BOIL: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for BOIL?

Need another word that means the same as “boil”? Find 26 synonyms and 30 related words for “boil” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Boil” are: churn, moil, roil, seethe, simmer, bubble, heat, cook, stew, bring to the boil, be turbulent, be agitated, froth, foam, fizz, effervesce, be angry, be furious, be indignant, rage, fume, smoulder, furuncle, boiling point, 100 degrees celsius, 100 degrees centigrade

Boil as a Noun

Definitions of "Boil" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “boil” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The temperature at which a liquid bubbles and turns to vapour.
• The process of heating a liquid to the temperature at which it bubbles and turns to vapour.
• A state of great activity or excitement.
• A painful sore with a hard core filled with pus.
• The temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level.
• A casual outdoor meal at which shellfish is prepared by boiling.
• A dish of shellfish boiled in a large pot with sweetcorn, potatoes, and other ingredients.
• A sudden rise of a fish at a fly.

Synonyms of "Boil" as a noun (4 Words)

100 degrees celsius	A position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality.
100 degrees centigrade	The seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime.
boiling point	The application of heat to change something from a liquid to a gas.
furuncle	A painful sore with a hard core filled with pus.

Usage Examples of "Boil" as a noun

• I will definitely come back and try the crab cakes and lobster boil.
• The kettle's on the boil.
• They brought the water to a boil.
• He has gone off the boil since opening the campaign.
• Bring the sauce to the boil and simmer for 10 minutes.
• A boil from a fish in a pool.
• The reappearance of warm days signals another revival: weekend crawfish boils.

Boil as a Verb

Definitions of "Boil" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “boil” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• (of a person or strong emotion) be stirred up.
• (with reference to a kettle, pan, or other container) heat or be heated until the liquid inside starts to boil.
• (of the sea or clouds) be turbulent and stormy.
• Be agitated.
• (with reference to a liquid) reach or cause to reach the temperature at which it bubbles and turns to vapour.
• Come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor.
• Immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes.
• Be in an agitated emotional state.
• Wash or sterilize in very hot water.
• Execute (someone) by subjecting them to the heat of boiling liquid.
• (with reference to food) cook or be cooked by immersing in boiling water or stock.
• Bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point.

Synonyms of "Boil" as a verb (22 Words)

be agitated	Be identical or equivalent to.
be angry	Form or compose.
be furious	Have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun.
be indignant	Work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function.
be turbulent	Represent, as of a character on stage.
bring to the boil	Cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
bubble	Of a liquid form rising bubbles of gas or air. Close by a stream bubbled along through reeds and rushes.
churn	Produce butter by churning milk or cream. The seas churned.
cook	Tamper, with the purpose of deception. While the rice is cooking add the saffron to the stock.
effervesce	(of a liquid) give off bubbles. The waves seemed to effervesce as they swept by.
fizz	Become bubbly or frothy or foaming. Anticipation began to fizz through his veins.
foam	Become bubbly or frothy or foaming. The river was foaming.
froth	Become bubbly or frothy or foaming. The cinema lobby frothed with indignation.
fume	Treat with fumes expose to fumes especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests. We simply cannot have this she fumed.
heat	Gain heat or get hot. The sun heats the oceans.
moil	Be agitated. Men who moiled for gold.
rage	Be violent; as of fires and storms. That s unfair Maggie raged.
roil	Make (someone) annoyed or irritated. The sea roiled below her.
seethe	Be noisy with activity. We cascaded down the stairs and seethed across the station.
simmer	Exist in a suppressed state. Simmer the sauce.
smoulder	Show or feel barely suppressed anger, hatred, or another powerful emotion. Anna smouldered with indignation.
stew	(of tea) become strong and bitter with prolonged brewing. Beef stewed in wine.

Usage Examples of "Boil" as a verb

• She boiled the kettle and took down a couple of mugs.
• Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
• Boil this liquid until it evaporates.
• The kettle boiled and he filled the teapot.
• Boil the potatoes until well done.
• One valet was ordered to be boiled alive.
• Boil bedclothes and towels.
• Boil wool.
• We asked people to boil their drinking water.
• She stood gazing out of the lighthouse window as the sea boiled beneath her.
• He waited for the water to boil.
• Boil potatoes.
• He was boiling with rage.
• You can put the salad together while the pasta is boiling.

Associations of "Boil" (30 Words)

bacon	English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626. A bacon sandwich.
bake	A social gathering at which baked food of a specified kind is eaten. They bake their own bread and cakes.
baked	Cooked by dry heat (as in an oven. Sunbaked salt flats.
broil	Cook under a broiler. The countryside lay broiling in the sun.
broth	Liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces. The pig made five pots of broth.
cake	Baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat. A cake of soap.
churn	Produce butter by churning milk or cream. The seas churned.
cooking	Suitable for or used in cooking. Cooking chocolate.
crisp	A wafer thin slice of potato fried or baked until crisp and eaten as a snack. Her answer was crisp.
curry	A pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice. I ve been eating a lot of curry.
fried	Exhausted or worn out. A breakfast of fried eggs and bacon.
fritter	Spend frivolously and unwisely. I wish we hadn t frittered the money away so easily.
fry	Execute or be executed by electrocution. Drugs fry the brain.
grill	Cook food using a grill. A grill pan.
kettle	The quantity a kettle will hold. Activists in the kettle were protesting at being held and resisting arrest.
mutton	Meat from a mature domestic sheep. A leg of mutton.
oven	An enclosed compartment, usually part of a cooker, for cooking and heating food. The sun was beating down on to my little tent and it was like an oven in there.
pan	Wash gravel in a pan to separate out gold. Prospectors panned for gold in the Yukon.
pie	A prehistoric unrecorded language that was the ancestor of all Indo-European languages. A good meal of hot pie and peas.
recipe	Directions for making something. A traditional Yorkshire recipe.
roast	An outdoor party at which meat of a particular type is roasted. This is the roast most likely to be used in espresso.
sauce	Provide a sauce for something season with a sauce. A boy had sauced a monitor who wanted his shoes shined.
scald	Any of a number of plant diseases which produce an effect similar to that of scalding especially a disease of fruit marked by browning and caused by excessive sunlight bad storage conditions or atmospheric pollution. Scald the milk.
seethe	(of a person) be filled with intense but unexpressed anger. The grey ocean seethed.
simmer	Exist in a suppressed state. She gave him time to simmer down after their argument.
soup	A substance or mixture regarded as resembling soup in appearance or consistency. A bowl of tomato soup.
spatter	The noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively. The baby spattered the bib with food.
stew	Food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetables. Sweaty clothes left to stew in a plastic bag.
vaporize	Turn into gas. All my stock assets have vaporized.