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

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

Recyclers have been thwarted by PVC’s chemical architecture, specifically its heavy chlorine content and dense cocktail of additives, which make melting and mechanical reprocessing almost impossible. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 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

Opened snack bags and faulty cardboard containers can lead to snacks spilling, melting, and leaving behind crumbs. — Jamie Weissman, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 July 2026

These were the players who decided that this time, in Miami, in the melting heat, would be different. — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 12 July 2026

Verb

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

Instead, Abbott’s goal was to give regulators time to perform an audit on how to hook up new data centers to the Texas grid without melting it down. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 5 Aug. 2026

The rooms Those heart-melting pastel colors that glow as Venice and her lagoon move from daytime into evening have been collated here in room decor, which brings the outdoors inside and folds it into midcentury-modern style and comfort. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026

Leaves, twigs, and other seasonal debris can clog gutters and downspouts, preventing rain and melting snow from draining properly. — Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 3 Aug. 2026

Her aunt gave her a warm piece with margarine melting at the center. — Rachel Yoder, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026

The Springfield Sliders became the Lucky Horseshoes in 2022, swapping out their Abraham Lincoln logo for a horseshoe swinging a french fry bat, complete with a drip of melting cheese. — Kendra Nordin Beato, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Aug. 2026

The manufacturer has received 555 customer reports of the products melting, sparking and smoking, resulting in 27 fires and 15 burn or electrical shock injuries, the agency said. — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 31 July 2026