broil synonym | Thesaurus.com

Main Entry:	broil
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	cook under direct heat
Synonyms:	burn, melt, roast, scorch, sear, swelter
Antonyms:	freeze

Main Entry:	barbecue
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	cook outside, usually on a grill
Synonyms:	broil, fry, grill, sear, charcoal, rotisserie

Main Entry:	brawl
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	nasty fight
Synonyms:	affray, altercation, argument, battle, battle royal, broil, clash, disorder, dispute, donnybrook, feud, fight, fracas, fray, free-for-all, fuss, hassle, melee, quarrel, rhubarb, riot, row, ruckus, rumble*, rumpus, scrap, scuffle, squabble, tumult, uproar, wrangle, bickering, duke out
Antonyms:	peace, truce

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Main Entry:	cook
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	prepare food, usually using heat
Synonyms:	bake, barbecue, blanch, boil, brew, broil, brown, burn, coddle, curry, devil, doctor, fix, fry, griddle, grill, heat, imbue, melt, microwave, mull, nuke, parch, percolate, poach, reduce, roast, ruin, scald, scorch, sear, seethe, simmer, sizzle, spoil, steam, steep, stew, toast, French fry, braise, decoct, deep fry, escallop, fricassee, panfry, parboil, pressure-cook, sauté, warm up

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Main Entry:	dispute
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	argument
Synonyms:	altercation, beef, bone of contention, brawl, broil, brouhaha, commotion, conflict, contention, controversy, debate, difference of opinion, disagreement, discord, discussion, dissension, disturbance, embroilment, falling-out, feud, fireworks, flare-up, fracas, friction, fuss, hubbub, miff, misunderstanding, quarrel, row, rumpus*, squabble, squall, strife, tiff, uproar, variance, words, wrangle, bickering, polemic
Antonyms:	agreement

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Main Entry:	feud
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	major argument; estrangement
Synonyms:	altercation, bad blood, broil, combat, conflict, contention, contest, controversy, disagreement, discord, dispute, dissension, enmity, faction, fight, fracas, grudge, hostility, quarrel, rivalry, row, run-in*, squabble, strife, vendetta, bickering, falling out
Antonyms:	agreement, friendship, comradeship

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Main Entry:	fracas
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	disturbance, fight
Synonyms:	affray, altercation, battle, battle royal, brawl, broil, brouhaha, dispute, donnybrook, feud, flap, fray, free-for-all, hassle, melee, mix up, quarrel, riot, row, ruffle, rumpus, run-in, scrimmage, scuffle, squabble, stew, trouble, tumult, uproar, words, bickering, knock-down-drag-out, ruction, set-to*
Antonyms:	calm, harmony, peace

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Main Entry:	fray
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	fight, battle
Synonyms:	affray, battle royal, brawl, broil, brouhaha, clash, combat, conflict, contest, disturbance, donnybrook, engagement, fracas, melee, quarrel, riot, row, ruckus, rumble, rumpus, scuffle, set-to*
Antonyms:	agreement, harmony, peace

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Main Entry:	free-for-all
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	fight
Synonyms:	affray, battle, brawl, broil, brouhaha, fracas, fray, melee, riot, row, knock-down-drag-out, ruction
Antonyms:	calm, harmony, peace

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Main Entry:	fuss
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	disturbance, trouble
Synonyms:	ado, agitation, altercation, argument, bother, broil, bustle, commotion, complaint, confusion, controversy, difficulty, display, dispute, excitement, falling-out, fight, flap, flurry, flutter, fret, furor, hassle, objection, palaver, perturbation, quarrel, row, ruckus, scene, squabble, stew, stink, stir, storm, to-do*, turmoil, unrest, upset, worry, bickering, kick-up, wingding
Antonyms:	calm, peace

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Main Entry:	heat
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	make or become hot
Synonyms:	bake, bask, blaze, boil, broil, chafe, char, fire, flame, flush, fry, glow, grill, ignite, incinerate, inflame, kindle, melt, oxidize, perspire, roast, scald, scorch, sear, seethe, singe, steam, sun, swelter, thaw, toast, warm, calorify, enflame, enkindle, frizzle, grow hot, grow warm, incandesce, oxidate, raise the temperature, reheat, set on fire, smelt, tepefy, warm up
Antonyms:	cool, freeze

Main Entry:	imbroglio
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	misunderstanding; fight
Synonyms:	altercation, argument, brawl, broil, brouhaha, complexity, complication, dispute, embarrassment, embroilment, entanglement, falling-out, involvement, miff, quandary, quarrel, row, run-in, soap opera, spat, squabble, bickering, flack, knock-down-drag-out
Antonyms:	agreement, peacemaking

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Main Entry:	melee
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	battle, fight
Synonyms:	affray, battle royal, brawl, broil, brouhaha, brush, clash, donnybrook, fracas, fray, free-for-all, row, ruckus, rumpus, scrimmage, scuffle, skirmish, to-do, tussle, words, knock-down-drag-out, ruction, set-to
Antonyms:	agreement, peace

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Main Entry:	quarrel
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	disagreement
Synonyms:	affray, altercation, argument, battle royal, beef, brawl, breach, broil, combat, commotion, complaint, contention, controversy, difference, difference of opinion, difficulty, disapproval, discord, disputation, dispute, dissension, dissidence, disturbance, dust, falling-out, feud, fight, fisticuffs, fracas, fray, fuss, hassle, misunderstanding, objection, rhubarb, row, ruckus, run-in, scrap, spat, squabble, strife, struggle, tiff, tumult, vendetta, wrangle, bickering, brannigan, catfight, set-to
Antonyms:	agreement, peace

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Main Entry:	scorch
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	burn
Synonyms:	bake, blacken, blister, broil, char, cook, melt, parch, roast, scald, sear, seethe, shrivel, simmer, singe, stale, stew, swelter, wither
Antonyms:	freeze

Main Entry:	scuffle
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	fight
Synonyms:	affray, brawl, broil, commotion, disturbance, fracas, fray, fuss, go, jump, mix-up, row, ruckus, rumpus, scrap, shuffle, strife, tussle, wrangle, ruction, set-to*
Antonyms:	agreement, peace

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Main Entry:	sizzle
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	hiss, fry
Synonyms:	broil, brown, buzz, cook, crackle, fizz, fizzle, grill, roast, sear, spit, sputter, swish, wheeze, whisper, whiz, frizzle, sibilate

Main Entry:	uproar
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	commotion, pandemonium
Synonyms:	ado, babble, babel, bedlam, brawl, broil, bustle, chaos, clamor, clangor, clatter, confusion, din, disorder, flap, fracas, free-for-all, furor, fuss, hassle, jangle, mayhem, melee, noise, outcry, racket, riot, roughhouse, row, stink, stir, strife, to-do, turbulence, turmoil, violence, bickering, big scene, ruction, shivaree
Antonyms:	calm, peace

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Main Entry:	swelter
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	suffocate
Synonyms:	boil, broil, fry, perspire, roast, sweat, wilt

Main Entry:	burn
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	be on fire; set on fire
Synonyms:	bake, blaze, brand, broil, cauterize, char, cook, cremate, flame, flare, flash, flicker, glow, heat, ignite, incinerate, kindle, light, melt, parch, rekindle, roast, scald, scorch, sear, singe, smoke, smolder, toast, torch, wither, be ablaze, calcine, combust, conflagrate, enkindle, reduce to ashes, set a match to
Antonyms:	cool, extinguish, put out, quench, smother, wet