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

Stretches of coastline, colorful old quarters, modernist museums, and verdant parklands make up this vibrant melting pot. — Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026

The researchers cast the alloy using vacuum induction melting, forged it into a plate at 1200 °C (2192 °F), homogenized it at that temperature for 4 hours, and then quenched it in water. — New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026

Shugar notes that changes in the weather could have contributed to the conditions that caused this flood, not just the melting of permafrost. — Thor Benson, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2026

An incident of the massive scale seen in Nepal is rare, but smaller, similar disasters will be more frequent in the future as the melting of glaciers and permafrost creates unstable bedrock in mountains, according to Cook. — Megan Fahrney, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026

The team determined that meteorites that reach terra firma ironically went through more melting and fragmentation, which slowed them down enought to actually land. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026

But globs of liquid mercury worked just fine to show the melting shards coming together, even though its toxicity meant the special effects crew had to wear protective gear over the two-day shoot. — ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026

What is clear is that Earth’s glaciers are melting faster as a result of warming and that melting is destabilizing these glaciers—and the mountains that buttress them. — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026

The group warned the melting of the glaciers would be a disaster for all of those people. — CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026

Verb

Rancher Jay Fetcher said that with climate change, the snow is melting much earlier in the spring on his high-elevation pastures. — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 5 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

These microscopic ceramic coatings act as individual containment structures that withstand extreme temperatures without melting, eliminating the need for complex, active emergency coolant pumps. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026

But climate change's role in melting the glacier and causing the catastrophe is unclear. — Megan Fahrney, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026

The bearded seal is just one of the many polar species whose future is closely tied to rising temperatures and melting ice. — Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

The destruction represents two of the ways rising temperatures, thawing permafrost and melting ice are increasing the risk of destructive floods in the Himalayas and other high mountain regions around the world. — Umesh Haritashya, The Conversation, 29 Aug. 2026

What is clear is that Earth’s glaciers are melting faster as a result of warming and that melting is destabilizing these glaciers—and the mountains that buttress them. — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026

This is not the first time that objects – and even corpses – have been uncovered due to melting ice. — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026