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

3 senses of liquefy

Sense 1
liquefy -- (become liquid; "The garden air overnight liquefied into a morning dew")
       => 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
liquefy, liquify, liquidize, liquidise -- (make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating; "liquefy the silver")
       => 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
liquefy, flux, liquify -- (become liquid or fluid when heated; "the frozen fat liquefied")
       => change integrity -- (change in physical make-up)

Antonyms of adj liquefied

2 senses of liquefied

Sense 1
liquefied, liquified -- (reduced to a liquid state; "liquefied petroleum gas")

INDIRECT (VIA solid, liquid) -> gaseous -- (existing as or having characteristics of a gas; "steam is water is the gaseous state")
INDIRECT (VIA liquid, gaseous) -> solid -- (of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous; "ice is water in the solid state")

Sense 2
molten, liquefied, liquified -- (reduced to liquid form by heating; "a mass of molten rock")

INDIRECT (VIA melted) -> unmelted -- (not melted; "streets unpassable because of piles of unmelted snow")

Similarity of adj liquefied

2 senses of liquefied

Sense 1
liquefied, liquified -- (reduced to a liquid state; "liquefied petroleum gas")
       => liquid (vs. gaseous) (vs. solid) -- (existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow; "water and milk and blood are liquid substances")

Sense 2
molten, liquefied, liquified -- (reduced to liquid form by heating; "a mass of molten rock")
       => melted (vs. unmelted), liquid, liquified -- (changed from a solid to a liquid state; "rivers filled to overflowing by melted snow")

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