Find the of
☀
Appearance
✓Use device theme  
✓Dark theme
✓Light theme

What is the verb for heat?

What's the verb for heat? Here's the word you're looking for.

heat
  1. To cause an increase in temperature of an object or space; to cause something to become hot (often with "up").
  2. To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.
  3. To excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. warm, melt, scorch, thaw, reheat, ignite, fire, enkindle, kindle, incinerate, blaze, enflame, inflame, toast, chafe, swelter, char, sear, hot, singe, smelt, flame, flush, frizzle, glow, incandesce, scald, seethe, steam, sun, tepefy, pasteurise, pasteurize, heat up, warm up, make hot, hot up, set on fire, make warm, warm through, take the chill off, raise the temperature, raise something's temperature, thaw out, burn, bake, recook, refry, rewarm, boil … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “Warmer temperatures would heat the ice mass, causing a dense fog to form.”
      “Daily temperatures should gradually begin to heat up as summer approaches.”
      “The truth is, Dad and I are both terrible cooks and we're hoping you'll heat the lasagna and save us from disaster.”
heatproof
  1. (transitive) To make insulating and incombustible.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. insulate, pad, wrap, cover, encase, enclose, sheathe, swathe, envelop, lag, soundproof, cushion, lap, muffle, coat, inlay, line, tape, wad, bundle up, make shockproof … more
heated
  1. simple past tense and past participle of heat
  2. Synonyms:
      3. warmed, melted, molt, molten, scorched, thawed, reheated, ignited, fired, enkindled, kindled, incinerated, blazed, enflamed, inflamed, toasted, chafed, sweltered, charred, seared, singed, smelted, smelt, flamed, flushed, frizzled, glowed, incandesced, scalded, seethed, sodden, steamed, tepefied, pasteurised, pasteurized, heated up, het up, warmed up, made hot, hotted up, set on fire, made warm, warmed through, took the chill off, taken the chill off, raised the temperature, became hot, become hot, became hotter … more
heating
  1. present participle of heat
  2. Synonyms:
      3. warming, melting, scorching, thawing, reheating, igniting, firing, enkindling, kindling, incinerating, blazing, enflaming, inflaming, toasting, chafing, sweltering, charring, searing, singeing, smelting, flaming, flushing, frizzling, glowing, incandescing, scalding, seething, steaming, sunning, tepefying, pasteurising, pasteurizing, heating up, warming up, making hot, hotting up, setting on fire, making warm, warming through, taking the chill off, raising the temperature, becoming hot, becoming hotter, becoming warm, becoming warmer, getting hotter, growing hot, growing warm … more
heate
  1. Archaic spelling of heat.
heatproofs
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of heatproof
  2. Synonyms:
      3. insulates, pads, wraps, covers, encases, encloses, sheathes, swathes, envelops, lags, soundproofs, cushions, laps, muffles, coats, inlays, lines, tapes, wads, bundles up, makes shockproof … more
heats
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of heat
  2. Synonyms:
      3. warms, melts, scorches, thaws, reheats, ignites, fires, enkindles, kindles, incinerates, blazes, enflames, inflames, toasts, chafes, swelters, chars, sears, hots, singes, smelts, flames, flushes, frizzles, glows, incandesces, scalds, seethes, steams, suns, tepefies, pasteurises, pasteurizes, heats up, warms up, makes hot, hots up, sets on fire, makes warm, warms through, takes the chill off, raises the temperature, becomes hot, becomes hotter, becomes warm, becomes warmer, gets hotter, grows hot, grows warm … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “An integral back boiler provides domestic hot water and heats the radiators, which then provide central heating.”
      “Critics are frequently invited to review or judge the competition, which culminates in Edinburgh after nationwide heats.”
      “The laser heats the surrounding air so fast it explodes, causing a shock wave.”
heateth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of heat
heatproofed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of heatproof
  2. Synonyms:
      3. insulated, padded, wrapped, wrapt, covered, encased, enclosed, sheathed, swathed, enveloped, lagged, soundproofed, cushioned, lapped, muffled, coated, inlaid, lined, taped, wadded, bundled up, made shockproof … more
heatest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of heat
heatproofing
  1. present participle of heatproof
Find more words!
Use * for blank tiles (max 2) Advanced Search Advanced Search
Use * for blank spaces Advanced Search
Advanced Word Finder

See Also

Nearby Words
heartwarming
heartwarmingly
heartwhole
heartworthy
hearty
hearty
heatable
heate
heate
heated
heated
heatedly
4-letter Words Starting With
h
he
hea
Find Verbs
go
Word Tools Finders & Helpers Apps More Synonyms
Synonyms
Antonyms
Rhymes
Sentences
Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs
Plural
Singular
Past Tense
Present Tense
Word Unscrambler
Words With Friends
Scrabble
Crossword / Codeword
iOS / Apple
Android
Home
About Us
Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Antonyms
A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Copyright WordHippo © 2025