Synonyms for grill

Most common

cook · anger · grate · quiver · broil · heckle

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

Noun

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To cook (food) on a grill; to barbecue.

   Why don't we get together Saturday and grill some burgers?

2. v. 2

   To make angry; provoke; offend, incite.

3. v. 3

   To tremble; shiver.

4. n. 1

   A grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and liquids. Typical uses: to allow air through a fan while preventing fingers or objects from passing; to allow people to talk to somebody, while preventing attack.

Related words

Word family

grilling grillwork grilled

Other spellings

gril grille

Forms

Plural

grills → broilers, lattices, pumps, gridirons…

Past participle

grilled
e.g. grilled → cooked, fired, grated, steamed…

Example sentences

• cook Tom bought some expensive meat to cook for dinner.
• anger Susan broke the dish on purpose to show her anger.
• grate Grate the chocolate and work it into the dough.
• quiver From tears to a kiss, there is naught but a quiver!
• broil I'm going to broil some salmon for dinner tonight.
• heckle Don't heckle during the show. It's a monologue, not a dialogue.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

2 letters

do¹

4 letters

fire², cook¹, pump¹

5 letters

steam¹, anger², scare¹, grate¹, broil¹

6 letters

wicket², quiver², heckle²

7 letters

lattice², shudder², grating², inflame², broiler²

8 letters

gridiron³

9 letters

instigate³, palpitate³, grillwork, grillroom

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fire² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

griller

Italiano

tostare