Synonyms of dissolving

dissolving

verb

present participle of dissolve

1

as in vanishing

to cease to be visible

as the mist dissolved in the morning sun

Synonyms & Similar Words

• vanishing
• disappearing
• fading
• melting
• evaporating
• flying
• fleeing
• dissipating
• sinking
• dematerializing
• blurring
• dispersing
• dropping out of sight
• evanescing
• dying (away or down or out)
• clearing
• drying up
• blanking (out)
• dimming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• appearing
• emerging
• issuing
• arriving
• materializing
• looming
• coming out
• showing up
• breaking out

2

as in disbanding

to cease to exist or cause to cease to exist as a group or organization

the company formally dissolved three months after declaring bankruptcy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disbanding
• dispersing
• breaking up
• demobilizing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• joining
• uniting
• incorporating
• consolidating
• banding
• hanging together

3

as in abolishing

to put an end to by formal action

the king simply dissolved parliament

Synonyms & Similar Words

• abolishing
• repealing
• canceling
• avoiding
• overturning
• vacating
• voiding
• nullifying
• annulling
• invalidating
• withdrawing
• abrogating
• dismissing
• suspending
• negating
• rescinding
• revoking
• quashing
• reversing
• rolling back
• removing
• abating
• eliminating
• striking down
• retracting
• setting aside
• rejecting
• doing away with
• nulling
• disannulling
• overruling
• vetoing
• forbidding
• prohibiting
• recalling
• banning
• erasing
• overriding
• outlawing
• aborting
• enjoining
• eradicating
• dropping
• annihilating
• calling
• liquidating
• disallowing
• countermanding
• calling off
• writing off
• throwing out
• breaking down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• establishing
• enacting
• founding
• instituting
• laying down
• passing
• validating
• authorizing
• legislating
• approving
• permitting
• allowing
• ratifying
• endorsing
• clearing
• legalizing
• prescribing
• legitimizing
• ordering
• formalizing
• warranting
• commanding
• legitimating
• mandating
• sanctioning
• decreeing

4

as in dissipating

to go off in different directions and cease to exist as a body or unified whole

the clouds gradually dissolved, and the sun came out

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dissipating
• dispersing
• disappearing
• fading
• disassembling
• scattering
• evaporating
• dividing
• melting
• disbanding
• spilling
• separating
• diverging
• forking
• branching (out)
• fleeing
• going (away)
• clearing
• breaking up
• evanescing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• meeting
• gathering
• congregating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dissolving

If your dispenser has a latch that flaps open, make sure there is nothing blocking the flap to keep the pod from releasing and dissolving. — Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano, The Spruce, 1 Aug. 2026

Earlier this month, a Hamas official publicly announced that the group was dissolving its government so the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza could take over. — Emma Nicholson, CBS News, 31 July 2026

Elias Stahl is the Founder & CEO of HILOS, an AI lab and software platform dissolving the barriers between design and production. — Elias Stahl, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

Barker spent 13 years at Ogilvy, a WPP subsidiary, and says that the hardest part of the reset is dissolving those silos. — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 24 July 2026

In reaction, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana issued a formal notice in his capacity as the PIC’s sole shareholder to consider dissolving the entire board. — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 22 July 2026

Mendieta was dissolving the boundaries between herself, nature, and the spirit world. — Patricia Zohn, Air Mail, 18 July 2026

Thanks to the determination of these and many other communities, the bonds of empire began dissolving well before July 4, 1776. — T. H. Breen, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026

Impeaching judges, sterilizing foreign visitors, dissolving the union – some prominent conservatives suggested extreme measures could be called for in the wake of a Supreme Court decision upholding birthright citizenship. — Zac Anderson, USA Today, 1 July 2026