Synonyms for melt
mɛltmelt

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1. meltverb

   Synonyms:
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. melt

   Synonyms:
   dissolve, liquify, colliquate, run, flow, fuse

   Antonyms:
   consolidate, crystallize, indurate

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1. thaw, melt, thawing, meltingverb

   the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid

   "the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster"; "the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours"

   Synonyms:
   thawing, warming, thaw, melting

2. melt, run, melt downverb

   reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating

   "melt butter"; "melt down gold"; "The wax melted in the sun"

   Synonyms:
   course, unfreeze, operate, hunt, fly the coop, work, scat, run away, move, disappear, range, run, evaporate, function, lead, lam, dethaw, flow, melt down, mellow out, track down, break away, head for the hills, extend, hunt down, endure, bunk, take to the woods, consort, execute, feed, die hard, bleed, carry, scarper, dissolve, go, unravel, meld, lean, play, fade, race, pass, mellow, thaw, run for, black market, be given, persist, incline, ladder, draw, hightail it, unthaw, prevail, campaign, tend, escape, guide, ply, turn tail

3. dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, meltverb

   become or cause to become soft or liquid

   "The sun melted the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The heat melted the wax"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the meat"

   Synonyms:
   unthaw, melt down, unblock, unfreeze, mellow out, fade away, thaw, free, release, dethaw, dismiss, resolve, disappear, run, break up, evaporate, fade out, meld, mellow, dissolve, fade, disband

4. mellow, melt, mellow outverb

   become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial

   "With age, he mellowed"

   Synonyms:
   dethaw, run, meld, fade, melt down, evaporate, thaw, dissolve, mellow, mellow out, unthaw, disappear, unfreeze

5. melt, meldverb

   lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually

   "Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene"

   Synonyms:
   combine, conflate, run, unfreeze, blend, melt down, coalesce, fade, evaporate, thaw, merge, unthaw, mix, mellow out, dethaw, commingle, flux, disappear, dissolve, meld, mellow, fuse, immix

6. fade, meltverb

   become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly

   "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"

   Synonyms:
   evanesce, pass off, fleet, run, melt down, unfreeze, mellow out, blow over, thaw, unthaw, mellow, dethaw, disappear, dissolve, evaporate, languish, pass, wither, fade, meld

7. melt, disappear, evaporateverb

   become less intense and fade away gradually

   "her resistance melted under his charm"; "her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance"

   Synonyms:
   vaporize, run, unfreeze, melt down, thaw, fade, go away, evaporate, mellow out, unthaw, vanish, dethaw, disappear, dissolve, vaporise, meld, mellow

Matched Categories

1. • Blend
   • Change
   • Weaken

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. meltverb

   Synonyms:
   liquefy (by heat), fuse

2. meltverb

   Synonyms:
   soften, make gentle, make susceptible

3. meltverb

   Synonyms:
   dissolve, become liquid

4. meltverb

   Synonyms:
   be softened, be made gentle

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. meltverb

   Synonyms:
   dissolve, liquefy, thaw, fuse, soften, blend, swale, colliquate

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "melt":

   melting, smelting, magma, snowmelt, source, thawing, implode, blend, subsume

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How to use melt in a sentence?

1. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   Stress comes from fear of the unknown, so have faith and fear will disappear and stress will melt away.

2. Kahlil Gibran:

   Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself. To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving.

3. Zoe Thomas:

   What we're seeing with the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, that this starting of the melt, once we reach a certain threshold, will continue despite our efforts to stop it.

4. Jamin Greenbaum:

   While the Totten melt may take several centuries, once change has begun our analysis reveals it would likely be irreversible.

5. Longfellow:

   In the life of every man there are sudden transitions of feeling, which seem almost miraculous. At once, as if some magician had touched the heavens and the earth, the dark clouds melt into the air, the wind falls, and serenity succeeds the storm. The causes which produce these changes may have been long at work within us, but the changes themselves are instantaneous, and apparently without sufficient cause.