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

Need another word that means the same as “sweltering”? Find 1 synonym and 30 related words for “sweltering” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Sweltering” are: sweltry

Sweltering as an Adjective

Definitions of "Sweltering" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “sweltering” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Uncomfortably hot.
• Excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness.

Synonyms of "Sweltering" as an adjective (1 Word)

sweltry

Excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness.

Usage Examples of "Sweltering" as an adjective

• Sweltering athletes.
• A sweltering room.
• The sweltering heat outside.
• A sweltering English summer.

Associations of "Sweltering" (30 Words)

boiling	At or near boiling point. Boiling mad.
carburetor	Mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion.
conduction	The transmission of impulses along nerves.
convection	The movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise, and colder, denser material to sink under the influence of gravity, which consequently results in transfer of heat. Upward convection in the troposphere carries water vapour and sulphur dioxide above the clouds.
fervid	Extremely hot- Nathaniel Hawthorne- Frances Trollope. His fervid protestations of love.
geyser	To overflow like a geyser. The pipe sent up a geyser of sewer water into the street.
heat	Provide with heat. Heat the water on the stove.
heatstroke	Collapse caused by exposure to excessive heat.
hot	Make or become hot. A hot temper.
igneous	Relating to or involving volcanic or plutonic processes. Rocks formed by igneous agents.
isotherm	(meteorology) an isogram connecting points having the same temperature at a given time.
isothermal	Of a process or change taking place at constant temperature. The isothermal layer of the atmosphere.
locomotive	A wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks. Locomotive power.
lukewarm	Moderately warm. He hates lukewarm coffee.
midsummer	The summer solstice. The plant blooms in midsummer.
muggy	Hot or warm and humid. Muggy weather.
scorching	Capable of causing burns. Scorching heat.
season	A proper or suitable time. The regular sequence of the seasons.
smelt	Extract a metal from ore by smelting. Coal was used to smelt the steel for the tinplate.
stifling	Characterized by oppressive heat and humidity. The loft is stifling in summer.
sultry	Characterized by oppressive heat and humidity. A sultry look.
summer	The period from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox. We summered in Kashmir.
sunbathe	Expose one’s body to the sun. I didn t do much apart from swim sunbathe and sleep.
sunstroke	Heatstroke brought about by excessive exposure to the sun.
swelter	Suffer from intense heat. Barney sweltered in his doorman s uniform.
thermal	A thermal garment especially underwear. Thermal underwear.
thermoelectric	Involving or resulting from thermoelectricity.
tropic	Either of two parallels of latitude about 23 5 degrees to the north and south of the equator representing the points farthest north and south at which the sun can shine directly overhead and constituting the boundaries of the Torrid Zone or tropics. Tropical weather.
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.