arid

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adj. dry, parched; jejune, barren; uninteresting. See dryness, weariness, uselessness. Ant., moist, verdant; interesting.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

1. [Dry]

Syn. dry, parched, desert, dried; see dry 1 .

2. [Barren]

Syn. desolate, waste, desert; see sterile 2 .

3. [Dull]

Syn. uninteresting, flat, dry; see dull 4 .

See Synonym Study at dry .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.

1. dry dried-up, parched, barren, dusty, sterile, bone-dry, desertlike, desiccated.

2. dull boring, lifeless, tedious, drab, lackluster, uninteresting.

ANT.: 1. wet, fertile, humid. 2. lively, colorful, interesting

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Having little or no liquid or moisture: anhydrous, bone-dry, dry, moistureless, sere, waterless. See DRY. 2. Having little or no precipitation: droughty, dry, rainless, thirsty. See DRY. 3. Lacking liveliness, charm, or surprise: aseptic, colorless, drab, dry, dull, earthbound, flat, flavorless, lackluster, lifeless, lusterless, matter-of-fact, pedestrian, prosaic, spiritless, sterile, stodgy, unimaginative, uninspired. See EXCITE.