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evaporate - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | evaporate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dry up, dissolve |
| Synonyms: | clear, concentrate, dehydrate, desiccate, disappear, dispel, disperse, dissipate, evanesce, fade, melt, parch, pass, vanish, vaporize, weaken, dehumidify, dematerialize, evanish, fade away |
| Antonyms: | dampen, soak, wet |
| Main Entry: | ablate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wear away |
| Synonyms: | erode, evaporate, melt, vaporize |
| Main Entry: | decrease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grow less or make less |
| Synonyms: | abate, calm down, check, contract, crumble, curb, curtail, cut down, decay, decline, degenerate, depreciate, deteriorate, diminish, droop, drop, drop off, dwindle, ease, ebb, evaporate, fade, fall off, lessen, let up, lighten, lower, modify, peter out, quell, quiet, reduce, restrain, settle, shrink, shrivel, sink, slacken, slash, slump, soften, subside, wane, waste, weaken, wear down, wither, devaluate, die down, dry up, lose edge, narrow down, run low, slack off, slow down, tail off, wear away |
| Antonyms: | add, develop, enlarge, expand, grow, increase, raise |
| Main Entry: | dehydrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take moisture out of |
| Synonyms: | desiccate, drain, dry, evaporate, parch, sear, cotton-mouth, dry out, dry up, exsiccate |
| Antonyms: | moisten, wet, hydrate |
| Main Entry: | desiccate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take moisture out of |
| Synonyms: | dehydrate, deplete, devitalize, divest, drain, dry, evaporate, parch, sear, shrivel, wither, anhydrate, dry up, exsiccate, wizen |
| Antonyms: | moisten, wet, moisturize |
| Main Entry: | disappear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | vanish; cease |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abscond, clear, decamp, depart, die, disperse, dissipate, dissolve, ebb, end, escape, evanesce, evaporate, exit, expire, fade, flee, fly, go, leave, melt, pass, pass away, perish, recede, retire, retreat, sink, vacate, vamoose*, wane, withdraw, be done for, be gone, be lost, be no more, be swallowed up, cease to exist, come to naught, dematerialize, die out, drop out of sight, end gradually, evanish, fade away, go south, leave no trace, melt away, take flight |
| Antonyms: | appear, arrive, come in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | distill |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make pure; draw out something |
| Synonyms: | brew, clarify, concentrate, condense, cook, cut, cut down, dribble, drip, drop, evaporate, express, extract, ferment, infuse, precipitate, press, purify, rectify, refine, steam, sublimate, trickle, trim, vaporize, boil down, cut to the bone, get to the meat, press out, rarefy, squeeze out, volatilize |
| Antonyms: | dirty, pollute |
| Main Entry: | dry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take moisture out of |
| Synonyms: | bake, blot, concentrate, condense, dehydrate, deplete, desiccate, drain, empty, evaporate, exhaust, harden, kiln, mummify, parch, scorch, sear, shrivel, sponge, stale, swab, wilt, wipe, wither, anhydrate, dehumidify, exsiccate, freeze-dry, soak up, torrefy, towel, wizen |
| Antonyms: | dampen, soak, water, wet |
| Main Entry: | exhale |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | breathe out |
| Synonyms: | breathe, discharge, eject, emanate, emit, evaporate, expel, give off, issue, respire, steam, vaporize, let out |
| Antonyms: | inhale, breathe in |
| Main Entry: | ferment |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | split into simpler substances; be agitated |
| Synonyms: | boil, brew, bubble, churn, concoct, dissolve, effervesce, evaporate, excite, fester, fizz, foam, foment, froth, heat, incite, inflame, leaven, overflow, provoke, ripen, rise, rouse, seethe, simmer, sour, sparkle, work, acidify, be violent, moil, stir up |
| Main Entry: | parch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dry, burn |
| Synonyms: | blister, brown, dehydrate, desiccate, evaporate, scorch, sear, shrivel, stale, wither, dry up, exsiccate, make thirsty |
| Antonyms: | dampen, moisten, wet |
| Main Entry: | peter out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dwindle, decrease |
| Synonyms: | abate, diminish, drain, ebb, evaporate, fade, fail, lessen, pall, rebate, recede, run out, stop, wane, come to nothing, die out, give out, run dry, taper off |
| Antonyms: | develop, grow, increase |
| Main Entry: | preserve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | care for, maintain; continue |
| Synonyms: | bottle, can, conserve, cure, defend, evaporate, freeze, guard, keep, keep up, mummify, perpetuate, pickle, process, protect, put up, refrigerate, retain, safeguard, save, season, secure, shelter, shield, store, sustain, uphold, mothball |
| Antonyms: | destroy, hurt, ruin |
| Main Entry: | vanish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disappear |
| Synonyms: | clear, die, dissolve, evanesce, evaporate, exit, fade, melt, be lost, become invisible, dematerialize, die out, fade away, go away |
| Antonyms: | appear, arrive, come |
| Main Entry: | evanesce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dissipate |
| Synonyms: | disappear, evaporate, vanish, fade away |
| Main Entry: | boil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | heat to bubbling |
| Synonyms: | agitate, bubble, churn, coddle, cook, effervesce, evaporate, fizz, foam, froth, poach, seethe, simmer, smolder, steam, steep, stew, decoct, parboil |
| Antonyms: | freeze |
| Main Entry: | contract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condense |
| Synonyms: | abate, abbreviate, abridge, clench, compress, confine, constrict, consume, curtail, decline, decrease, deflate, dwindle, ebb, edit, epitomize, evaporate, fall off, lessen, lose, narrow, omit, purse, recede, reduce, shrink, shrivel, subside, take in, tighten, wane, waste, weaken, wither, wrinkle, become smaller, draw in, fall away, grow less, syncopate |
| Notes: | a compact is a formal agreement on rights and conduct, a treaty is a compact between nations, and a contract is a compact between two business entities |
| Antonyms: | amplify, dilate, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, lengthen, spread, stretch |
| Main Entry: | fade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose color |
| Synonyms: | blanch, bleach, clear, dim, disappear, discolor, dissolve, dull, evaporate, muddy, neutralize, pale, tarnish, tone down, vanish, achromatize, become colorless, blench, decolorize, etiolate, evanish, grow dim, lose brightness, lose luster, wash out |
| Antonyms: | brighten, color, sharpen, strengthen |
| Main Entry: | melt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | liquefy; dissolve |
| Synonyms: | cook, diffuse, disappear, disintegrate, disperse, evanesce, evaporate, fade, flow, flux, fuse, go, heat, merge, pass away, render, run, soften, thaw, vanish, warm, deliquesce, smelt, waste away |
| Antonyms: | coagulate, condense, solidify |
| Main Entry: | dissipate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disappear |
| Synonyms: | dispel, disperse, dissolve, evanesce, evaporate, scatter, spread, vanish, drive away, melt away, run dry |
| Antonyms: | appear |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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