melt

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of MELT

to cease to be visible <the fog soon melted away with the rising of the sun>

Synonyms dematerialize, dissolve, evanesce, evaporate, fade, flee, fly, go (away), melt, sink, vanish

Related Words blank (out), clear, die (away or down or out), disperse, dissipate, dissolve, dry up; blur, dim

Near Antonyms arrive, break out, come out, emerge, issue, loom, show up

Antonyms appear, materialize

to go from a solid to a liquid state <a forgotten carton of ice cream was melting away on the counter>

Synonyms deliquesce, flux, fuse, melt, run, thaw

Related Words found, gutter, smelt, try; dissolve, render; soften, thin

Near Antonyms clot, coagulate, congeal, gel, jell, jelly, thicken

Antonyms harden, set, solidify

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