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

Need another word that means the same as “dissolve”? Find 35 synonyms and 30 related words for “dissolve” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Dissolve” are: fade away, fade out, break up, resolve, dethaw, melt, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dismiss, disband, go into solution, become a solution, break down, disappear, vanish, melt away, evaporate, disperse, dissipate, disintegrate, burst into, break into, collapse into, break down into, disestablish, split up, separate, scatter, go their separate ways, go in different directions, disjoin, annul, nullify, void

Dissolve as a Verb

Definitions of "Dissolve" as a verb

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

• (with reference to a solid) become or cause to become incorporated into a liquid so as to form a solution.
• Lose control emotionally.
• Subside uncontrollably into (an expression of strong feelings.
• (of an image or scene in a film) change gradually to (another.
• Stop functioning or cohering as a unit.
• Annul or end (a partnership or marriage.
• Bring the association of to an end or cause to break up.
• Cause to lose control emotionally.
• Cause to fade away.
• Come to an end.
• Disappear.
• Close down or dismiss (an assembly or official body.
• Pass into a solution.
• Cause to go into a solution.
• Declare void.
• Become or cause to become soft or liquid.
• Become weaker.

Synonyms of "Dissolve" as a verb (35 Words)

annul	Declare invalid. The elections were annulled by the general amid renewed protests.
become a solution	Come into existence.
break down	Break down literally or metaphorically.
break down into	Happen or take place.
break into	Emerge from the surface of a body of water.
break up	Scatter or part.
burst into	Break open or apart suddenly and forcefully.
collapse into	Fold or close up.
dethaw	Become or cause to become soft or liquid. Dethaw the meat.
disappear	Cease to be visible. The sun had disappeared.
disband	Stop functioning or cohering as a unit. From today the choir shall be disbanded.
disestablish	Deprive (an established church) of its status. The Anglican Church in Wales was disestablished in 1919.
disintegrate	Lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current. The particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process.
disjoin	Make disjoint separated or disconnected undo the joining of. They asked that their parish be disjoined from Lewis and added to Harris.
dismiss	Declare void. The prime minister dismissed five members of his cabinet.
disperse	Distribute loosely. The earlier mist had dispersed.
dissipate	Move away from each other. The concern she d felt for him had wholly dissipated.
evaporate	Change into a vapor. The militancy of earlier years had evaporated in the wake of defeat.
fade away	Become feeble.
fade out	Lose freshness, vigor, or vitality.
go in different directions	Be or continue to be in a certain condition.
go into solution	Move away from a place into another direction.
go their separate ways	Be abolished or discarded.
melt	Change or merge imperceptibly into (another form or state. Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene.
melt away	Become less intense and fade away gradually.
nullify	Make legally null and void; invalidate. Insulin can block the release of the hormone and thereby nullify the effects of training.
resolve	(of optical or photographic equipment) separate or distinguish between (closely adjacent objects. The orange light resolved itself into four roadwork lanterns.
scatter	Sow by scattering. Fernandez struck out 14 while scattering three hits over eight scoreless innings.
separate	Separate into parts or portions. They were separated by the war.
split up	Come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure.
thaw	Make or become friendlier or more cordial. Riven began to feel his ears and toes thaw out.
unfreeze	Make (assets) available. The 15 council members voted unanimously to unfreeze the airline s assets.
unthaw	Thaw or cause to thaw. The flower s spring blooms indicated that the ground has unthawed.
vanish	Cease to exist. The effect vanished when day broke.
void	Excrete (waste matter. The Supreme court voided the statute.

Usage Examples of "Dissolve" as a verb

• Dissolve a stock cube in a pint of hot water.
• Their marriage dissolved.
• She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme.
• She suddenly dissolved into floods of tears.
• The decree officially dissolved the marriage.
• The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase.
• Glucose dissolves easily in water.
• The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting.
• The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee.
• The news dissolved her into tears.
• Dissolve a shot or a picture.
• The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections.
• My courage dissolved.
• The National Assembly was dissolved after a coup.
• The scene dissolves into a series of shots of the Morgan family.
• The judge dissolved the tobacco company.
• Their marriage has been dissolved.
• The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water.

Associations of "Dissolve" (30 Words)

anhydrous	(of a substance, especially a crystalline compound) containing no water.
aqueous	Like water; watery. An eerie aqueous light.
corpse	The dead body of a human being. The corpse of a man lay there.
crumble	A pudding made with crumble and fruit. The cookies crumbled.
decompose	(with reference to a dead body or other organic matter) make or become rotten; decay or cause to decay. In how many ways can one decompose a number as a sum of squares.
decomposition	(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance. The decomposition of organic waste.
dilution	The action of making something weaker in force, content, or value. The milk factor is greatly reduced by dilution.
disassemble	Take (something) to pieces. The piston can be disassembled for transport.
disband	Stop functioning or cohering as a unit. From today the choir shall be disbanded.
disintegrate	Lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current. It has become a relatively easy matter to disintegrate almost any atom.
dismantle	Take apart into its constituent pieces. The old regime was dismantled.
dismember	Cut off the limbs of (a person or animal. He watched a doctor dismember the body.
hydrate	Become hydrated and combine with water. A powerful moisturizer that hydrates the skin for up to twelve hours.
ice	A sheet or layer of ice on the surface of water. The crowd applauded when she skated out onto the ice.
immiscible	(chemistry, physics) incapable of mixing. Benzene is immiscible with water.
iron	A tool or implement now or originally made of iron. She stood there ironing.
liquefaction	The conversion of a solid or a gas into a liquid. A gas liquefaction plant.
mangle	Press with a mangle. The car was mangled almost beyond recognition.
melt	An act or period of melting. Place under a hot grill until the cheese has melted.
meltwater	Water formed by the melting of snow and ice, especially from a glacier. Glacial meltwaters gathered on a thick bed of boulder clay.
mutilate	Inflict a violent and disfiguring injury on. Most of the prisoners had been mutilated.
oxidize	Combine chemically with oxygen. The fats in the food will oxidize turning it rancid.
perishable	Things, especially foodstuffs, likely to decay or go bad quickly. Ballet is the most perishable of arts.
permafrost	A thick subsurface layer of soil that remains below freezing point throughout the year, occurring chiefly in polar regions. Hilly terrain underlain by permafrost.
snow	Snow falls. They would snow the public into believing that all was well.
soluble	Capable of being dissolved in some solvent (usually water. The puzzle is soluble.
solvable	Capable of being solved. Such problems are perfectly solvable.
solvent	Something that acts to weaken or dispel a particular attitude or situation. Interest rate rises have very severe effects on normally solvent companies.
thaw	A period of warmer weather that thaws ice and snow. A thaw in relations between the two countries.
thawing	Warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt. The disintegration is caused by the thawing of permafrost.