Home › Words › P › prehydrateprehydrateprehydrate means to hydrate in advance (of e.g. exercise, a drought).EtymologyFrom pre- + hydrate.verbto hydrate in advance (of e.g. exercise, a drought)Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.hyperhydrate 69% match — to hydrate excessively vs prehydrate →underhydrate 65% match — To hydrate too little. vs prehydrate →rehydrate 65% match — To resupply with water that has been removed or lost; to moisten something that has dried. vs prehydrate →prestrengthen 63% match — To strengthen in advance. vs prehydrate →overhydrate 62% match — To hydrate too much. vs prehydrate →prewrap 62% match — To wrap in advance. vs prehydrate →presoaking 61% match — The soaking of something in advance. vs prehydrate →preprocess 60% match — To process in advance. vs prehydrate →