Synonyms of heats

heats

verb

present tense third-person singular of heat

as in warms

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

• warms
• bakes
• toasts
• cooks
• thaws
• roasts
• superheats
• overheats
• reheats
• hots (up)
• scorches
• burns
• rewarms
• sears
• parches
• scalds
• fires
• chars

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cools
• chills
• freezes
• refrigerates
• ices
• frosts
• supercools

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of heats

Recycled energy heats the outdoor pool (Blue Lagoon) and promenade benches. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026

This process, called solarization, heats the soil so much that the seeds die. — Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 9 Sep. 2026

The river there heats to temperatures that block trout passage in summer. — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Afternoon sun streams straight through and heats the room from the inside. — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2026

Fission – or the splitting of atoms (usually uranium) – produces energy that heats a liquid (usually water) into steam, which then spins a turbine, generating electricity. — Donald Keough, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Sep. 2026

The falling space rock creates a shock wave in front of it that heats it and the gas surrounding it. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026

The pattern of warmer than normal water along the equator in the Eastern Pacific heats things up and favors increases in the number of tropical storms and hurricanes in the Pacific. — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026

As the planet heats due to climate change, our warmer atmosphere can hold more moisture and fuel heavier, more frequent downpours. — Tyler Ory, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026