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melt

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of melt

1 to cease to be visible
  • the fog soon melted away with the rising of the sun
Synonyms of melt

dematerialize, disappear, dissolve, evanesce, evaporate, fade, flee, fly, sink, vanish
Words Related to melt

blank (out), clear, die (away or down or out), disperse, dissipate, dissolve, dry up

blur, dim
Phrases Synonymous with melt

drop out of sight
Near Antonyms of melt

arrive, break out, come out, emerge, issue, loom, show up
Antonyms of melt

appear, materialize
2 to go from a solid to a liquid state
  • a forgotten carton of ice cream was melting away on the counter
Synonyms of melt

deliquesce, flux, fuse, liquefy (also liquify), run, thaw
Words Related to melt

found, gutter, smelt, try

dissolve, render

soften, thin
Near Antonyms of melt

clot, coagulate, congeal, gel, jell, jelly, thicken
Antonyms of melt

harden, set, solidify

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