Synonyms for boil
bɔɪlboil

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1. boil, furunclenoun

   a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus

   Synonyms:
   furuncle, boil, boiling point

   Antonyms:
   freeze

2. boiling point, boilverb

   the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level

   "they brought the water to a boil"

   Synonyms:
   furuncle, boil, boiling point

   Antonyms:
   freeze

3. boilverb

   come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor

   "Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius"

   Synonyms:
   seethe, churn, roil, moil

   Antonyms:
   freeze

4. boilverb

   immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes

   "boil potatoes"; "boil wool"

   Synonyms:
   seethe, churn, roil, moil

   Antonyms:
   freeze

5. boilverb

   bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point

   "boil this liquid until it evaporates"

   Synonyms:
   seethe, churn, roil, moil

   Antonyms:
   freeze

6. churn, boil, moil, roilverb

   be agitated

   "the sea was churning in the storm"

   Synonyms:
   labour, dig, labor, boil, moil, seethe, rile, roil, toil, grind, churn, travail, drudge

   Antonyms:
   freeze

7. seethe, boilverb

   be in an agitated emotional state

   "The customer was seething with anger"

   Synonyms:
   moil, seethe, boil, roll, hum, churn, roil, buzz

   Antonyms:
   freeze

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1. boilverb

   Synonyms:
   be agitated by heat

2. boilverb

   Synonyms:
   bubble, rise in bubbles

3. boilverb

   Synonyms:
   be ardent, be hot

4. boilverb

   Synonyms:
   seethe

5. boilnoun

   Synonyms:
   furuncle, pustule, gathering, inflamed tumor

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1. boilnoun

   Synonyms:
   furuncle

   Associated words:
   furuncular

2. boilnoun

   Synonyms:
   boiling

3. boilverb

   Synonyms:
   seethe, simmer, effervesce

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1. List of paraphrases for "boil":

   boiling, boiled, abscess

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1. Kate Winslet:

   And what comes along with that? Eating disorders. And that makes my blood boil. And is the reason we don’t have any social media in our house. let your kids climb trees. Take the device out of their hand. Play Monopoly! You go to a cafe and grown-ups are at one end of the table and children the other, on devices, not looking up.

2. Cherokee Nation:

   I can boil this down very simply for the Congress, does the Congress intend to keep its word to the Cherokee people ? If the answer's yes, then Ms. Teehee will be seated.

3. Clive Standen:

   It doesn’t come from a vain point of view, I do it because Rollo is a berserker, when I’m the berserker it makes your blood boil and I want to do a quick blast of a workout before a take, because I want to look authentic. To physically scream and shout and get yourself into a berserker rage you need to get the blood pumping beforehand. It’s an ugly thing to go through.

4. Josh Groban:

   There's no shame in just doing the small things every day to just get you through those moments... you don't have to feel like you're setting yourself up to knock down the biggest thing you could possibly imagine, for me it's been little things. Instead of trying to write a whole song, just try and think about one line. I haven't done a lot of cooking, maybe I can learn to make pasta today and see if I can look up how to boil water and do that. And all those little baby steps lead to realizing that you're accomplishing quite a bit.

5. Joey Ciaramitaro:

   Some people really love the idea of sending it back to sea because it's such a strange oddity, and I don't think there's a right or wrong answer. I think maybe the wrong answer would be to just boil it up and treat it like any other lobster.