Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun boiling

2 senses of boiling

Sense 1
boiling -- (the application of heat to change something from a liquid to a gas)
       => heating, warming -- (the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature)
       => vaporization, vaporisation, vapor, vapour, evaporation -- (the process of becoming a vapor)

Sense 2
boiling, stewing, simmering -- (cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil)
       => cooking, cookery, preparation -- (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife")

Antonyms of verb boil

1 of 5 senses of boil

Sense 1
boil -- (come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor; "Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius")
       Antonym of freeze (Sense 2)
      => freeze -- (change to ice; "The water in the bowl froze")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb boil

5 senses of boil

Sense 1
boil -- (come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor; "Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius")
       => change state, turn -- (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election")

Sense 2
boil -- (immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes; "boil potatoes"; "boil wool")
       => change -- (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night")

Sense 3
boil -- (bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point; "boil this liquid until it evaporates")
       => change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")

Sense 4
churn, boil, moil, roil -- (be agitated; "the sea was churning in the storm")
       => move -- (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right")

Sense 5
seethe, boil -- (be in an agitated emotional state; "The customer was seething with anger")
       => be -- (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer")

Synonyms of adv boiling

1 sense of boiling

Sense 1
boiling -- (extremely; "boiling mad")