MELTS Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

melts

verb

present tense third-person singular of melt

as in disappears

to cease to be visible the fog soon melted away with the rising of the sun

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as in thaws

to go from a solid to a liquid state a forgotten carton of ice cream was melting away on the counter

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Recent Examples of melts Like, something otherworldly literally melts away the anxiety. — Literary Hub, 1 Sep. 2026 Yellowstone remains an active volcano Yellowstone sits above a hotspot where heat from deep inside Earth melts rock beneath the crust. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026 As Textile Exchange notes, thermomechanical recycling—which essentially melts plastics down to create new pellets—has a couple limitations. — Sarah Jones, Footwear News, 21 July 2026 For this classic treat, bananas are seared in a butter-brown sugar sauce, then topped with vanilla ice cream, which melts slightly from the warmth. — Victoria Spencer, Martha Stewart, 3 July 2026 Once dense and lumpy, the balm is now a silky and lush oil that melts away impurities while leaving my skin hydrated. — Gina Vaynshteyn, StyleCaster, 30 June 2026 For example, cones from the sand pine can shield seeds for years, only to release them as the heat from low-intensity fires melts their resin and opens their scales. — Torben Rick, The Conversation, 18 June 2026 When the snow melts a wide array of other activities become available. — Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2026 Kristen Wiig in a voice-over role also melts hearts as the lovable Roboto. — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 2 June 2026

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Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Caitríona Balfe, Kit Connor and Fred Hechinger star as members of a struggling family that begins to unravel after the mother disappears.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
One way to overcome this problem is using quantum teleportation, in which the data essentially disappears from one place and reappears someplace else.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of disappears

Verb

Hig thaws out a bit when an emergency landing drops him in the orbit of a paranoid rancher (Guy Pearce) and his daughter, Cima (Margaret Qualley).

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2026
Early-warning system As climate change accelerates the retreat of tidewater glaciers and thaws the permafrost holding Arctic mountains together, the structural integrity of these landscapes is failing.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 May 2026

Definition of thaws

Verb

In Figments of Freedom, written, directed by and starring Webber, a Marine goes AWOL, burns his life to ash, and vanishes into America’s fractured heart.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026
For many, August represents the last opportunity to sneak in a summer vacation before the season all too quickly vanishes.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of vanishes

Verb

The Environmental Protection Agency describes Cs-137 as a flexible, soft, and silvery-white metal that liquifies near room temperature.

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 Aug. 2025
These are all weapons specifically designed to annihilate outsiders trying to get inside the cities, weapons meant to cause the most pain for the amusement of the insiders (think a napalm bomb ornately decorated in the shape of a cone, which liquifies outsiders in seconds).

— Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2025

Definition of liquefies

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Stimulus trickling in Economists expect better growth for the rest of the year, as adverse weather fades and local governments accelerate fiscal spending.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026
The sibling drama, meanwhile, rather fades out of view amid these loftier goings-on; the film’s narrative begins to feel devised by the old parlor game Consequences, repeatedly wrenched in erratic new directions.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of fades

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In 2023, Diamond Crystal introduced baking salt, a fine salt that dissolves quicker, melting into dough and batters.

— Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2026
This further dissolves the trust in philanthropies and nonprofit organizations millennials and Gen Zers so desperately want.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of dissolves

Verb

Talanx German insurer Talanx 's lean cost base and 6 billion euros of resilience reserves can help sustain earnings growth, even as pricing softens in its reinsurance and corporate-specialty units, according to Goldman.

— Hugh Leask, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
Specs There are multiple textures at play in House of Leon’s Milan daybed, where tactile bouclé softens the look of a sleek stainless steel.

— Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of softens

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La Rosa Noir fuses elements of surf, post-punk, new wave and Latin rhythms to forge a unique sound.

— John D. Luerssen, SPIN, 27 Aug. 2026
The Silence of the Lambs (1991) Jonathan Demme’s legendary film fuses crime procedural and horror elements to deliver one of the most purely entertaining movies of the last 40 years.

— Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Aug. 2026