Synonyms for drain
dreɪndrain

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 2 votes

1. drainverb

   Synonyms:
   draw, strain, drip, percolate, drop, exhaust, empty, dry

   Antonyms:
   replenish, fill, supply, pour, moisten, drown, inundate, drench, swill

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1. drain, drainagenoun

   emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it

   Synonyms:
   drainpipe, waste pipe, drainage

2. drainnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   drainpipe, waste pipe, drainage

3. drain, drainpipe, waste pipenoun

   a pipe through which liquid is carried away

   Synonyms:
   drainpipe, waste pipe, drainage

4. drainverb

   a gradual depletion of energy or resources

   "a drain on resources"; "a drain of young talent by emigration"

   Synonyms:
   drainpipe, waste pipe, drainage

5. drain, run outverb

   flow off gradually

   "The rain water drains into this big vat"

   Synonyms:
   bolt, bolt out, give out, fail, peter out, run off, poop out, run down, conk out, beetle off, debilitate, run out, spill, enfeeble, expire

6. drainverb

   deplete of resources

   "The exercise class drains me of energy"

   Synonyms:
   run out, debilitate, enfeeble

7. drainverb

   empty of liquid; drain the liquid from

   "We drained the oil tank"

   Synonyms:
   run out, debilitate, enfeeble

8. enfeeble, debilitate, drainverb

   make weak

   "Life in the camp drained him"

   Synonyms:
   run out, debilitate, enfeeble

Matched Categories

1. • Consume
   • Empty
   • Emptying
   • Surgery
   • Tube
   • Weaken

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. drainverb

   Synonyms:
   draw off

2. drainverb

   Synonyms:
   empty, exhaust

3. drainverb

   Synonyms:
   make dry, clear of water or moisture

4. drainverb

   Synonyms:
   flow off

5. drainverb

   Synonyms:
   become dry

6. drainnoun

   Synonyms:
   sewer, channel, trench, water-course

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1. drainnoun

   Synonyms:
   channel, gutter, trench, ditch, sewer

2. drainverb

   Synonyms:
   empty, exhaust, deplete, filter

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:5.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "drain":

   drainage, drains, draining, brain, exodus, emptying, empty, outflow, sewer, leakage, drip, brainpower, siphon, evacuate, rigolet, wastage, sink

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1. Mick Mulvaney:

   This is really important to the President, i can tell you that this is a big part of draining the swamp. ... Really, what you are talking about doing is restructuring Washington, DC, and that is how you drain the swamp.

2. Caterina Heyck Puyana:

   Towards the end of last year we began investigating the possible disappearance and dismemberment of an undetermined number of people at La Modelo prison in Bogota, the victims were inmates, visitors and people who had nothing to do with the prison. Their remains were thrown into the drain pipes of the sewer system.

3. Sam Stovall:

   It is a real drain on disposable income [ and ] it ends up acting as a depressant on consumer confidence, there is a definite erosion factor.

4. Henry Allen:

   It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it.

5. Herbert Karugaba:

   It's money down the drain, it is the quality of the man and woman in uniform... that matters.