Synonyms for thaw
θɔthaw

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. thaw

   Synonyms:
   dissolve, melt, liquefy

   Antonyms:
   freeze, congeal, harden

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. thaw, melt, thawing, meltingnoun

   the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid

   "the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster"; "the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours"

   Synonyms:
   thawing, warming, melt, melting

2. thaw, thawing, warmingnoun

   warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt

   "they welcomed the spring thaw"

   Synonyms:
   thawing, warming, melt, melting, heating

3. thawverb

   a relaxation or slackening of tensions or reserve; becoming less hostile

   "the thaw between the United States and Russia has led to increased cooperation in world affairs"

   Synonyms:
   thawing, warming, melt, melting

4. dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, meltverb

   become or cause to become soft or liquid

   "The sun melted the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The heat melted the wax"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the meat"

   Synonyms:
   unthaw, melt down, unblock, unfreeze, mellow out, melt, fade away, free, release, dethaw, dismiss, resolve, disappear, run, break up, evaporate, fade out, meld, mellow, dissolve, fade, disband

Matched Categories

1. • Heating
   • Phase Change

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. thawverb

   Synonyms:
   melt (after freezing), dissolve, liquefy, become fluid

2. thawverb

   Synonyms:
   melt (something frozen), dissolve

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "thaw":

   thawing, melting, snowmelt, meltwater, break-up, détente, defrost, warmth

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1. Albert Protopopov:

   The number of discoveries is growing because of the thaw of the permafrost.

2. Shahin Ghadir:

   Most research shows that if you freeze 100 sperm and you thaw it, about 80 of them come back to life. But the good thing is that those 80 that come back to life, generally are as good as fresh sperm.

3. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham:

   We must make sure we count residents who may leave before the spring thaw, when they go back to either fish or hunt or take maybe warm-weather jobs.

4. Bernie Sanders ':

   Their support for terrorism, the anti-American rhetoric that we're hearing from some of their leadership is something that is unacceptable, on the other hand, the fact that we managed to reach an agreement, something that I very strongly supported, that prevents Iran from getting a nuclear weapon and that we did that without going to war and that I believe we're seeing a thaw in our relations with Iran is a very positive step.

5. Andrey Polishchuk:

   It would be a sign of thaw in relations between the company and the European consumers.