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

Rather than heating massive reactors inefficiently from the outside or burning methane, the team placed a burner directly inside the reactor to combust a small portion of hydrogen. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026

Auto means the fan runs only when the system is actively heating or cooling. — Timothy Dale, The Spruce, 24 Aug. 2026

The water could then be extracted by heating the soil through various methods. — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2026

A lot of the solar energy goes into evaporating the moisture in the air, so in drier climates, more of the Sun’s energy can go directly into heating the air. — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026

Then, steam fills the chambers, heating the sorbent and breaking its chemical bonds with CO2, freeing it for collection—a step called desorption. — Emily Waltz, IEEE Spectrum, 19 Aug. 2026

Circulate operates by running the system blower for a preset number of minutes periodically within an hour, even if the system is not actively heating or cooling. — Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 17 Aug. 2026

Uncertainty also comes from estimates of the total amount of radioactive material heating the mantle. — James Dinneen, Quanta Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026

Additionally, using heated seats is much more efficient than heating the entire cabin, for drivers looking to save money on gas. — Charles Singh, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2026