Need another word that means the same as “solidify”? Find 20 synonyms and 30 related words for “solidify” in this overview.
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The synonyms of “Solidify” are: harden, go hard, set, freeze, ice over, ice up, gel, thicken, stiffen, congeal, clot, coagulate, curdle, cake, dry, bake, consolidate, ossify, fossilize, petrify
Solidify as a Verb
Definitions of "Solidify" as a verb
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “solidify” as a verb can have the following definitions:
- Become solid.
- Make or become hard or solid.
- Make solid or more solid; cause to solidify.
- Make stronger; reinforce.
Synonyms of "Solidify" as a verb (20 Words)
bake | Be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun. The soil in the desert is baked dry by the fierce heat of the sun. |
cake | Form a coat over. His clothes were caked in mud. |
clot | Form or cause to form clots. Blood clots. |
coagulate | Cause (a fluid) to change to a solid or semi-solid state. Adrenaline coagulates the blood. |
congeal | Become gelatinous. The ballet failed to congeal as a single oeuvre. |
consolidate | Bring together into a single whole or system. All manufacturing activities have been consolidated in new premises. |
curdle | Turn into curds. Take care not to let the soup boil or it will curdle. |
dry | Remove the moisture from and make dry. The laundry dries in the sun. |
fossilize | Become mentally inflexible. The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone. |
freeze | Cause to freeze. She came out with a revolver and told the boys to freeze. |
gel | Form into a gel. Short gelled hair. |
go hard | Give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number. |
harden | Harden by reheating and cooling in oil. Wait for the glue to harden. |
ice over | Put ice on or put on ice. |
ice up | Cause to become ice or icy. |
ossify | Become rigid or fixed in attitude or position; cease developing. These tracheal cartilages may ossify. |
petrify | Change into stone. Slogans petrify our thinking. |
set | Put or set seeds seedlings or plants into the ground. The Home Secretary set in motion a review of the law. |
stiffen | Make stiff or stiffer. He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room. |
thicken | Make viscous or dense. The sauce thickened. |
Usage Examples of "Solidify" as a verb
- Social and political pressures helped to solidify national identities.
- The magma slowly solidifies and forms crystals.
Associations of "Solidify" (30 Words)
amalgamate | Joined together into a whole. The amalgamated colleges constituted a university. |
annex | Take (territory) as if by conquest. The school s one storey wooden annex. |
chill | Chilly. A chill ran down my spine. |
coalesce | Mix together different elements. The puddles had coalesced into shallow streams. |
coalescing | Growing together, fusing. |
coeducation | Education of men and women in the same institutions. |
cold | Having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e g ice or refrigeration. Elise was cold and barren. |
combine | Combine so as to form a whole mix. An ideal place to combine shopping and sightseeing. |
commingle | Mix; blend. The part of the brain where the senses commingle. |
compression | Encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required. |
condense | Cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid. He condensed the three plays into a three hour drama. |
consolidate | Strengthen (one’s position or power. Consolidate fibers into boards. |
consolidation | The act of combining into an integral whole. A consolidation of two corporations. |
converge | Move or draw together at a certain location. Half a million sports fans will converge on the capital for the London Marathon. |
crystallize | Assume crystalline form become crystallized. Crystallize minerals. |
federate | Relating to a federated state or organization. Federate armies. |
freeze | Stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it. Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit. |
ice | Put ice on or put on ice. Look at the ice on that dame. |
incorporation | The inclusion of something as part of a whole. The City Council opposed all new incorporations. |
integrate | Become one become integrated. The protest forced the bus companies to integrate the buses. |
integration | The coordination of processes in the nervous system, including diverse sensory information and motor impulses. Economic and political integration. |
meld | A thing formed by melding a combination. Australia s winemakers have melded modern science with traditional art. |
merge | Combine or cause to combine to form a single entity. He placed a sheet of paper over the fresh paint to merge the colours. |
molten | (especially of materials with a high melting point, such as metal and glass) liquefied by heat. A mass of molten rock. |
refrigerant | Causing cooling or freezing. A refrigerant substance such as ice or solid carbon dioxide. |
reunify | Restore political unity to (a place or group, especially a divided territory. Will Korea reunify. |
unify | To bring or combine together or with something else. Opposition groups struggling to unify around the goal of replacing the regime. |
unite | Act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief. She unites charm with a good business sense. |
united | Of or relating to two people who are married to each other. Women acting together in a united way. |
weld | Forge an article by welding. Her gratitude welded her to him. |