Synonyms for evaporation
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Vaporization
vaporization, vaporisation UK, vapor US, vapour UK, exhalation
2. Drying
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The process of a liquid converting to the gaseous state.
The lake shrank because of rapid evaporation.
- n. 2
The process in which all or a portion of liquid (in a container) is turned into vapour, in order to increase the concentration of solid matter in the mixture.
Related words
- Phrases
- membrane evaporation
Forms
- Plural
- evaporations → vaporizations, vapors, exhalations, dryings…
Example sentences
- vaporization Vaporization is the transition of a liquid from a liquid to a gaseous state.
- drying Ziri folded the tablecloth neatly after drying it.
- evanescence Beyle plays in an Evanescence tribute band.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| evaporation | falling | |
| exhalation | rising | |
| vaporization | falling | |
| drying | falling | |
| desiccation | steady | |
| evanescence | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- vapor2
- 6 letters
- drying2, vapour
- 10 letters
- exhalation4
- 11 letters
- dehydration4, evanescence4, desiccation4
- 12 letters
- vaporization5, vaporisation
- 13 letters
- evaporization
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (vapor2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- évaporation
- Italiano
- evaporazione
- Deutsch
- Verdunstung