Antonyms for boil
bɔɪlboil

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1. boil, furunclenoun

   a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus

   Antonyms:
   freeze

   Synonyms:
   furuncle, boiling point

2. boiling point, boilverb

   the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level

   "they brought the water to a boil"

   Antonyms:
   freeze

   Synonyms:
   furuncle, boiling point

3. boilverb

   come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor

   "Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius"

   Antonyms:
   freeze

   Synonyms:
   seethe, churn, roil, moil

4. boilverb

   immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes

   "boil potatoes"; "boil wool"

   Antonyms:
   freeze

   Synonyms:
   seethe, churn, roil, moil

5. boilverb

   bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point

   "boil this liquid until it evaporates"

   Antonyms:
   freeze

   Synonyms:
   seethe, churn, roil, moil

6. churn, boil, moil, roilverb

   be agitated

   "the sea was churning in the storm"

   Antonyms:
   freeze

   Synonyms:
   labour, dig, labor, moil, seethe, rile, roil, toil, grind, churn, travail, drudge

7. seethe, boilverb

   be in an agitated emotional state

   "The customer was seething with anger"

   Antonyms:
   freeze

   Synonyms:
   moil, seethe, roll, hum, churn, roil, buzz

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1. boilnoun

   Synonyms:
   furuncle

   Associated words:
   furuncular

2. boilnoun

   Synonyms:
   boiling

3. boilverb

   Synonyms:
   seethe, simmer, effervesce

How to use boil in a sentence?

1. Maneo Motsamai:

   I boil water to cook mealie meal (maize porridge) and the power goes. I can’t eat, it’s a waste. I can’t cope like that.

2. Marc Duvoisin:

   Urgent questions about the police response to the massacre have not been answered with clarity or consistency, and residents' frustration began to boil over on social media, the information gap became a partisan talking point, and elected officials began to demand answers and an investigation.

3. Cherokee Nation:

   I can boil this down very simply for the Congress, does the Congress intend to keep its word to the Cherokee people ? If the answer's yes, then Ms. Teehee will be seated.

4. Joey Ciaramitaro:

   Some people really love the idea of sending it back to sea because it's such a strange oddity, and I don't think there's a right or wrong answer. I think maybe the wrong answer would be to just boil it up and treat it like any other lobster.

5. Paola Arlotta:

   They always boil it down to kids, and I don’t think that is really inclusive of the difficulties we face.

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