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

Need another word that means the same as “heat”? Find 65 synonyms and 30 related words for “heat” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Heat” are: warmth, heating, heating plant, heating system, passion, heat energy, high temperature, hotness, estrus, oestrus, rut, warmness, sultriness, closeness, mugginess, humidity, swelter, intensity of feeling, ardour, fervour, vehemence, intensity, animation, earnestness, eagerness, enthusiasm, excitement, agitation, competition, contest, tournament, round, game, match, fixture, meet, meeting, encounter, heat up, fire up, ignite, inflame, stir up, wake, warm, warm up, make hot, make warm, raise something's temperature, take the chill off, become hot, become warm, grow hot, grow warm, become hotter, become warmer, get hotter, get warmer, increase in temperature, rise in temperature, become impassioned, become excited, become animated, grow passionate, grow vehement

Heat as a Noun

Definitions of "Heat" as a noun

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

• Hot weather conditions.
• A spicy quality in food that produces a burning sensation in the mouth.
• A preliminary round in a race or contest.
• A preliminary race in which the winner advances to a more important race.
• The quality of being hot; high temperature.
• Intensive and unwelcome pressure or criticism, especially from the authorities.
• Utility to warm a building.
• The presence of heat.
• The amount of heat that is needed to cause a specific process or is evolved in such a process.
• A single operation of heating something, especially metal in a furnace.
• Heat seen as a form of energy arising from the random motion of the molecules of bodies, which may be transferred by conduction, convection, or radiation.
• The sensation caused by heat energy.
• The trait of being intensely emotional.
• Applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity.
• A form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature.
• Intensity of feeling, especially of anger or excitement.
• A source or level of heat for cooking.

Synonyms of "Heat" as a noun (38 Words)

agitation	A state of agitation or turbulent change or development. Widespread agitation for social reform.
animation	The making of animated cartoons. The body began to show tiny signs of animation.
ardour	A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause. The rebuff did little to dampen his ardour.
closeness	Extreme stinginess. The scoreline did not reflect the closeness of the contest.
competition	A business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers. Business competition can be fiendish at times.
contest	An occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants. A contest between traditional and liberal views.
eagerness	Prompt willingness. They showed no eagerness to spread the gospel.
earnestness	An earnest and sincere feeling. He tells his story with intense earnestness.
encounter	An unexpected or casual meeting with someone or something. His close encounter with death.
enthusiasm	Something that arouses enthusiasm. The three enthusiasms of his life were politics religion and books.
estrus	Applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity.
excitement	Something that arouses a feeling of excitement. His face was flushed with excitement and his hands trembled.
fervour	Feelings of great warmth and intensity. He talked with all the fervour of a new convert.
fixture	The quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment. Plumbing fixtures.
game	The equipment for a game especially a board game or a video game. The game is 6 all.
heat energy	The sensation caused by heat energy.
heating	The process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature. We had no heating in our bedrooms.
heating plant	Utility to warm a building.
heating system	The process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature.
high temperature	A lofty level or position or degree.
hotness	The presence of heat. The astronauts are carefully balanced between the cold darkness of space and the burning hotness of the sun.
humidity	Wetness in the atmosphere. The temperature is seventy seven the humidity in the low thirties.
intensity	The quality of being intense. Hydrothermal processes of low intensity.
intensity of feeling	High level or degree; the property of being intense.
match	The score needed to win a match. A boxing match.
meet	A meeting typically one with an illicit purpose. Major meets such as national championships.
meeting	A place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers. He intrigued her on their first meeting.
mugginess	A state of warm humidity.
oestrus	A recurring period of sexual receptivity and fertility in many female mammals; heat. A mare in oestrus.
passion	A state or outburst of strong emotion. The English have a passion for gardens.
round	A thick disc of beef cut from the haunch as a joint. We enjoyed our round of the local bars.
rut	A long, deep track made by the repeated passage of the wheels of vehicles. A stretch of road made impassable by ruts holes or waterlogging.
sultriness	The quality of expressing or arousing sexual desire. The sultriness of her look was unmistakable.
swelter	An uncomfortably hot atmosphere. The swelter of the afternoon had cooled.
tournament	A series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize. The Royal Tournament.
vehemence	Intensity or forcefulness of expression. The vehemence of his denial.
warmness	A positive feeling of liking. The warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home.
warmth	The trait of being intensely emotional. The warmth of the sun on her skin.

