solidify

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of SOLIDIFY

to become physically firm or solid <water solidifying into ice>

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 take on a definite form <my ideas on this topic are just starting to solidify>

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

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