Antonyms of verb unfreeze

1 of 2 senses of unfreeze

Sense 2
unblock, unfreeze, free, release -- (make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account")
       Antonym of freeze (Sense 8)
      => freeze, block, immobilize, immobilise -- (prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government")

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

2 senses of unfreeze

Sense 1
dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, melt -- (become or cause to become soft or liquid; "The sun melted the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The heat melted the wax"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the meat")
       => liquefy, flux, liquify -- (become liquid or fluid when heated; "the frozen fat liquefied")

Sense 2
unblock, unfreeze, free, release -- (make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account")
       => issue, supply -- (circulate or distribute or equip with; "issue a new uniform to the children"; "supply blankets for the beds")

Antonyms of adj unfrozen

1 sense of unfrozen

Sense 1
unfrozen (vs. frozen) -- (not frozen; "unfrozen ground")

frozen (vs. unfrozen) -- (turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold; "the frozen North"; "frozen pipes"; "children skating on a frozen brook")
        => frostbitten -- (injured by freezing or partial freezing; "frostbitten fingers"; "frostbitten grapes unsalable as fresh fruit")
        => frost-bound -- ((of the ground) made hard by frost)
        => glaciated -- (covered with ice (as by a glacier) or affected by glacial action)
        => icebound -- (locked in by ice; "icebound harbors")
        => ice-clogged -- (obstructed by ice; "ice-clogged rivers")
        => icy -- (covered with or containing or consisting of ice; "icy northern waters")
        => sleety -- (consisting of or of the nature of frozen or partially frozen rain)
        => unthawed -- (still frozen; "there wasn't time to cook the unthawed turkey, so they had to settle for hotdogs")

Similarity of adj unfrozen

1 sense of unfrozen

Sense 1
unfrozen (vs. frozen) -- (not frozen; "unfrozen ground")
       => ice-free -- (free of ice and open to travel; "an ice-free channel in the river")
       => liquescent, melting -- (becoming liquid)
       => slushy -- (being or resembling melting snow; "slushy snow"; "deep slushy mud")
       => thawed -- (no longer frozen; "the thawed ground was muddy")
          Also See-> melted#1, liquid#4, liquified#1

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