Steam

//stiːm//

Synonyms for "steam" (305 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (61)

Related words (152)

Verb(12 words)

lose one's temper outrage piss off provoke raise someone's hackles rile rouse set off steam clean steamer upset wind up

main force main strength make a passage malaria mana mephitis miasma might might and main mightiness mineral water motorboat moxie mull muscle muscle power navigate old faithful open the floodgates open the sluices

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oven-bake overheat oxygenate pan pan-broil pant parboil parch perfume pizzazz ply poach poop potence potency potentiality power power pack power structure power struggle powerfulness preheat prepare prepare food prepotency press productiveness productivity puff puff of smoke puissance pull punch push radiate heat rain rainwater recook reek reheat roast row run sail sail round sail the sea salt water sanforize saute scald scallop scorch scull sea water seafare sear seethe send out serial time encoded amplified microscopy shimmer with heat shirr simmer sinew smoke smolder smother smudge soft water spark spray spring water steam up steamboat steamer stew stifle stir-fry stoke stoke up strength strong arm sublimate sublime suffocate superheat superiority superpower sweat swelter take a voyage tepefy thermae throw off toast traverse validity vapour vehemence vigor vim virility virtue virulence vitality volatile volatilize voyage warm warm over warm up water water vapor wattage weight well water wetting agent wetting-out agent yacht

Noun(2 words)

serial time-encoded amplified microscopy steamer

Related word relations

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16 relation types

More general

26 entries

;anger arise clean come up compound cook emit give off give out go go up lift locomote make clean move

Showing 16 of 26 words.

Antonyms

10 entries

air cold cold air condensate dry electric ice liquid liquid water water

Synonyms

7 entries

evaporate sanforize steam up steamer vapor vaporize vapour

Related terms

2 entries

STEM STEMM

capable of

3 entries

iron wrinkles open pores turn turbine

dbpedia genre

2 entries

digital distribution digital rights management

defined as

1 entries

gas phase of water

derived

94 entries

Steam Plains asteam blow off one's steam blow off steam build up steam by steam double steam full steam full steam ahead gain steam gather steam head of steam in steam let off steam live steam one engine in steam

Showing 16 of 94 words.

distinct from

3 entries

electric liquid smoke

has a

2 entries

energy more energy than liquid water

has context

3 entries

cooking fencing navigation

has property

4 entries

hot humid very hot water

is a

7 entries

cleaning substance gas gaseous water software source of power vapor water

manner of

6 entries

anger clean cook emit rise travel

related to

240 entries

above above it air air puffs air vapour anger angry based boats boil boil water boiled boiled water boilers boiling boiling kettle

Showing 16 of 240 words.

used for

4 entries

clean carpet relax in steam rice steam vegetables

Translations

358 translations across 171 languages.

Abkhaz

1 entries

афақь noun (water vapor)

Adyghe

2 entries

гъоз noun (water vapor)
пахъэ noun (water vapor)

Afrikaans

1 entries

wasem noun (water vapor)

Albanian

2 entries

avull noun (water vapor)
vogë noun (water vapor)

Aleut

1 entries

huyux̂ noun (water vapor)

Amharic

1 entries

እንፋሎት noun (water vapor)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

ἀτμίς noun (water vapor)
ἀτμός noun (water vapor)

Arabic

1 entries

بُخَار noun (water vapor)

Aragonese

2 entries

vabor noun (water vapor)
vaporada noun (water vapor)

Armenian

2 entries

գոլորշի noun (water vapor)
շոգի noun (water vapor)

Aromanian

1 entries

abur noun (water vapor)

Assamese

2 entries

ভাপ noun (water vapor)
ভাপত দে verb (cooking: to cook with steam)

Asturian

1 entries

vapor noun (water vapor)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

buxar noun (water vapor)
buğ noun (water vapor)

Bashkir

2 entries

боҫ noun (water vapor)
быу noun (water vapor)

Basque

2 entries

bapore noun (water vapor)
lurrun noun (water vapor)

Belarusian

2 entries

па́ра noun (water vapor)
пар noun (water vapor)

Bengali

3 entries

ধূম noun (water vapor)
বাষ্প noun (water vapor)
ভাপ noun (water vapor)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

