Antonyms for freeze
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1. freezeverb

   Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.

   Synonyms:
   solidify

   Antonyms:
   liquify, unfreeze, defrost

Matched Categories

1. • Anesthetize
   • Behave
   • Change
   • Change State
   • Cold Weather
   • Cooling
   • Interrupt
   • Pause
   • Phase Change
   • Stand Still
   • Suffer
   • Surgery

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1. freeze, freezingnoun

   the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid

   Antonyms:
   unblock, unfreeze, boil, free, release

   Synonyms:
   frost, freezing, halt

2. freeze, frostnoun

   weather cold enough to cause freezing

   Antonyms:
   release, unblock, free, unfreeze, boil

   Synonyms:
   hoarfrost, hoar, halt, frost, freezing, rime, icing

3. freeze, haltnoun

   an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement

   "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"

   Antonyms:
   boil, unblock, release, free, unfreeze

   Synonyms:
   stay, hitch, stoppage, halt, frost, check, arrest, stop, freezing

4. freezeverb

   fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level

   "a freeze on hiring"

   Antonyms:
   boil, release, free, unfreeze, unblock

   Synonyms:
   frost, freezing, halt

5. freeze, stop deadverb

   stop moving or become immobilized

   "When he saw the police car he froze"

   Antonyms:
   release, unfreeze, boil, free, unblock

   Synonyms:
   block, stop dead, immobilize, suspend, freeze down, freeze out, immobilise

6. freezeverb

   change to ice

   "The water in the bowl froze"

   Antonyms:
   unfreeze, unblock, release, boil, free

   Synonyms:
   immobilise, freeze out, freeze down, block, stop dead, suspend, immobilize

7. freezeverb

   be cold

   "I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on"

   Antonyms:
   free, unfreeze, unblock, boil, release

   Synonyms:
   immobilise, freeze out, freeze down, block, stop dead, suspend, immobilize

8. freezeverb

   cause to freeze

   "Freeze the leftover food"

   Antonyms:
   unfreeze, free, boil, release, unblock

   Synonyms:
   immobilise, freeze out, freeze down, block, stop dead, suspend, immobilize

9. freeze, suspendverb

   stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it

   "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"

   Antonyms:
   boil, unfreeze, free, release, unblock

   Synonyms:
   block, stop dead, immobilize, set aside, suspend, freeze down, debar, freeze out, immobilise

10. freezeverb

    be very cold, below the freezing point

    "It is freezing in Kalamazoo"

    Antonyms:
    unblock, unfreeze, release, free, boil

    Synonyms:
    immobilise, freeze out, freeze down, block, stop dead, suspend, immobilize

11. freeze, freeze out, freeze downverb

    change from a liquid to a solid when cold

    "Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit"

    Antonyms:
    unblock, unfreeze, free, boil, release

    Synonyms:
    block, stop dead, immobilize, suspend, freeze down, freeze out, immobilise

12. freeze, block, immobilize, immobiliseverb

    prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)

    "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government"

    Antonyms:
    unfreeze, free, boil, release, unblock

    Synonyms:
    pin, block up, lug, trap, halt, obturate, suspend, jam, block off, close up, blank out, obstruct, deflect, parry, embarrass, kibosh, draw a blank, freeze down, hinder, impede, block, forget, freeze out, immobilize, stop, stuff, stymy, stop dead, blockade, immobilise, bar, occlude, barricade, choke up, stymie

13. freezeverb

    anesthetize by cold

    Antonyms:
    boil, unfreeze, release, unblock, free

    Synonyms:
    immobilise, freeze out, freeze down, block, stop dead, suspend, immobilize

14. freezeverb

    suddenly behave coldly and formally

    "She froze when she saw her ex-husband"

    Antonyms:
    boil, free, release, unfreeze, unblock

    Synonyms:
    immobilise, freeze out, freeze down, block, stop dead, suspend, immobilize

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1. freezeverb

   Synonyms:
   congeal

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1. antifreeze

   to freeze something, you are making it bery cold to the point where if it was a liquid, it would be solid.

   timmy freezed the water so that he could have a nice cold water.

   Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

2. tremble

   Submitted by anonymous on March 1, 2020  

How to use freeze in a sentence?

1. Del Pino:

   If you see the decline in the non-OPEC and all the situation that happened in several countries, production has been maintained the same in the last three or four months, so de facto we have freeze conditions.

2. Vipin Narang:

   Both secret and That Yongbyon facilities can continue operating and expand the fissile material stockpile, we have no way to stop this or verify any pledges to freeze.

3. Naser Almhawish:

   You just freeze and you know that you are working and you are trying to save this guy, this is our duty. I didn’t ask if this guy was a military, civilian or anything. He’s a human being who needed an operation.

4. Olivier Jakob from Petromatrix consultancy:

   The production freeze can therefore be seen as an un-official way for Saudi Arabia to make some room for the restart of the Iranian exports.

5. Vivian Robinson:

   We just jumped into action and was able to deliver up to 154 people to the church, to not freeze to death, i wish that I could say that for everyone.

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