MELTING Synonyms: 98 Similar and Opposite Words

melting 1 of 2

noun

Definition of melting

as in evaporation

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melting

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verb

present participle of melt

as in vanishing

to cease to be visible the fog soon melted away with the rising of the sun

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as in thawing

to go from a solid to a liquid state a forgotten carton of ice cream was melting away on the counter

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Recent Examples of melting

Noun

When discussing the plans for 2026, the committee declared that this event was not just an Italian festival, but a tribute to New York’s cultural melting pot. — Clare Whitton, The Conversation, 17 Sep. 2026 Once a year, New York Climate Week comes to town, bringing a melting pot of industries, celebrities, activists and policymakers with it. — Bella Webb, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2026 A lot of the stability in Antarctica was because East Antarctica had record snowfall, which compensated for the rapid melting in the less stable West Antarctic Ice Sheet, the authors said. — ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026 But it may be better described as the record of some more mysterious melting of mind into body. — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2026 Growing up in the Calumet Region meant living in a true melting pot. — Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026 Athens is like the melting pot of the whole of Greece, so a lot of wider Greek traditions are incorporated in the restaurants. — Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Sep. 2026 For that iteration, Iceman was placed on a plinth that collected the melting water. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 9 Sep. 2026 About 900 of those missing are hydropower workers, who were working at facilities dotted along the Trishuli River when a huge chunk of ice sheared off a melting glacier, triggering a landslide and floods which buried entire communities in minutes. — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026

Verb

That potential for change comes in part thanks to Nepal’s more than 6,000 rivers and streams that flow down from the mountains and are strengthened by monsoons and melting glaciers, which allow the country to run on 99% hydropower. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026 Waltz told Fox News Digital that the deal reflects the Arctic's growing strategic importance as melting ice opens new shipping routes and increases access to energy and mineral resources. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026 The lightweight cream disguises dark circles, redness, blemishes, and uneven tone, melting in seamlessly enough to blend across larger areas in place of foundation. — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 18 Sep. 2026 But the gelatin-and-yeast concrete could offer some advantages over some of the other leading ideas for making building materials on Mars, most of which rely on heating and melting regolith to form bricks and support beams. — Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 17 Sep. 2026 Analyzing two decades of measurements from NASA satellites, the researchers discovered that after a snowy winter in the Sierra Nevada, the melting snow that runs off the mountains substantially raises water levels underground. — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026 To me, the two nude figures in languid declination seemed, saliently, to be melting in the heat of a summer day, but their triton-wielding and breast-cupping poses must certainly have also invited debate centuries before. — Scott Laird, Travel + Leisure, 17 Sep. 2026 Gadgets with screens of any size have long been allegedly melting, rotting, and/or corrupting the brains of youths for decades. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 10 Sep. 2026 Opposition is melting in Asia and Europe amid improved reactor designs and desperation for more power. — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for melting

Noun

That evaporation means more moisture in the sky in some areas which can lead to more rain.

— Simmone Shah, Time, 11 Sep. 2026
Researchers have also studied whether floating solar can help reduce evaporation by shading portions of the water surface.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of evaporation

Verb

The rapidly approaching future and vanishing past are all around her, which Horgan embodies beautifully in a brief but wrenching scene when Ruari first leaves for school.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2026
In a union hall near Youngstown, retirees describe decades of vanishing factory jobs as Sherrod Brown bets economic anger, war in Iran fallout and AI data centers can fuel his Senate comeback.

— Joey Cappelletti, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of vanishing

Verb

The dinner capped a long, but friendly, day of meetings and celebrations, as the world’s two most powerful leaders seek to settle trade differences while simultaneously thawing the icy relationship between the United States and China.

— Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 25 Sep. 2026
Increasing greenhouse gas concentrations, largely from burning fossil fuels, have pushed global temperatures so high that sea levels are rising, and shrinking glaciers and thawing permafrost are leaving mountainsides less stable.

— Tarun Gopalakrishnan, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of thawing

Noun

Instead, 243 of the only 279 yards the defense allowed came through the air, including seven passing plays of at least 15 yards.

— Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 20 Sep. 2026
Wentz took advantage of the good field position and marched the team to three touchdown passes on 13-for-19 passing.

— OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of passing

Verb

According to this data, starting in the 1990s, ice began disappearing more intensely.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Our little aluminum dinghy drifted too close to a herd of hippos, and the dominant male glowered at us before disappearing menacingly below the surface.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of disappearing

Verb

Jentleson compares the power of fusing race and these questions of fairness to detonating a nuclear warhead.

— Isaac Arnsdorf, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026
Hank clearly has a penchant for fusing different technologies and has been having a blast using GPT-6 Astra to reverse-engineer a bunch of games to work in VR or in the web browser.

— Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of fusing

Noun

Wash most clothes in cold water to prevent shrinking and fading, and to save on utility bills.

— Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 15 Sep. 2026
It’s coated with Kynar 500, a durable, commercial-grade paint coating that holds up outdoors against sun, rain, and temperature swings without chipping or fading.

— Lauren Murphy, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2026

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