भाप noun (water vapor)

Brunei Malay

1 entries

wap noun (water vapor)

Bulgarian

4 entries

гняв noun (pent-up anger)
ене́ргия noun (internal energy)
изпаре́ние noun (any exhalation)
па́ра noun (water vapor)

Burmese

2 entries

ရေငွေ့ noun (water vapor)
အငွေ့ noun (water vapor)

Cahuarano

1 entries

mululish noun (water vapor)

Catalan

1 entries

vapor noun (water vapor)

Central Melanau

1 entries

kauih noun (water vapor)

Cherokee

2 entries

ᎠᏥᎸ ᎦᏌᏙᏯᏍᎩ noun (water vapor)
ᎠᏔᏃᎴᎦ verb (to produce or vent steam)

Chinese

3 entries

җынчи noun (water vapor)
水蒸氣 /水蒸气 noun (water vapor)
蒸汽 noun (water vapor)

Chinese Cantonese

4 entries

水蒸氣 /水蒸气 noun (water vapor)
蒸汽 noun (water vapor)
清蒸 verb (cooking: to cook with steam)
蒸 verb (cooking: to cook with steam)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

水蒸氣 /水蒸气 noun (water vapor)
蒸汽 noun (water vapor)
清蒸 verb (cooking: to cook with steam)

Church Slavic

1 entries

пара noun (water vapor)

Chuvash

1 entries

пӑс noun (water vapor)

Classical Nahuatl

1 entries

āpōctli noun (water vapor)

Czech

2 entries

pára noun (water vapor)
dusit verb (cooking: to cook with steam)

Danish

4 entries

damp noun (water vapor)
damp noun (pressurized water vapor)
damp noun (internal energy)
dampe verb (cooking: to cook with steam)

Dongxiang

1 entries

ho noun (water vapor)

Doteli

1 entries

वाफ noun (water vapor)

Dupaningan Agta

1 entries

asngaw noun (water vapor)

Dutch

3 entries

kwalm noun (water vapor)
stoom noun (water vapor)
stomen verb (cooking: to cook with steam)

Elfdalian

1 entries

aungga noun (water vapor)

Esperanto

1 entries

vaporo noun (water vapor)

Estonian

1 entries

aur noun (water vapor)

Faroese

2 entries

dampur noun (water vapor)
guva noun (water vapor)

Finnish

4 entries

energia noun (internal energy)
höyry noun (water vapor)
höyry noun (pressurized water vapor)
höyry noun (pent-up anger)

French

4 entries

vapeur noun (water vapor)
vapeur noun (pressurized water vapor)
vapeur d'eau noun (water vapor)
cuisiner à la vapeur verb (cooking: to cook with steam)

Galician

4 entries

bafo noun (water vapor)
bafo noun (any exhalation)
vapor noun (water vapor)
vapor noun (pressurized water vapor)

Gamilaraay

1 entries

buuga noun (water vapor)

Georgian

3 entries

ორთქლი noun (water vapor)
დაიორთქლება verb (to be covered with condensed water vapor)
იორთქლება verb (to be covered with condensed water vapor)

German

4 entries

Dampf noun (water vapor)
Dampf noun (pressurized water vapor)
Energie noun (internal energy)
Kraft noun (internal energy)

Greek

4 entries

ατμός noun (water vapor)
ατμός noun (pressurized water vapor)
ατμός noun (internal energy)
υδρατμός noun (water vapor)

Greenlandic

1 entries

aalaq noun (water vapor)

Gujarati

1 entries

વરાળ noun (water vapor)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

vapè noun (water vapor)

Hawaiian

2 entries

māhu noun (water vapor)
hoʻomāhu verb (cooking: to cook with steam)

Hebrew

4 entries

אֵד noun (water vapor)
הֶבֶל noun (water vapor)
קִיטוֹר noun (water vapor)
קיטור noun (pressurized water vapor)

Hindi

2 entries

भाप noun (water vapor)
वाष्प noun (water vapor)

Hungarian

4 entries

energia noun (internal energy)
erő noun (internal energy)
gőz noun (water vapor)
gőz noun (pressurized water vapor)

