thaw

The word “thaw” has 1 syllable: thaw

It's pronounced as /θɔː/


What is synonym and antonym for thaw?

In the thesaurus, “thaw” has 14 synonyms and 10 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for thaw along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for thaw

  • deliquesce
  • dissolve
  • flux
  • found
  • fuse
  • gutter
  • liquefy
  • melt
  • render
  • run
  • smelt
  • soften
  • thin
  • try

Antonyms for thaw

Meanings of thaw

  • noun
    1. The melting of ice, snow, or other congealed matter; the resolution of ice, or the like, into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost.
    2. A warmth of weather sufficient to melt that which is frozen.
  • verb
    1. To gradually melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften from frozen.
    2. To become so warm as to melt ice and snow — said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally.
    3. To grow gentle or genial.
    4. To gradually cause frozen things (such as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.

Example Sentences

  • The river began to thaw as warmer weather arrived.
  • She left the frozen berries on the counter to thaw before baking.
  • Diplomatic relations started to thaw after years of tension.
  • He watched the snow slowly thaw under the afternoon sun.
  • The team hoped the situation would thaw enough for negotiations to continue.

On this page you'll find 24 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to thaw, such as: clot, coagulate, congeal, deliquesce, dissolve, flux, found.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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unbend

  • accommodate
  • accord
  • acquiesce
  • act beneath oneself
  • agree
  • align
  • arrange
  • be at ease
  • be comfortable
  • be courteous
  • become liquid
  • become soft
  • bend
  • breathe
  • breathe easy
  • calm
  • calm down
  • collect oneself
  • come down off high horse
  • comply
  • compose
  • compose oneself
  • concede
  • cool off
  • correct
  • debase oneself
  • defrost
  • degrade oneself
  • deign
  • deliquesce
  • demean oneself
  • descend
  • disentangle
  • display
  • dissolve
  • doze
  • dream
  • drowse
  • ease off
  • ease up
  • even
  • expand
  • extend
  • fan
  • fan out
  • favor
  • feel at home
  • flatten
  • flow
  • flux
  • free
  • fuse
  • grant
  • hang loose
  • high-hat
  • idle
  • knock off
  • laze
  • lean
  • let down
  • let oneself go
  • let up
  • level
  • lie by
  • lie down
  • lie still
  • liquefy
  • loaf
  • loll
  • loose
  • loosen
  • loosen up
  • lounge
  • lower oneself
  • make oneself at home
  • make plumb
  • make straight
  • melt
  • mollify
  • nap
  • neaten
  • nod
  • oblige
  • open
  • open up
  • order
  • outspread
  • outstretch
  • patronize
  • put feet up
  • put in order
  • put perpendicular
  • put straight
  • put to rights
  • put upright
  • put vertical
  • ravel
  • recline
  • rectify
  • reel out
  • refresh oneself
  • relax
  • release
  • relent
  • repose
  • resort
  • rest
  • run
  • see fit
  • separate
  • set to rights
  • settle back
  • shake out
  • simmer down
  • sink
  • sit around
  • sit back
  • sit down
  • slack
  • slack off
  • slacken
  • slumber
  • smarten up
  • snooze
  • soften
  • spell
  • spread
  • spruce up
  • stop work
  • straighten
  • stretch out
  • submit
  • take a break
  • take a breather
  • take a nap
  • take five
  • take it easy
  • take life easy
  • take ten
  • take time out
  • talk down to
  • thaw
  • tidy
  • toss a few crumbs
  • tranquilize
  • uncoil
  • uncrease
  • uncurl
  • undo
  • unfold
  • unfurl
  • unkink
  • unlax
  • unravel
  • unreel
  • unroll
  • unsnarl
  • untangle
  • untwine
  • untwist
  • unwind
  • unwrap
  • vouchsafe
  • warm up
  • wind down
  • yield

warm

warm-up

fuse

  • add
  • admix
  • agglutinate
  • ally
  • amalgamate
  • assemble
  • associate
  • bind
  • blend
  • cement
  • chain
  • cluster
  • coalesce
  • combine
  • comingle
  • commingle
  • commix
  • composite
  • compound
  • concrete
  • confederate
  • conflate
  • congregate
  • conjoin
  • conjugate
  • connect
  • constellate
  • convene
  • couple
  • cut in
  • deliquesce
  • dissolve
  • emulsify
  • federate
  • flux
  • fold
  • found
  • gather
  • gutter
  • hitch
  • homogenize
  • hook
  • immingle
  • immix
  • incorporate
  • integrate
  • interblend
  • interfuse
  • intermingle
  • intermix
  • intertwine
  • interweave
  • join
  • knit
  • league
  • link
  • liquefy
  • liquesce
  • liquify
  • marry
  • mate
  • meet
  • meld
  • melt
  • merge
  • mingle
  • mix
  • recombine
  • reconnect
  • rejoin
  • render
  • reunify
  • reunite
  • run
  • run together
  • smelt
  • soften
  • solder
  • splice
  • stir
  • thaw
  • thin
  • toss
  • try
  • unify
  • unite
  • weave
  • weld
  • yoke

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