Synonyms for heat
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1. heat

   Synonyms:
   warmth, ardor, passion, excitement, fever, ebullition, intensity

   Antonyms:
   coolness, indifference, subsidence, calmness, composure, reflection

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1. heat, heat energynoun

   a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature

   Synonyms:
   hotness, heat energy, heat, rut, heating system, heating plant, heating, warmth, passion, oestrus, high temperature, estrus

   Antonyms:
   cool down, chill, cool

2. hotness, heat, high temperaturenoun

   the presence of heat

   Synonyms:
   horniness, pepperiness, hot pants, warmth, heat energy, heat, rut, heating system, heating plant, heating, hotness, passion, oestrus, high temperature, estrus

   Antonyms:
   chill, cool down, cool

3. heat, warmthnoun

   the sensation caused by heat energy

   Synonyms:
   lovingness, rut, affectionateness, warmheartedness, high temperature, heating, estrus, warmth, passion, fondness, heat energy, oestrus, hotness, warmness, heating plant, heating system, heat

   Antonyms:
   cool down, chill, cool

4. heat, warmth, passionnoun

   the trait of being intensely emotional

   Synonyms:
   lovingness, rut, affectionateness, warmheartedness, high temperature, mania, cacoethes, heating, love, estrus, warmth, passion, fondness, heat energy, oestrus, hotness, rage, warmness, passionateness, heating plant, heating system, heat

   Antonyms:
   cool down, chill, cool

5. estrus, oestrus, heat, rutnoun

   applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity

   Synonyms:
   oestrus, hotness, genus Oestrus, heat, heating, heating system, heating plant, heat energy, groove, warmth, passion, rut, high temperature, estrus

   Antonyms:
   cool down, chill, cool

6. heatnoun

   a preliminary race in which the winner advances to a more important race

   Synonyms:
   hotness, heat energy, rut, heating system, heating plant, heating, warmth, passion, oestrus, high temperature, estrus

   Antonyms:
   chill, cool down, cool

7. heating system, heating plant, heating, heatverb

   utility to warm a building

   "the heating system wasn't working"; "they have radiant heating"

   Synonyms:
   heating, warmth, passion, heat energy, heat, rut, heating system, heating plant, hotness, warming, oestrus, high temperature, estrus

   Antonyms:
   chill, cool, cool down

8. heat, heat upverb

   make hot or hotter

   "the sun heats the oceans"; "heat the water on the stove"

   Synonyms:
   fire up, wake, heat, screw up, inflame, heat up, hot up, ignite, stir up

   Antonyms:
   cool down, chill, cool

9. heatverb

   provide with heat

   "heat the house"

   Synonyms:
   stir up, inflame, ignite, hot up, heat up, fire up, wake

   Antonyms:
   chill, cool down, cool

10. inflame, stir up, wake, ignite, heat, fire upverb

    arouse or excite feelings and passions

    "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred"

    Synonyms:
    shake up, come alive, incite, arouse, awake, heat, commove, inflame, agitate, raise up, wake up, light up, wake, catch fire, instigate, conflagrate, combust, rouse, fire up, kindle, set off, waken, erupt, hot up, awaken, ignite, take fire, stir up, foment, vex, heat up, light, disturb, enkindle

    Antonyms:
    chill, cool down, cool

11. heat, hot up, heat upverb

    gain heat or get hot

    "The room heated up quickly"

    Synonyms:
    fire up, wake, heat, screw up, inflame, heat up, hop up, soup up, hot up, ignite, stir up

    Antonyms:
    cool, chill, cool down

Matched Categories

1. • Physical Condition
   • Provide
   • Race

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. thermal energy

   the ability to move

   melting chocolate

   Submitted by rinat on September 3, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. heatnoun

   Synonyms:
   caloric

2. heatnoun

   Synonyms:
   warmth

3. heatnoun

   Synonyms:
   degree of temperature

4. heatnoun

   Synonyms:
   excitement, flush, vehemence, impetuosity, violence, passion, fever

5. heatnoun

   Synonyms:
   ardor, earnestness, fervor, zeal

6. heatnoun

   Synonyms:
   contest, struggle, race

7. heatverb

   Synonyms:
   make hot

8. heatverb

   Synonyms:
   excite, flush, make feverish

9. heatverb

   Synonyms:
   warm, animate, rouse

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1. heatnoun

   Synonyms:
   warmth, caloric, cauma

   Associated words:
   pyrology, pyrologist, thermology, pyrometry, pyrometer, pyronomics, calorifics, therm, thermal, pyrography, caloric, calorie, thermic, swelter, thermostat, thermometer, thermometry

2. heatnoun

   Synonyms:
   vehemence, fire, ardor, impetuosity, fervor, fervency, zeal, intensity, enthusiasm, œstrus, rut

3. heatverb

   Synonyms:
   warm, calefy

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1. List of paraphrases for "heat":

   thermal, warmth, heating, chaleur, hot, heet, calorific, warm, temperature, heats, defogger, fever, warming, caliente

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1. Nicholas Melosh:

   Chemical reactions are at the core of modern-day society, from making new therapeutic drugs to fertilizer for food, most of these reactions are carried out using chemicals or heat to drive the reaction. However, it’s long been a goal to realize alternative ways to perform chemical reactions, such as with mechanical force.

2. John Kerry:

   There's a lot of discussion going on right now about heat pumps specifically and about other things that we can do to assist Europe to minimize the impact of the loss of Russian gas and oil, not all these plans have been carved in stone at this point. I think heat pumps are a very real alternative to the burning of fuel that takes place today.

3. Mark Lynas:

   Most of the planetary surface would be functionally uninhabitable, agriculture would cease to exist everywhere, apart for the polar and sub-polar regions, and perhaps the mid-latitudes for extremely heat-tolerant crops. It's difficult to see how crops could be grown elsewhere. There's a certain level above which plants just can't survive.

4. Michael Black:

   Boeing has turned up the heat on who is the buyer and is taking longer to decide that a deal is OK, they've got a pretty tough filter and it's gotten tougher and I don't see that changing.

5. Ayumi Fujisaki-Manome:

   The moisture and heat from the lake surface water are absorbed into the atmosphere by storm systems, and then fall back to the ground as snow in the winter.