jell

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of JELL

to take on a definite form <our ideas for the marketing campaign are just beginning to jell>

Synonyms crystallize (also crystalize), jell, shape (up), solidify

Related Words associate, coalesce, cohere, fuse; combine, conjoin, conjugate, connect, couple, join, link (up), unify, unite

Near Antonyms break down, decay, decompose, disintegrate

to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly <the sauce will jell once it cools down>

Synonyms clot, congeal, gel, gelate, gelatinize, jell, jelly, set

Related Words cake, concrete, firm (up), fix, freeze, harden, indurate, solidify, stiffen; condense, thicken; clump, curd, curdle, gum, lump (up)

Near Antonyms deliquesce, flux, fuse, liquefy (also liquify), melt, thaw

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