Synonyms of thaw

thaw

verb

ˈthȯ 

as in to melt

to go from a solid to a liquid state

will have to let the apple juice concentrate thaw before you can mix it with water

Synonyms & Similar Words

• melt
• soften
• liquefy
• dissolve
• fuse
• flux
• run
• found
• deliquesce
• try
• smelt
• render
• gutter
• thin

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• solidify
• harden
• set
• congeal
• thicken
• coagulate
• gel
• jell
• clot
• jelly

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of thaw

But hotter summers, prolonged droughts, lower water tables, and thawing permafrost are changing those conditions. — Phil De Luna, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

This Shrimp-and-Sausage Gumbo recipe features everything but the kitchen sink and can be frozen up to three months and thawed out for an easy Tuesday-night dinner. — Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 25 July 2026

Fleetwood Mac isn’t in much better shape following the death of Christine McVie in 2022 and a civil war between Nicks and Buckingham that’s only recently thawed to at least a tiny degree. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2026

During the ensuing operation, which took place in December 2024, the doctors thawed 11 of the fragments and grafted them into eight sites in the subject's scrotum. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 23 July 2026