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

Need another word that means the same as “melt”? Find 33 synonyms and 30 related words for “melt” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Melt” are: fade, disappear, evaporate, mellow, mellow out, dethaw, dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, meld, melt down, run, liquefy, defrost, soften, flux, fuse, render, clarify, deliquesce, touch, disarm, mollify, relax, affect, move, vanish, vanish into thin air, fade away, melting, thawing

Melt as a Noun

Definitions of "Melt" as a noun

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

• Metal or other material in a melted condition.
• A sandwich, hamburger, or other dish containing or topped with melted cheese.
• An act or period of melting.
• The process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid.
• A quantity of metal melted in one operation.

Synonyms of "Melt" as a noun (3 Words)

melting	The action or process of liquefying due to heat. The melting of the polar ice caps can cause floods.
thaw	A period of warmer weather that thaws ice and snow. They welcomed the spring thaw.
thawing	Warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt. The disintegration is caused by the thawing of permafrost.

Usage Examples of "Melt" as a noun

• The precipitation falls as snow and is released during the spring melt.
• The power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster.
• A tuna melt.

Melt as a Verb

Definitions of "Melt" as a verb

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

• Become or cause to become soft or liquid.
• Become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly.
• Change or merge imperceptibly into (another form or state.
• Reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating.
• Become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial.
• Lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually.
• Leave or disappear unobtrusively.
• Make or become liquefied by heat.
• Become less intense and fade away gradually.
• Dissolve in liquid.
• (of a person) suffer extreme heat.
• Make or become more tender or loving.

Synonyms of "Melt" as a verb (30 Words)

affect	Act physically on; have an effect upon. Your attitude will affect how successful you are.
clarify	Make clear and (more) comprehensible. Clarify the butter by using a spoon to skim off the foam.
defrost	(of a refrigerator or freezer) become free of accumulated ice, usually by being turned off for a period. Defrost the turkey slowly.
deliquesce	(of organic matter) become liquid, typically during decomposition. This type of salt deliquesces easily.
dethaw	Become or cause to become soft or liquid. Dethaw the meat.
disappear	Become invisible or unnoticeable. It is estimated that some 7000 people have been disappeared by security forces.
disarm	Make less hostile; win over. Camp humour acts to provoke rather than disarm moral indignation.
dissolve	Annul or end (a partnership or marriage. My courage dissolved.
evaporate	Change into a vapor. Evaporate milk.
fade	Lose or cause to lose colour or brightness. Hopes of peace had faded.
fade away	Become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly.
flux	Treat a metal object with a flux to promote melting.
fuse	Provide a circuit or electrical appliance with a fuse. He will fuse the entire lighting system of the camp.
liquefy	Become liquid. Liquefy the silver.
meld	Mix together different elements. Australia s winemakers have melded modern science with traditional art.
mellow	Soften make mellow. These apples need to mellow a bit more.
mellow out	Make or grow (more) mellow.
melt down	Become or cause to become soft or liquid.
mollify	Make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate. Nature reserves were set up around the power stations to mollify local conservationists.
move	Have a turn make one s move in a game. She moves in certain circles only.
relax	Cause to feel relaxed. He relaxed in the hot tub.
render	Give up surrender. Money serves as a reward for services rendered.
run	Of a batsman run from one wicket to the other in scoring or attempting to score a run. Cameras triggered by cars running red lights at intersections.
soften	Give in, as to influence or pressure. Rents have softened in out of town locations.
thaw	Make (something) warm enough to become liquid or soft. European exporters simply thawed their beef before unloading.
touch	Be equal to in quality or ability. He was good only for the jobs that nobody else would touch.
unfreeze	Thaw or cause to thaw. He borrowed a candle to unfreeze the lock.
unthaw	Become or cause to become soft or liquid. The flower s spring blooms indicated that the ground has unthawed.
vanish	Become zero. The money vanished in las Vegas.
vanish into thin air	Pass away rapidly.

Usage Examples of "Melt" as a verb

• Her resistance melted under his charm.
• The hot metal melted the wax.
• The sun melted the ice.
• Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene.
• The ice cream melted.
• Melt down gold.
• She was so beautiful that I melted.
• Add 400g sugar and boil until the sugar melts.
• Place under a hot grill until the cheese has melted.
• Richard gave her a smile that melted her heart.
• The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk.
• The heat melted the wax.
• Melt butter.
• The wax melted in the sun.
• The cheers melted into gasps of admiration.
• The compromise was accepted and the opposition melted away.

Associations of "Melt" (30 Words)

adrift	Off course, wandering aimlessly. After the storm the boats were adrift.
alloy	Mix metals to make an alloy. An alloy of nickel bronze and zinc.
anhydrous	(of a substance, especially a crystalline compound) containing no water.
aqueous	Similar to or containing or dissolved in water. An eerie aqueous light.
defrost	Thaw (frozen food) before cooking it. Defrost the turkey slowly.
dilution	The action of making a liquid more dilute. The milk factor is greatly reduced by dilution.
disband	Cause to break up or cease to function. The principal disbanded the political student organization.
dismember	Separate the limbs from the body. The winning powers of World War I set out to dismember the Ottoman Empire.
dissolve	Bring the association of to an end or cause to break up. The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water.
floe	A flat mass of ice (smaller than an ice field) floating at sea.
fluid	Characteristic of a fluid capable of flowing and easily changing shape. The fluid motion of a cat.
fuse	Of an electrical appliance stop working when a fuse melts. Intermarriage had fused the families into a large unit.
fusible	Able to be fused or melted easily.
hydrate	Cause to be hydrated add water or moisture to. A powerful moisturizer that hydrates the skin for up to twelve hours.
ice	An ice cream ice lolly or portion of water ice. She was saved from being iced by the mafia.
iceberg	A large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier. Iceberg is still the most popular lettuce.
immiscible	(of liquids) not forming a homogeneous mixture when mixed. Benzene is immiscible with water.
liquefaction	The process of making something, especially a gas, liquid. Helium can be obtained from the liquefaction of natural gas.
liquefy	Make or become liquid. The minimum pressure required to liquefy a gas.
liquid	Changed from a solid to a liquid state. Liquid refreshments.
meld	A thing formed by melding a combination. Australia s winemakers have melded modern science with traditional art.
meltwater	Water formed by the melting of snow and ice, especially from a glacier. Meltwater lies in pools on the frozen ground.
oxidize	Enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide. Secondary alcohols oxidize to give ketones.
rudderless	Lacking a rudder. Today s leadership is rudderless.
silicate	Any of the many minerals consisting of silica combined with metal oxides, forming a major component of the rocks of the earth’s crust.
soluble	(of a substance) capable of being dissolved in some solvent (usually water. The poison is soluble in alcohol.
solvent	A liquid, typically one other than water, used for dissolving other substances. The solvent does not change its state in forming a solution.
thaw	A period of warmer weather that thaws ice and snow. The river thawed and barges of food began to reach the capital.
undirected	Lacking direction; without a particular aim, purpose, or target. She was full of ineffectual undirected anger.
welding	Fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure.