Antonyms of verb seal

1 of 6 senses of seal

Sense 2
seal -- (close with or as if with a seal; "She sealed the letter with hot wax")
       Antonym of unseal (Sense 1)
      => unseal -- (break the seal of; "He unsealed the letter")

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

6 senses of seal

Sense 1
seal, seal off -- (make tight; secure against leakage; "seal the windows")
       => close, shut -- (move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut; "Close the door"; "shut the window")

Sense 2
seal -- (close with or as if with a seal; "She sealed the letter with hot wax")
       => close, fill up -- (fill or stop up; "Can you close the cracks with caulking?")

Sense 3
seal -- (decide irrevocably; "sealing dooms")
       => decide, make up one's mind, determine -- (reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations")

Sense 4
seal -- (affix a seal to; "seal the letter")
       => affix, stick on -- (attach to; "affix the seal here")

Sense 5
varnish, seal -- (cover with varnish)
       => coat, surface -- (put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface; "coat the cake with chocolate")

Sense 6
seal -- (hunt seals)
       => hunt, run, hunt down, track down -- (pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods")

Antonyms of adj sealed

7 senses of sealed

Sense 1
sealed (vs. unsealed), certain -- (established irrevocably; "his fate is sealed")

unsealed (vs. sealed), uncertain -- (not established or confirmed; "his doom is as yet unsealed")

Sense 2
sealed (vs. unsealed) -- (closed or secured with or as if with a seal; "my lips are sealed"; "the package is still sealed"; "the premises are sealed")

unsealed (vs. sealed) -- (not closed or secured with or as if with a seal; "unsealed goods"; "the letter arrived unsealed")
        => open, opened -- (not sealed or having been unsealed; "the letter was already open"; "the opened package lay on the table")

Sense 3
sealed -- (undisclosed for the time being; "sealed orders"; "a sealed move in chess")

INDIRECT (VIA concealed) -> unconcealed -- (not concealed or hidden; "her unconcealed hostility poisoned the atmosphere"; "watched with unconcealed curiosity")

Sense 4
sealed -- (determined irrevocably; "his fate is sealed")

INDIRECT (VIA irrevocable) -> revocable, revokable -- (capable of being revoked or annulled; "a revocable order")

Sense 5
sealed -- (having been paved)

INDIRECT (VIA paved) -> unpaved -- (not having a paved surface)

Sense 6
sealed -- (covered with a waterproof coating; "a sealed driveway")

INDIRECT (VIA covered) -> bare -- (lacking its natural or customary covering; "a bare hill"; "bare feet")

Sense 7
plastered, sealed -- ((of walls) covered with a coat of plaster)

INDIRECT (VIA covered) -> bare -- (lacking its natural or customary covering; "a bare hill"; "bare feet")

Similarity of adj sealed

7 senses of sealed

Sense 1
sealed (vs. unsealed), certain -- (established irrevocably; "his fate is sealed")

Sense 2
sealed (vs. unsealed) -- (closed or secured with or as if with a seal; "my lips are sealed"; "the package is still sealed"; "the premises are sealed")
       => unopened -- (not yet opened or unsealed; "unopened Christmas presents")
          Also See-> closed#1

Sense 3
sealed -- (undisclosed for the time being; "sealed orders"; "a sealed move in chess")
       => concealed (vs. unconcealed) -- (hidden on any grounds for any motive; "a concealed weapon"; "a concealed compartment in his briefcase")

Sense 4
sealed -- (determined irrevocably; "his fate is sealed")
       => irrevocable (vs. revocable), irrevokable -- (incapable of being retracted or revoked; "firm and irrevocable is my doom"- Shakespeare)

Sense 5
sealed -- (having been paved)
       => paved (vs. unpaved) -- (covered with a firm surface)

Sense 6
sealed -- (covered with a waterproof coating; "a sealed driveway")
       => covered (vs. bare) -- (overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form; "women with covered faces"; "covered wagons"; "a covered balcony")

Sense 7
plastered, sealed -- ((of walls) covered with a coat of plaster)
       => covered (vs. bare) -- (overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form; "women with covered faces"; "covered wagons"; "a covered balcony")