Synonyms of boiling

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adjective

as in searing

having a notably high temperature

it was boiling in that car, and the owners had foolishly left their pet in it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• searing
• burning
• hot
• molten
• heated
• broiling
• red
• scorching
• roasting
• scalding
• warmed
• superheated
• sweltering
• white-hot
• warm
• fiery
• fervent
• torrid
• red-hot
• piping hot
• fervid
• ardent
• sultry
• blazing
• seething
• glowing
• sizzling
• ultrahot
• igneous
• reheated
• flushed
• overheated
• tropical
• inflamed
• warmish
• feverish
• steamy
• toasty
• muggy
• snug
• enflamed
• summery
• summerlike
• canicular

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• freezing
• cold
• frozen
• icy
• glacial
• iced
• bitter
• ice-cold
• arctic
• frigid
• cool
• chilly
• chill
• cooled
• snappy
• snowy
• frosty
• nippy
• algid
• subzero
• chilled
• bone-chilling
• wintry
• refrigerated
• coolish
• unheated
• coldish
• wintery
• shivering
• subfreezing
• numb
• benumbed
• blizzardly

boiling

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verb

present participle of boil

1

as in steaming

to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger

the passengers were boiling when they found out the flight was delayed yet again

Synonyms & Similar Words

• steaming
• raging
• burning
• storming
• foaming
• shaking
• seething
• fuming
• sizzling
• rankling
• agitating
• seeing red
• smouldering
• ranting
• fulminating
• smoldering
• raving
• stewing
• bristling
• roiling
• inflaming
• enflaming
• convulsing
• flaring (up)
• chafing
• fretting

2

as in stewing

to cook in a liquid heated to the point that it gives off steam

boil the potatoes until they are tender before you try to mash them

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stewing
• steaming
• simmering
• poaching
• parboiling
• coddling
• scalding
• braising
• pressure-cooking
• reboiling
• smothering
• fricasseeing

3

as in swirling

to be in a state of violent rolling motion

the sea boiled and frothed during the storm

Synonyms & Similar Words

• swirling
• churning
• seething
• roiling
• spinning
• whirling
• stirring
• moiling
• reeling
• agitating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• subsiding
• calming
• abating

Phrases Containing boiling

• boiling point