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

Need another word that means the same as “thermal”? Find 10 synonyms and 30 related words for “thermal” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Thermal” are: caloric, thermic, thick, chunky, winter, woolly, steady flow, stream, backdraught, slipstream

Thermal as a Noun

Definitions of "Thermal" as a noun

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

• An upward current of warm air, used by gliders, balloonists, and birds to gain height.
• Rising current of warm air.
• A thermal garment, especially underwear.

Synonyms of "Thermal" as a noun (4 Words)

backdraught	A phenomenon in which a fire that has consumed all available oxygen suddenly explodes when more oxygen is made available, typically because a door or window has been opened. When she opened the window she created a backdraught that sucked the fire right through the bedroom.
slipstream	The partial vacuum created in the wake of a moving vehicle, often used by other vehicles in a race to assist in overtaking. When the US economy booms the rest of the world is pulled along in the slipstream.
steady flow	A person loved by another person.
stream	Something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously. A woman screamed a stream of abuse.

Thermal as an Adjective

Definitions of "Thermal" as an adjective

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

• Caused by or designed to retain heat.
• Relating to heat.
• Of or relating to a hot spring.
• (of a garment) made of a fabric that provides exceptional insulation to keep the body warm.
• Relating to or associated with heat.

Synonyms of "Thermal" as an adjective (6 Words)

caloric	Of or relating to calories in food. A caloric value of 7 calories per gram.
chunky	(of food) containing or formed of chunks or thick pieces. Ramen with chunky pieces of beef chicken or pork.
thermic	Relating to heat. Thermic energy.
thick	Spoken as if with a thick tongue. Thick coating of dust.
winter	(of fruit) ripening late in the year. A winter apple.
woolly	Covered with dense cottony hairs or hairlike filaments. Woolly lambs.

Usage Examples of "Thermal" as an adjective

• Thermal movements of molecules.
• Thermal underwear.
• Thermal conductivity.
• The thermal properties of food.
• Thermal capacity.
• Thermal power stations.
• A thermal burn.

Associations of "Thermal" (30 Words)

aflame	Keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement- Bram Stoker. Pour brandy over the steaks and then set aflame.
aureole	The zone of metamorphosed rock surrounding an igneous intrusion. Her hair framed her face in a golden aureole.
bane	Something, especially poison, which causes death. The telephone was the bane of my life.
biomass	Organic matter used as a fuel, especially in a power station for the generation of electricity.
blinking	Closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly. What a bally or blinking nuisance.
blooming	Informal intensifiers. It s a blooming good read.
caloric	Relating to or associated with heat. The caloric effect of sunlight.
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. The final transfer of energy to the surface is by convection.
corona	The rarefied gaseous envelope of the sun and other stars The sun s corona is normally visible only during a total solar eclipse when it is seen as an irregularly shaped pearly glow surrounding the darkened disc of the moon.
eclipse	Cause an eclipse of a celestial body by intervention. Jupiter was eclipsed by the Moon.
electric	Of worked by charged with or producing electricity. An atmosphere electric with suspicion.
fire	Destroy by fire. Troops fired on crowds.
flaming	Used for emphasis to express annoyance. Her flaming hair.
heat	The amount of heat that is needed to cause a specific process or is evolved in such a process. Remove from the heat and beat in the butter.
hot	Make or become hot. A very hot dish cooked with green chilli.
intake	The act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing. The first intake of women was in 1915.
isotherm	A line on a map connecting points having the same temperature at a given time or on average over a given period.
isothermal	A line connecting points having the same temperature; an isotherm. The cells remained approximately isothermal during freezing.
nemesis	The inescapable agent of someone’s or something’s downfall. Injury consistently his nemesis struck him down during the match.
nutritive	Relating to nutrition. The food was low in nutritive value.
radiation	The energy transmitted by radiation. Ultraviolet and infrared radiations.
solar	Relating to or derived from the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun. Solar radiation.
sublimation	(chemistry) a change directly from the solid to the gaseous state without becoming liquid.
summer	The warmest season of the year in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox. They spent a lazy summer at the shore.
sunstroke	Sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat.
swelter	An uncomfortably hot atmosphere. We were sweltering at the beach.
sweltering	Excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness. A sweltering room.
transpiration	(of a plant or leaf) the exhalation of water vapour through the stomata. Plants lose more than 90 per cent of their water through transpiration.
ultraviolet	The ultraviolet part of the spectrum ultraviolet radiation. Ultraviolet radiation.
warmed	Having been warmed up. A cup of warmed milk.