freeze - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

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

Synonyms

• freeze

More generic

• limitation
• restriction

More specific

• hiring freeze
• price freeze
• wage freeze

Noun

an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement

Synonyms

• freeze
• halt

More generic

• pause

Noun

weather cold enough to cause freezing

Synonyms

• freeze
• frost

More generic

• cold weather

Noun

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

Synonyms

• freeze
• freezing

More generic

• chilling
• cooling
• phase change
• phase transition
• physical change
• state change
• temperature reduction

More specific

• freeze-drying
• frost
• icing
• lyophilisation
• lyophilization

Verb

suddenly behave coldly and formally

Synonyms

• freeze

More generic

• act
• behave
• do

Verb

anesthetize by cold

Synonyms

• freeze

More generic

• anaesthetise
• anaesthetize
• anesthetise
• anesthetize
• put out
• put under

Verb

be cold

Synonyms

• freeze

More generic

• suffer

Verb

prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)

Synonyms

• block
• freeze
• immobilise
• immobilize

More generic

• keep back
• withhold

Opposite / Antonyms

• unfreeze

Verb

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

Synonyms

• freeze
• suspend

More generic

• break
• interrupt

Verb

change to ice

Synonyms

• freeze

More generic

• change state
• turn

Opposite / Antonyms

• boil

More specific

• glaciate

Related

• solidify

Related

• freeze
• freeze down
• freeze out

Verb

cause to freeze

Synonyms

• freeze

More generic

• alter
• change
• modify

More specific

• deep freeze
• flash-freeze
• ice
• quick-freeze

Related

• freeze

Verb

change from a liquid to a solid when cold

Synonyms

• freeze
• freeze down
• freeze out

More generic

• solidify

Related

• freeze

Verb

stop moving or become immobilized

Synonyms

• freeze
• stop dead

More generic

• stand still

More specific

• fixate
• settle on

Verb

be very cold, below the freezing point

Synonyms

• freeze

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