Synonyms for boiling
- adjective
- noun
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
2. Seething
seething, effervescent, fervid, ebullient dated
Noun
2. Effervescence
Other
coction dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Of a person: feeling uncomfortably hot.
I’m boiling – can’t we open a window?
- adj. 2
That boils or boil.
boiling kettle boiling oil
- n. 1
The process of changing the state of a substance from liquid to gas by heating it to its boiling point.
- n. 2
The cooking (of food) or cleaning (of an object) by immersing it in liquid (usually water) that is boiling.
Related words
- Word family
- boiling-house
- Phrases
- boiling hot boiling plate boiling point
Forms
- Plural
- boilings → simmerings, stewings, effervescences, ebulliences…
Example sentences
- cooking Whoever gets home first starts cooking the supper.
- steaming They chatted animatedly over cups of steaming tea.
- seething Mary is seething with rage she feels unable to express.
By length
- 6 letters
- baking2, fervid2
- 7 letters
- cooking2, stewing2, coction
- 8 letters
- steaming2, seething2
- 9 letters
- simmering3, ebullient3
- 10 letters
- ebullience3, ebullition
- 12 letters
- effervescent4
- 13 letters
- effervescence
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (baking2 = 2 syllables).