boil

/bˈɔɪl/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

verb

1. come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor
   “Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius”
2. immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes
   “boil potatoes”
3. bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point
   “boil this liquid until it evaporates”
4. be agitated
   “the sea was churning in the storm”
5. be in an agitated emotional state
   “The customer was seething with anger”

noun

1. a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus
2. the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level
   “they brought the water to a boil”

Synonyms for boil

• churn
• moil
• roil
• seethe
• furuncle
• boiling point

Antonyms of boil

• freeze

Words that rhyme with boil

• spoil
• coil
• foil
• oil
• recoil
• soil
• broil
• turmoil
• gargoyle
• hydrofoil
• roil
• toil
• airfoil
• embroil
• parboil
• subsoil
• topsoil
• uncoil
• britoil
• coile
• coyle
• croyle
• doyle
• fermoyle
• foyle
• gatoil
• guilfoil
• hispanoil
• lukoil
• moyl