Synonyms for steam
- noun
- verb
Definitions
- n. 1
The hot gaseous form of water, formed when water changes from the liquid phase to the gas phase (at or above its boiling point temperature).
- v. 1
To cook with steam.
The best way to cook artichokes is to steam them.
Related words
- Word family
- steamfitter steamroll steamy steamer steaming
- Phrases
- steam locomotive gather steam lose steam steam coal let off steam gain steam pick up steam steam bath
- Is a kind of
- water vapor water compound substance
Example sentences
- smoke Look at that smoke. That building must be on fire.
- mist The land could just be discerned through the mist.
- dart Tom was killed by a poison dart fired from a blowgun.
- stamina Sam doesn't have the stamina to finish a marathon.
- steamer The steamer wound in and out among the islands.
By length
- 3 letters
- fog1
- 4 letters
- mist1, dart1, reek1, fume1
- 5 letters
- power2, smoke1, grill1, vapor2
- 6 letters
- vapour
- 7 letters
- steamer2, stamina3, swelter2
- 8 letters
- navigate3, vaporize3, vaporise
- 9 letters
- evaporate4, effluvium, vapourize
- 10 letters
- exhalation4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (power2 = 2 syllables).