Synonyms of heating

heating

verb

present participle of heat

as in warming

to cause to have or give off heat to a moderate degree

heat water for tea

heat the oven to 350 degrees before you put the cake in

Synonyms & Similar Words

• warming
• cooking
• baking
• toasting
• thawing
• roasting
• superheating
• overheating
• reheating
• hotting (up)
• rewarming
• scorching
• burning
• charring
• searing
• scalding
• parching
• firing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cooling
• refrigerating
• chilling
• freezing
• frosting
• icing
• supercooling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of heating

Local authorities in Kyiv said that roughly 40% of buildings didn’t have heating as of Saturday. — Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2026

Advertisement These changes will more likely make America sicker, and their refusal to enforce current protections has already wasted billions of dollars of methane gas, just as families are struggling with the costs of heating our homes. — Elizabeth Bechard, Time, 6 Nov. 2026

Wärtsilä’s study cites an International Energy Agency estimate that recovered data center heat could meet around 10% of European space-heating demand, potentially creating €180 billion in net economic value over 20 years. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2026

In the worst cases, freezers flipped from cooling food to heating it to 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) overnight. — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 2026

This collision squishes the clouds, changing their overall motion and heating them up to the point of glowing. — Edwin Alexani, The Conversation, 2 Nov. 2026

Also, if the tank is not regularly drained and flushed, the build up of minerals can prevent the water heater from heating the water properly, leaving you without a readily available hot water source. — Timothy Dale, The Spruce, 25 Oct. 2026

Meanwhile, atmospheric carbon dioxide crept up by roughly 20 parts per million between 8,000 and 2,000 years ago, increasing the greenhouse effect that was heating the atmosphere up. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 24 Oct. 2026

The average cost of heating a home with oil is now expected to increase by about $878, from about $1,749 to about $2,627. — Dan Avery, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026