drier (root: dry)

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: dri=er

OXFORD DICTIONARY

drier, compar. of DRY.

drier, n. (also dryer)
1 a machine for drying the hair, laundry, etc.
2 a substance mixed with oil-paint or ink to promote drying.

THESAURUS

drier

air brush, art paper, brush, camera lucida, camera obscura, canvas, chalk, charcoal, chromogen, clothes-drier, coat, coat of paint, coating, color, color filter, color gelatin, colorant, coloring, crayon, dead-color, dehumidifier, dehydrant, dehydrator, desiccative, desiccator, distemper, drawing paper, drawing pencil, dye, dyestuff, easel, evaporator, exsiccative, exsiccator, exterior paint, fixative, flat coat, flat wash, floor enamel, ground, interior paint, lay figure, maulstick, medium, opaque color, paint, paintbrush, palette, palette knife, pastel, pencil, pigment, pigments, prime coat, primer, priming, scratchboard, siccative, sketchbook, sketchpad, spatula, spray gun, stain, stump, tempera, thinner, tinction, tincture, transparent color, turpentine, turps, undercoat, undercoating, varnish, vehicle, wash, wash coat

ROGET THESAURUS

drier

Dryness

N dryness, siccity, aridity, drought, ebb tide, low water, exsiccation, desiccation, arefaction, dephlegmation, drainage, drier, desiccative, dessicator, dessicator, hair drier, clothes drier, gas drier, electric drier, vacuum oven, drying oven, kiln, lyophilizer, clothesline, dry, anhydrous, arid, adust, arescent, dried, undamped, juiceless, sapless, sear, husky, rainless, without rain, fine, dry as a bone, dry as dust, dry as a stick, dry as a mummy, dry as a biscuit, water proof, water tight, dehydrated, dessicated.