Synonyms for heat
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : heet |
| Phonetic Transcription : hit |
Top 10 synonyms for heat Other synonyms for the word heat
- agitation
- ardor
- bask
- blaze
- calefaction
- calidity
- calorify
- chafe
- char
- desire
- dog days
- earnestness
- enflame
- enkindle
- ferocity
- fervor
- fieriness
- fire
- flame
- flush
- frizzle
- fry
- fury
- glow
- greenhouse effect
- grow hot
- grow warm
- heatwave
- hot spell
- hotness
- impetuosity
- incalescence
- incandesce
- incandescence
- incinerate
- inflame
- kindle
- oxidate
- oxidize
- perspire
- rage
- raise the temperature
- reheat
- roast
- scald
- scorch
- sear
- seethe
- set on fire
- singe
- smelt
- steam
- sultriness
- sun
- swelter
- tepefy
- thaw
- toast
- torridity
- torridness
- vehemence
- violence
- warm
- warm up
- warmness
- warmth
- zeal
Définition of heat
Origin :- Old English hætu, hæto "heat, warmth; fervor ardor," from Proto-Germanic *haiti- "heat" (cf. Old Saxon hittia, Old Norse hiti, Old Frisian hete, German hitze "heat," Gothic heito "fever"), from PIE *kaid-, from root *kai- "heat." The same root is the source of Old English hat "hot" and hæða "hot weather" (see hot).
- Meaning "a single course in a race," especially a horse race, is from 1660s, perhaps from earlier figurative sense of "violent action; a single intense effort" (late 14c.), or meaning "run given to a horse to prepare for a race" (1570s). This later expanded to "division of a race or contest when there are too many contestants to run at once," the winners of each heat then competing in a final race. Meaning "sexual excitement in animals" is from 1768. Meaning "trouble with the police" attested by 1920. Heat wave "period of excessive hot weather" first attested 1890; earlier in reference to solar cycles.
- noun high temperature
- noun anger, passion
- verb make or become hot
- Mrs. Beale remarked that it wasn't the heat that bothered us so, but the humidity.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- But its prisoners were not exempt from its heat, like certain holy ones of old.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Then he ventured into the heat and glare of Broadway where humanity stewed and wilted.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- When he had come too near he had been driven away by the heat.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- There is a coolness amid all the heat, a mildness in the blazing noon.
- Extract from : « The Old Manse (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Season with the salt and pepper, heat thoroughly, and serve.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- After its extraction, it is coagulated by the heat in the water.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Add the butter, and when it has melted remove from the heat.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Our friend will overlook the matter if you do but say that you have acted in heat and haste.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Heat the vinegar, and to it add the salt, sugar, and spices.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Antonyms for heat
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