CONGEAL Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

congeal

verb

kən-ˈjēl

Definition of congeal

as in to freeze

to become physically firm or solid the surface of the pond congealed after several days of frigid temperatures

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as in to gel

to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly the gravy had already started to congeal by the time the waiter served our dinners

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Recent Examples of congeal All of it can congeal into too much, separating New Yorkers for a season from New Yorkers for life. — ABC News, 2 July 2026 The career that has followed has been the rare one that survived a child-star debut without ever congealing into the obvious next thing. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 17 June 2026 Since then, speculation has congealed into reality. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026 Engineers even worried that slow-moving crude would congeal inside the pipeline, creating waxy buildup that could turn TAPS into the world’s biggest tube of ChapStick. — Jennifer A. Dlouhy, Fortune, 24 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for congeal

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In 2022, Germany’s Jessica von Bredow-Werndl, then and now the reigning Olympic dressage champion, chose to apply for the points-freezing process when stepping away to have her second child.

— Tilly Berendt, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Those same items could also be made now, with the products frozen and canned for later consumption.

— Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of freeze

Verb

Head coach Jimbo Fisher recruited well enough to offset those personnel losses, but no one knew how all these new players would gel, particularly redshirt freshman signal caller Jameis Winston.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Carrick using Mbeumo as a centre-forward is not new — but the way United’s forward line is gelling around him is.

— Cerys Jones, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of gel

Verb

Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is facing a tight contest for a Senate seat, also hardened his stance against data centers recently.

— Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026
The rare trip by CIA chief John Ratcliffe failed to persuade Putin to stop the war and may have hardened the Russian’s leaders resolve to seek military victory.

— Catherine Belton, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of harden

Verb

As most of the scientific books tell us, coagulating protein at lower temperatures produces more tender clumps; adding a little water or cream makes an omelet tenderer still.

— Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2026
If an egg cracks during boiling, vinegar can help the egg white coagulate faster, preventing it from leaking into the water.

— Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2026

Definition of coagulate

Verb

The following week, things jelled much better as Alexis Contreras scored Golden State’s first-ever touchdown and the Storm had its own blowout victory, 31–2 over the Las Vegas Silver Stars.

— Michael Nowels, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2026
Ulreich said the Redhawks (1-1) had a terrible week of practice, but things jelled from the start against the Porters (0-2).

— Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of jell

Verb

Before freezing, blanching the potatoes gelatinizes surface starches, and freezing encourages those starches to reorganize into a firmer structure.

— Anne Wolf, Martha Stewart, 8 Feb. 2026
Starches swell with heat and water, gelatinizing to give dough its airy lift.

— Sanjay Srivastava, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025

Definition of gelatinize

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