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
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “melt” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| 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. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “melt” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| 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. |
| 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. |
The synonyms and related words of "Brag" are: blow, bluster, boast, gas, gasconade, shoot a…
The synonyms and related words of "Pierce" are: thrust, make a hole in, penetrate, puncture,…
The synonyms and related words of "Weary" are: aweary, tired, tired out, exhausted, fatigued, overtired,…
The synonyms and related words of "Kick" are: complain, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off, give…
The synonyms and related words of "Useless" are: futile, pointless, purposeless, impractical, vain, in vain,…
Want to describe something with adjectives that start with 'J'? Though they are not numerous,…