Synonyms for boil
bɔɪlboil

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1. boil, furunclenoun

   a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus

   Synonyms:
   furuncle, boil, boiling point

   Antonyms:
   freeze

2. boiling point, boilverb

   the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level

   "they brought the water to a boil"

   Synonyms:
   furuncle, boil, boiling point

   Antonyms:
   freeze

3. boilverb

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

   "Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius"

   Synonyms:
   seethe, churn, roil, moil

   Antonyms:
   freeze

4. boilverb

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

   "boil potatoes"; "boil wool"

   Synonyms:
   seethe, churn, roil, moil

   Antonyms:
   freeze

5. boilverb

   bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point

   "boil this liquid until it evaporates"

   Synonyms:
   seethe, churn, roil, moil

   Antonyms:
   freeze

6. churn, boil, moil, roilverb

   be agitated

   "the sea was churning in the storm"

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

   Antonyms:
   freeze

7. seethe, boilverb

   be in an agitated emotional state

   "The customer was seething with anger"

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

   Antonyms:
   freeze

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1. boilverb

   Synonyms:
   be agitated by heat

2. boilverb

   Synonyms:
   bubble, rise in bubbles

3. boilverb

   Synonyms:
   be ardent, be hot

4. boilverb

   Synonyms:
   seethe

5. boilnoun

   Synonyms:
   furuncle, pustule, gathering, inflamed tumor

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1. boilnoun

   Synonyms:
   furuncle

   Associated words:
   furuncular

2. boilnoun

   Synonyms:
   boiling

3. boilverb

   Synonyms:
   seethe, simmer, effervesce

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1. List of paraphrases for "boil":

   boiling, boiled, abscess

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1. Jeff Robbins:

   The census, when you boil it down, is about two things : It's about power and it's about money.

2. 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.

3. Democrat Chris Anderson:

   As national politics boil over into school board meetings, Democrats and Republicans agree that school boards and parents pushing political agendas are a major problem, but that’s where the agreement ends, with Republicans twice as likely as Democrats to think there is too much focus on race in schools and that parents don’t have enough say.

4. Kym Worthy:

   It has been almost a decade since the Detroit kits were found and this treatise made my blood boil. I am more outraged, infuriated, and incensed than I was then, the next person that knowingly destroys a sexual assault kit needs to go to jail. I do not know how anyone that claims to be human can continue to ignore this issue in this country after reading this truth.

5. Sandra Martinez:

   Just seeing that coward, that monster looking so snide and smirking makes my blood boil with rage.