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Synonyms for swelter

Most common

burn up steam boil stew born

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Steam — to suffer terribly from intense heat

steam, burn up, boil, stew

2. Swelt — to cause to faint, to overpower, as with heat

sweb UK, swelt dated

Other

born, sweat buckets informal, maft UK

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To suffer terribly from intense heat.

  2. v. 2

    To cause to faint, to overpower, as with heat.

Forms

Past participle
sweltered
e.g. sweltered → steamed, boiled, stewed, swebbed…

Example sentences

  • steam Do not expose the console to dust, smoke or steam.
  • boil Keep on stirring until the liquid comes to a boil.
  • stew Tom said he didn't want to eat the stew Mary made.
  • born If I were to be born again, I would be a musician.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
swelterrising
steamfalling
boilrising
stewrising
bornsteady

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

By length

4 letters
born1, boil1, stew1, sweb, maft
5 letters
steam1, swelt