightly wet
  • गीला (gīlā)slightly wet
  • आर्द्र (ārdra)slightly wet
  • तर (tar)slightly wet
  • आबी (ābī)slightly wet
Hungarian nyirkos
  • nyirkosslightly wet
Icelandic rakur
  • rakurslightly wet
Indonesian lembap
  • lembapslightly wet
Irish taisíoch
  • taisíochslightly wet
Italian umido
  • umidoslightly wet
Japanese 湿気の多い, 蒸し暑い
  • 湿気の多い (shikke no ōi)slightly wet
  • 蒸し暑い (mushiatsui)slightly wet
  • 湿っぽい (shimeppoi)slightly wet
  • 湿った (shimetta)slightly wet
Korean 습기가 많다, 축축하다
  • 습기가 많다 (seupgiga manta)slightly wet
  • 축축하다 (chukchukhada)slightly wet
Latin ūvidus
  • ūvidusslightly wet
Latvian mitrs, mikls
  • mitrsslightly wet
  • miklsslightly wet
  • valgsslightly wet
  • valgansslightly wet
Lithuanian drėgnas
  • drėgnasslightly wet
Malay lembap
  • lembapslightly wet
Māori haitutu
  • haitutuslightly wet
Norwegian Bokmål fuktig
  • fuktigslightly wet
Persian مرطوب, تر
  • مرطوب (martub)slightly wet
  • تر (tar)slightly wet
Polish wilgotny
  • wilgotnyslightly wet
Portuguese úmido, húmido
  • úmidoslightly wet
  • húmidoslightly wet
Romanian umed
  • umedslightly wet
Russian вла́жный
  • вла́жный (vlážnyj)slightly wet
Slovak vlhký
  • vlhkýslightly wet
Spanish húmedo
  • húmedoslightly wet
Swedish fuktig
  • fuktigslightly wet
Thai ชื้น, เปียก
  • ชื้น (chʉ́ʉn)slightly wet
  • เปียก (bpìiak)slightly wet
Turkish nemli, rutubetli
  • nemlislightly wet
  • rutubetlislightly wet
Ukrainian воло́гий
  • воло́гий (volóhyj)slightly wet
Urdu نم, گیلا
  • نم (nam)slightly wet
  • گیلا (gīlā)slightly wet
  • تر (tar)slightly wet
Vietnamese ẩm
  • ẩmslightly wet
Welsh llaith
  • llaithslightly wet
Yiddish פֿײַכט
  • פֿײַכט (faykht)slightly wet

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with humid

tumid
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Cite this entry
APA

humid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/humid

MLA

“humid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/humid. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “humid,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/humid.

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