Synonyms for heat
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1. heat

   Synonyms:
   warmth, ardor, passion, excitement, fever, ebullition, intensity

   Antonyms:
   coolness, indifference, subsidence, calmness, composure, reflection

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1. heat, heat energynoun

   a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature

   Synonyms:
   hotness, heat energy, rut, heating system, heating plant, heating, warmth, passion, oestrus, high temperature, estrus

   Antonyms:
   cool down, chill, cool

2. hotness, heat, high temperaturenoun

   the presence of heat

   Synonyms:
   horniness, pepperiness, hot pants, warmth, heat energy, rut, heating system, heating plant, heating, hotness, passion, oestrus, high temperature, estrus

   Antonyms:
   chill, cool down, cool

3. heat, warmthnoun

   the sensation caused by heat energy

   Synonyms:
   lovingness, rut, affectionateness, warmheartedness, high temperature, heating, estrus, warmth, passion, fondness, heat energy, oestrus, hotness, warmness, heating plant, heating system

   Antonyms:
   cool down, chill, cool

4. heat, warmth, passionnoun

   the trait of being intensely emotional

   Synonyms:
   lovingness, rut, affectionateness, warmheartedness, high temperature, mania, cacoethes, heating, love, estrus, warmth, passion, fondness, heat energy, oestrus, hotness, rage, warmness, passionateness, heating plant, heating system

   Antonyms:
   cool down, chill, cool

5. estrus, oestrus, heat, rutnoun

   applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity

   Synonyms:
   oestrus, hotness, genus Oestrus, heating, heating system, heating plant, heat energy, groove, warmth, passion, rut, high temperature, estrus

   Antonyms:
   cool down, chill, cool

6. heatnoun

   a preliminary race in which the winner advances to a more important race

   Synonyms:
   hotness, heat energy, rut, heating system, heating plant, heating, warmth, passion, oestrus, high temperature, estrus

   Antonyms:
   chill, cool down, cool

7. heating system, heating plant, heating, heatverb

   utility to warm a building

   "the heating system wasn't working"; "they have radiant heating"

   Synonyms:
   heating, warmth, passion, heat energy, rut, heating system, heating plant, hotness, warming, oestrus, high temperature, estrus

   Antonyms:
   chill, cool, cool down

8. heat, heat upverb

   make hot or hotter

   "the sun heats the oceans"; "heat the water on the stove"

   Synonyms:
   fire up, wake, screw up, inflame, heat up, hot up, ignite, stir up

   Antonyms:
   cool down, chill, cool

9. heatverb

   provide with heat

   "heat the house"

   Synonyms:
   stir up, inflame, ignite, hot up, heat up, fire up, wake

   Antonyms:
   chill, cool down, cool

10. inflame, stir up, wake, ignite, heat, fire upverb

    arouse or excite feelings and passions

    "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred"

    Synonyms:
    shake up, come alive, incite, arouse, awake, commove, inflame, agitate, raise up, wake up, light up, wake, catch fire, instigate, conflagrate, combust, rouse, fire up, kindle, set off, waken, erupt, hot up, awaken, ignite, take fire, stir up, foment, vex, heat up, light, disturb, enkindle

    Antonyms:
    chill, cool down, cool

11. heat, hot up, heat upverb

    gain heat or get hot

    "The room heated up quickly"

    Synonyms:
    fire up, wake, screw up, inflame, heat up, hop up, soup up, hot up, ignite, stir up

    Antonyms:
    cool, chill, cool down

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1. • Physical Condition
   • Provide
   • Race

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. thermal energy

   the ability to move

   melting chocolate

   Submitted by rinat on September 3, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. heatnoun

   Synonyms:
   caloric

2. heatnoun

   Synonyms:
   warmth

3. heatnoun

   Synonyms:
   degree of temperature

4. heatnoun

   Synonyms:
   excitement, flush, vehemence, impetuosity, violence, passion, fever

5. heatnoun

   Synonyms:
   ardor, earnestness, fervor, zeal

6. heatnoun

   Synonyms:
   contest, struggle, race

7. heatverb

   Synonyms:
   make hot

8. heatverb

   Synonyms:
   excite, flush, make feverish

9. heatverb

   Synonyms:
   warm, animate, rouse

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1. heatnoun

   Synonyms:
   warmth, caloric, cauma

   Associated words:
   pyrology, pyrologist, thermology, pyrometry, pyrometer, pyronomics, calorifics, therm, thermal, pyrography, caloric, calorie, thermic, swelter, thermostat, thermometer, thermometry

2. heatnoun

   Synonyms:
   vehemence, fire, ardor, impetuosity, fervor, fervency, zeal, intensity, enthusiasm, œstrus, rut

3. heatverb

   Synonyms:
   warm, calefy

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1. List of paraphrases for "heat":

   thermal, warmth, heating, chaleur, hot, heet, calorific, warm, temperature, heats, defogger, fever, warming, caliente

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1. Penny Merriman:

   Are we really that bad? Isn't that bad? i've lived here all my life. Sometimes I feel a little defensive -- if you can't take the heat, then get out of the race.

2. Pat Riley:

   Chris Bosh changed Chris Bosh life and basketball career when Chris Bosh came to Miami, and Chris Bosh changed our lives for the better, in a way we never would have imagined, when Chris Bosh joined the Miami Heat.

3. Ruggero Gatti:

   They are in the street all day, under the sun. No air conditioning, no way to protect oneself from the heat.

4. Kyle Shanahan:

   That’s a fine line when you have someone who is as talented of a thrower as Jimmy, he does n’t feel the same way always in the heat of the battle, that he ca n’t make that throw. Now when you watch it on tape and stuff, then he ’ll see it.

5. Mona Sarfaty:

   Children suffer more heat impacts because they spend more time outside. They are more vulnerable to the heat-related increases in air pollution that come from fossil fuel exhaust, because their lungs are still developing. Outdoor play also makes them more prey to insect vectors carrying dangerous infections, the doctors in our societies are seeing these problems today, and they will undoubtedly get worse if we don't decisively address climate change.