Synonyms for dissolve
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Melt — to liquify, melt into a fluid
melt, disappear, disintegrate, evaporate, liquefy, vanish, thaw, fade, fuse, unfreeze, perish, dematerialize UK US, dematerialise UK, unthaw, formelt, dethaw, decay
Definitions
- v. 1
To liquify, melt into a fluid.
- v. 2
To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding.
The ruling party or coalition sometimes dissolves parliament early when the polls are favorable, hoping to reconvene with a larger majority.
Related words
- Word family
- dissolvability dissolvable dissolver
Forms
- Past participle
- dissolved
e.g. dissolved → melted, disappeared, disintegrated, evaporated…
Example sentences
- disappear Tom watched the plane disappear into the distance.
- melt Powdered snow is hard to melt and piles up easily.
- evaporate The puddles evaporate quickly in the heat of the sun.
- disintegrate Comets start to disintegrate as they approach the sun.
- destroy Do you really think it will destroy my reputation?
- abrogate Did the ruling abrogate your right to seek compensation?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| dissolve | steady | |
| disappear | rising | |
| melt | steady | |
| evaporate | steady | |
| disintegrate | steady | |
| destroy | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- ruin2, melt1, fade1, fuse1, thaw1
- 5 letters
- decay2, sever2
- 6 letters
- vanish2, perish2, ravage2, unthaw, dethaw
- 7 letters
- destroy2, divorce2, dismiss2, abolish3, crumble2, disband2, adjourn2, liquefy3, formelt, ruinate
- 8 letters
- separate3, disperse2, desolate3, demolish3, unfreeze, abrogate3
- 9 letters
- disappear3, terminate3, evaporate4, liquidate3, decompose3, devastate3
- 10 letters
- annihilate4, obliterate4, deliquesce
- 12 letters
- disintegrate4, disestablish
- 13 letters
- dematerialize, dematerialise
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ruin2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- dissoudre
- Italiano
- sciogliere
- Español
- disolver
- Deutsch
- auflösen