Synonyms for steam
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1. steamverb

   To be covered with condensed water vapor.

   With all the heavy breathing going on the windows were quickly steamed in the car.

   Synonyms:
   steamer

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1. steamverb

   water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere

2. steamer, steamverb

   travel by means of steam power

   "The ship steamed off into the Pacific"

   Synonyms:
   steamer, steam clean

3. steamverb

   emit steam

   "The rain forest was literally steaming"

   Synonyms:
   steamer, steam clean

4. steamverb

   rise as vapor

   Synonyms:
   steamer, steam clean

5. steamverb

   get very angry

   "her indifference to his amorous advances really steamed the young man"

   Synonyms:
   steamer, steam clean

6. steam, steam cleanverb

   clean by means of steaming

   "steam-clean the upholstered sofa"

   Synonyms:
   steamer, steam clean

7. steamverb

   cook something by letting steam pass over it

   "just steam the vegetables"

   Synonyms:
   steamer, steam clean

Matched Categories

1. • Anger
   • Cook
   • Cookery
   • Emit
   • Navigation
   • Rise
   • Travel

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. steamnoun

   Synonyms:
   vapor (especially of water)

2. steamnoun

   Synonyms:
   mist, fume, reek, smoke, exhalation, effluvium

3. steamverb

   Synonyms:
   emit vapor

4. steamverb

   Synonyms:
   evaporate, pass off in vapor

5. steamverb

   Synonyms:
   navigate (by means of steam), plough the deep, plough the waves

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1. steamnoun

   Synonyms:
   vapor, reek, fume, emanation, effluvium, exhalation, stufa

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1. List of paraphrases for "steam":

   vapour, vapor, steamer, steamship, evaporative, steamed, vapours, steamboat

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How to use steam in a sentence?

1. Itza Pantoja:

   Sometimes she just needs to blow off some steam, yeah, I remember those days.

2. Harris Interactive pollster Jean-Daniel Levy:

   There is the risk that he could run out of steam, alain Juppé has managed to create trust, an image of stability... but the question is whether he will manage to hit the campaign trail differently than Balladur, who was seen as cold and distant.

3. Luis Fernando Velasco:

   Right now, the volcano is ejecting steam, ashes, gases, and closer to the crater there’s been a high level of seismicity.

4. Stephen Cohen:

   Interest rates are really starting to bite. Cash is now expensive. Cross-border flows are being driven by 'how do I get away from negative yields', as rates go lower and curves go flatter, finding yield by extending duration is clearly running out of steam.

5. Mark Hamrick:

   The job market peaked early in the year, some of the steam is starting to come out of the job market, and we’ll likely see that both in hiring slowing down and probably a slower increase in the unemployment rate in the coming months.