Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb evaporate
4 senses of evaporate
Sense 1
evaporate, vaporize, vaporise -- (lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue; "evaporate milk")
=> change integrity -- (change in physical make-up)
Sense 2
evaporate, vaporise -- (cause to change into a vapor; "The chemist evaporated the water")
=> 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 3
evaporate, vaporise -- (change into a vapor; "The water evaporated in front of our eyes")
=> 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 4
melt, disappear, evaporate -- (become less intense and fade away gradually; "her resistance melted under his charm"; "her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance")
=> weaken -- (become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days")
Antonyms of adj evaporated
1 sense of evaporated
Sense 1
evaporated -- (drawn off in the form of vapor; "evaporated molecules boil off")
INDIRECT (VIA liquid, gaseous) -> solid -- (of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous; "ice is water in the solid state")
INDIRECT (VIA gaseous, solid) -> liquid -- (existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow; "water and milk and blood are liquid substances")
Similarity of adj evaporated
1 sense of evaporated
Sense 1
evaporated -- (drawn off in the form of vapor; "evaporated molecules boil off")
=> gaseous (vs. solid) (vs. liquid) -- (existing as or having characteristics of a gas; "steam is water is the gaseous state")