Synonyms for boil
bɔɪlboil

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1. boil, furunclenoun

   a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus

   Synonyms:
   furuncle, 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, 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, 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, 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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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. Erik La Hei:

   Sugar melts at a temperature that is higher than what’s needed to boil water, so the honeycomb toffee mix is both hotter and ‘stickier,’.

3. Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown:

   What happened in D.C. on Jan. 6 was an absolute disgrace, the fact that a Chicago police officer has been charged in that attack on American democracy makes my blood boil.

4. Steven White:

   We were treated with derision by the school board, the school budgets were always voted down; they vote in blocs. You can boil it down to the fact that they don’t value public education.

5. Prince Harry:

   She saw it. She saw it straight away, she could tell that I was hurting and that some of the stuff that was out of my control was making me really angry. It would make my blood boil.