Synonyms for melt
Definitions
- v. 1
To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.
I melted butter to make a cake.
- v. 2
To dissolve, disperse, vanish.
His troubles melted away.
- v. 3
To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken.
- v. 4
To be discouraged.
Related words
- Word family
- meld meltable melty
- Phrases
- melt away melt someone's butter melt down hot melt adhesive hot melt glue
Forms
- Past participle
- melted
e.g. melted → dissolved, liquefied, thawed, fused…
Example sentences
- fuse Tom overloaded his power board and blew a fuse.
- dissolve Fadil brought enough acid to dissolve Layla's body.
- thaw Make sure to thaw the chicken out before cooking.
- disappear Tom watched the plane disappear into the distance.
- evaporate The puddles evaporate quickly in the heat of the sun.
By length
- 3 letters
- run1
- 4 letters
- fade1, fuse1, thaw1, meld1
- 5 letters
- touch1, waste1, blend1, smelt1
- 6 letters
- affect2, vanish2, soften2, mellow2, dethaw, unthaw
- 7 letters
- dwindle2, liquefy3, mollify3
- 8 letters
- dissolve2, diminish3, unfreeze
- 9 letters
- disappear3, evaporate4
- 10 letters
- colliquate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (affect2 = 2 syllables).