Usage Examples of "Heat" as a noun

• Chilli peppers add taste and heat to food.
• About 100 tons is removed in each heat.
• A flurry of legal proceedings turned up the heat in the dispute.
• The oppressive heat was making both men sweat.
• Conciliation services are designed to take the heat out of disputes.
• Remove from the heat and beat in the butter.
• The heat of formation.
• They have radiant heating.
• Winners of the regional heats.
• The heat is on.
• The fierce heat of the sun.
• The heating system wasn't working.

Heat as a Verb

Definitions of "Heat" as a verb

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

• Become more intense and exciting.
• Arouse or excite feelings and passions.
• Make or become hot or warm.
• Gain heat or get hot.
• (of a person) become excited or impassioned.
• Make hot or hotter.
• Provide with heat.
• Inflame; excite.

Synonyms of "Heat" as a verb (27 Words)

become animated	Enter or assume a certain state or condition.
become excited	Enhance the appearance of.
become hot	Enhance the appearance of.
become hotter	Enter or assume a certain state or condition.
become impassioned	Come into existence.
become warm	Enhance the appearance of.
become warmer	Come into existence.
fire up	Destroy by fire.
get hotter	Evoke an emotional response.
get warmer	Apprehend and reproduce accurately.
grow hot	Come into existence; take on form or shape.
grow passionate	Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes.
grow vehement	Cause to grow or develop.
grow warm	Increase in size by natural process.
heat up	Gain heat or get hot.
ignite	Arouse or inflame (an emotion or situation. The words ignited new fury in him.
increase in temperature	Become bigger or greater in amount.
inflame	Become inflamed get sore. Her sister was inflamed with jealousy.
make hot	Make by combining materials and parts.
make warm	Act in a certain way so as to acquire.
raise something's temperature	Construct, build, or erect.
rise in temperature	Get up and out of bed.
stir up	Move very slightly.
take the chill off	Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.
wake	Cause to become awake or conscious. His voice wakes desire in others.
warm	Make or become warm. I ll warm your bum if you don t come here this instant.
warm up	Make warm or warmer.

Usage Examples of "Heat" as a verb

• The room heated up quickly.
• The sun heats the oceans.
• The room faces north and is difficult to heat.
• Heat the house.
• The action really begins to heat up.
• Heat the water on the stove.
• This discourse had heated them.
• The pipes expand as they heat up.
• He seemed to calm down as quickly as he had heated up.

Associations of "Heat" (30 Words)

bath	A room as in a residence containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet. People are spending more money on their kitchen and bath.
boiling	The temperature at which a liquid bubbles and turns to vapour boiling point. I felt boiling hot.
breaker	A device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloaded. Those steam engines were now gone to the breaker s yard.
carburetor	Mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion.
collier	A ship carrying coal.
conduction	The transmission of impulses along nerves.
dehydration	The loss or removal of water from something. From an inspection of plants undergoing dehydration there was no evidence of root damage.
diesel	German engineer born in France who invented the diesel engine 1858 1913. A diesel locomotive.
distillate	Something formed by distillation. Petroleum distillates.
engine	A fire engine. Medieval engines of war.
fuse	Equip with a fuse provide with a fuse. The storm fused the electric mains.
heatstroke	Collapse caused by exposure to excessive heat.
isotherm	A curve on a diagram joining points representing states of equal temperature.
isothermal	A line connecting points having the same temperature; an isotherm. The cells remained approximately isothermal during freezing.
locomotive	Of or relating to locomotion. Locomotive power.
motor	Relating to motor vehicles. They motored north up the M6.
smelt	Extract a metal from ore by smelting. Coal was used to smelt the steel for the tinplate.
steam	Clean or otherwise treat with steam. He d steamed the letter open and then resealed it.
stove	Treat an object by heating it in a stove in order to apply a desired surface coating. Dinner was already on the stove.
summer	The warmest season of the year in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox. The golden summer of her life.
sunstroke	Heatstroke brought about by excessive exposure to the sun.
swelter	Suffer from intense heat. The swelter of the afternoon had cooled.
sweltering	Excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness. Sweltering athletes.
temperature	A body temperature above the normal. At a temperature of 2 C.
thermal	A thermal garment especially underwear. Thermal power stations.
thermoelectric	Involving or resulting from thermoelectricity.
turbine	A machine for producing continuous power in which a wheel or rotor, typically fitted with vanes, is made to revolve by a fast-moving flow of water, steam, gas, air, or other fluid.
vaporizer	A device that puts out a substance in the form of a vapor (especially for medicinal inhalation.
warmed	Having been warmed up. A cup of warmed milk.
warmth	The quality, state, or sensation of being warm; moderate heat. The warmth of the sun on her skin.