WATERTIGHT Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

watertight

adjective

Definition of watertight

as in airtight

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Recent Examples of watertight The shells, which are watertight and surprisingly sturdy, usually can be completed for a project in 24 hours. — Sam Lubell, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025 Subjected to an almost watertight international arms embargo, Iran was forced to rely mostly on self-sufficiency, religious zeal, and patriotism. — Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025 Des Cars wrote that parts of the museum are no longer watertight, posing a risk to the art’s safety. — Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 28 Jan. 2025 The Woods Hole underwater acoustic system includes off-the-shelf components in a watertight Pelican case. — IEEE Spectrum, 20 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for watertight

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Adjective

Raye and the platoon of ace musicians joining her are as vocally and musically airtight as possible.

— Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
The 1984 Olympics had a relatively airtight contract that protected taxpayers, but that’s not the case this time.

— Susan Shelley, Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026

Definition of airtight

Adjective

This hermetic secrecy is how Allure beauty director Sarah Kinonen and I recently found ourselves in the bathroom of a suite in the Aman hotel on New York’s Fifth Avenue, brushing our teeth while members of the Dyson public relations team looked on.

— Jenny Bailly, Allure, 1 Sep. 2026
The opening moments of this penultimate episode evoke enough genuine idealism and hope to feel like a rare breath of fresh air, holding the hermetic nastiness of the series in sharp relief.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 17 May 2026

Definition of hermetic

Adjective

The real genius is the second lid, which turns the whole thing into a leakproof pitcher.

— Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 Aug. 2026
If using cold water for thawing, place chicken in leakproof packaging, submerge, and allow about 30 minutes for every pound.

— Sheena Chihak, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of leakproof

Adjective

Nike first began reinforcing the Air Force 1 Low with Gore-Tex in 2019, and the waterproof sneaker became even more hearty last year with the addition of a Vibram outsole.

— Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2026
Despite living in warm-weather climates, African penguins have dense, waterproof black, white and gray feathers to protect them from the cold water.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026

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