arid

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ˈærɪd/ 🇺🇸 /ˈærəd/

📖 Definitions

  1. adjective
    Having little or no rainfall; extremely dry, as a climate or region.; Lacking interest, excitement, or meaning; dull and unproductive.; Barren or unproductive, as land that cannot support vegetation.

🔗 Details

Word forms

Comparative: arider, more arid Superlative: aridest, most arid

Collocations

arid climatearid regionarid landarid zonearid environmentarid landscape

Derivatives

aridityaridlyaridnesssemi-arid

Synonyms

dryparcheddesiccatedbarrendrought-strickenwaterless

Antonyms

humidlushfertilemoist

Commonly confused

avid
EN: 'Avid' means eager or enthusiastic (e.g., an avid reader); 'arid' means extremely dry or lacking interest.
barren
EN: 'Barren' emphasizes inability to produce or support life; 'arid' specifically emphasizes lack of moisture.

Spelling tips

EN: Do not confuse 'arid' (dry) with 'avid' (eager); they differ by only one letter but have opposite connotations in terms of energy and enthusiasm.

💬 Examples

  1. The arid desert stretched for hundreds of miles in every direction.

  2. The lecture was so arid that several students fell asleep.

  3. The arid soil yielded no crops despite years of effort.