Synonyms of melting

melting 1 of 2

noun

as in evaporation

Related Words

• evaporation
• passing
• fading
• vanishing
• dissipation
• dissolution
• withdrawal
• departing
• disappearance
• departure
• exiting
• retirement
• parting
• going
• leaving
• quitting
• fadeaway
• retreat
• decamping
• exit
• egress
• decampment
• evacuation
• farewell
• exodus
• leave-taking
• emigration
• clearing out

Dissimilar Words

• coming
• appearance
• arrival
• approach
• advent
• entrance
• beginning
• start
• incoming
• onset
• morning
• birth
• dawn
• commencement
• genesis
• ingress
• debut
• inception
• dawning

melting

2 of 2

verb

present participle of melt

1

as in vanishing

to cease to be visible

the fog soon melted away with the rising of the sun

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in thawing

to go from a solid to a liquid state

a forgotten carton of ice cream was melting away on the counter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• thawing
• fusing
• liquefying
• softening
• dissolving
• fluxing
• running
• deliquescing
• smelting
• trying
• rendering
• thinning
• founding
• guttering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hardening
• solidifying
• setting
• thickening
• coagulating
• congealing
• clotting
• gelling
• jellying
• jelling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of melting

Noun

Published in Nature, the study resolves the discrepancy between experiments and theoretical simulations of the melting temperature of diamond and show that the diamond structure persists up to 1 TPa. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026

To date, per the CPSC, the company has received at least 19 reports of the products smoking, sparking, burning, melting, overheating or catching fire. — ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026

Because of the racial melting pot and LGBTQIA+ demographics of the league, the WNBA sits directly on this country’s current cultural and political fault lines. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026

However, when cooked properly, okra can develop a delightfully crisp and pleasant texture or be cooked until soft and melting. — Kirsten Nunez, Martha Stewart, 7 Aug. 2026

The Steelers recognize that their locker room is a melting pot of races, religions, ideas, and opinions. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026

If these spacecraft do discover shallow liquid pools or similar surface features, Ojha's study suggests they are more likely created by localized melting inside the ice shell itself, rather than direct upwellings from the deep ocean. — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 3 Aug. 2026

In the kitchen, two 10-gallon vats of the restaurant’s secret blend of white melting cheese and spices simmer continuously. — Kendra Nordin Beato, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Aug. 2026

All remain family-run and deliver spice levels bordering on face-melting. — Ellen Fort, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 July 2026

Verb

Known as the lifeblood of the Southwest, the Colorado River starts in the Rocky Mountains, fed by melting snowpack, and ends in the Gulf of California in Mexico. — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026

According to these simulations, the sample would start melting at its surfaces around 1,085°C (1,985°F). — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026

Those reservoirs collect rainfall and melting snow in the warmer months, and the water is used to produce snow during the ski season. — ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026

Polar bear population thriving Climate change and melting ice have threatened polar bears' habitat in recent years, but scientists reported in January that the bears in Svalbard are thriving, and even packing on the pounds. — CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

The cooling rose quartz glides effortlessly across the skin, melting away facial tension while helping reduce puffiness for a more sculpted, refreshed look. — Jackie Fields, PEOPLE, 10 Aug. 2026

Hilton had helped moderate the party’s public image on issues like the environment, orchestrating Cameron’s 2006 visit to a melting Arctic glacier. — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 10 Aug. 2026

The group battled cultural bias, personal struggles, and melting cheese in pursuit of respect, redemption and a historic victory. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026

Crews found flames that were pushing out of the second and third floors and melting siding on an adjoining building, Coughlin said. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2026