concrete

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of CONCRETE

to become physically firm or solid <the mortar slowly concreted in the mold>

Synonyms concrete, congeal, firm (up), freeze, indurate, set, solidify

Related Words cake, callus, encrust (also incrust); clot, coagulate, gel, gelate, gelatinize, jell, jelly, stiffen, thicken; calcify, crystallize (also crystalize), ossify, petrify, rigidify; anneal, case-harden, temper

Near Antonyms deliquesce, dissolve, flux, fuse, melt, smelt, thaw, unfreeze

Antonyms liquefy (also liquify), soften

to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout <a choral work that concretes music and dance into a stunning theatrical experience>

Synonyms amalgamate, combine, comingle, commingle, commix, composite, concrete, conflate, fuse, homogenize, immingle, immix, incorporate, integrate, interfuse, intermingle, intermix, meld, merge, mingle, mix

Related Words add, admix, beat (in), cut in, fold, stir, toss; coalesce, compound, emulsify; conjoin, join, knit, link, unite; intertwine, interweave, weave

Near Antonyms cleave, disjoin, disunite, divide, divorce, part, rupture, sever, sunder; disperse, dissolve, scatter; detach, disengage, split

Antonyms break down, break up, separate, unmix

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