Icelandic

2 entries

eimur noun (water vapor)
gufa noun (water vapor)

Ido

1 entries

vaporo noun (water vapor)

Ilocano

1 entries

asok noun (water vapor)

Indonesian

4 entries

kukus noun (water vapor)
kukus uap noun (pressurized water vapor)
setom noun (internal energy)
uap noun (water vapor)

Ingrian

3 entries

häkä noun (water vapor)
höyry noun (water vapor)
höyry noun (pressurized water vapor)

Irish

3 entries

gal uisce noun (water vapor)
gal uisce noun (pressurized water vapor)
toit noun (water vapor)

Italian

1 entries

vapore noun (water vapor)

Japanese

4 entries

水蒸気 noun (water vapor)
湯気 noun (water vapor)
蒸気 noun (water vapor)
蒸気 noun (pressurized water vapor)

Javanese

3 entries

kukus noun (water vapor)
uap noun (water vapor)
uwab noun (water vapor)

Kabardian

1 entries

бахъэ noun (water vapor)

Kannada

1 entries

ಆವರಿ noun (water vapor)

Karakhanid

1 entries

بُو noun (water vapor)

Karelian

2 entries

höyry noun (water vapor)
löyly noun (water vapor)

Kazakh

2 entries

бу noun (water vapor)
бу noun (pressurized water vapor)

Khmer

1 entries

ចំហាយ noun (water vapor)

Korean

2 entries

김 noun (water vapor)
증기 noun (water vapor)

Kwaza

1 entries

hãnũnũ noun (water vapor)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

буу noun (water vapor)
пар noun (water vapor)

Ladino

2 entries

abafar verb (cooking: to cook with steam)
enhaminar verb (cooking: to cook with steam)

Lakota

1 entries

pʼó noun (water vapor)

Lao

1 entries

ອາຍນ້ຳ noun (water vapor)

Latgalian

1 entries

suts noun (water vapor)

Latin

2 entries

vapor noun (water vapor)
vapōrō verb (to produce or vent steam)

Latvian

4 entries

garaiņi noun (water vapor)
tvaiks noun (water vapor)
tvaiks noun (pressurized water vapor)
sutināt verb (cooking: to cook with steam)

Lezgi

1 entries

бугъ noun (water vapor)

Limburgish

1 entries

stoum noun (water vapor)

Limos Kalinga

1 entries

angiw noun (water vapor)

Lithuanian

1 entries

garas noun (water vapor)

Ludian

1 entries

löül noun (water vapor)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

Damp noun (water vapor)

Macedonian

1 entries

пареа noun (water vapor)

Malagasy

1 entries

etona noun (water vapor)

Malay

4 entries

stim noun (water vapor)
stim noun (pressurized water vapor)
wap noun (water vapor)
kukus verb (cooking: to cook with steam)

Maltese

2 entries

fwar noun (water vapor)
stim noun (water vapor)

Manx

1 entries

gaal noun (water vapor)

Mapudungun

1 entries

wvwan noun (water vapor)

Marathi

3 entries

वाफ noun (water vapor)
वाफ निघणे verb (to produce or vent steam)
वाफेवर शिजवणे verb (cooking: to cook with steam)

Mongolian

4 entries

уур noun (water vapor)
ᠠᠭᠤᠷ noun (water vapor)
жигнэх verb (cooking: to cook with steam)
уур гаргах verb (to produce or vent steam)

Māori

4 entries

koromamahu noun (water vapor)
koromamao noun (water vapor)
mamaoa noun (water vapor)
pūmāhu noun (water vapor)

Navajo

1 entries

siil noun (water vapor)

Nepali

1 entries

वाफ noun (water vapor)

Nogai

2 entries

був noun (water vapor)
був noun (pressurized water vapor)

Norman

1 entries

tchuithe à l'ieau verb (cooking: to cook with steam)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

hilm noun (water vapor)

Northern Sami

1 entries

lievla noun (water vapor)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

damp noun (water vapor)
vanndamp noun (water vapor)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

damp noun (water vapor)

Occitan

1 entries

vapor noun (water vapor)

Odia

1 entries

ବାଷ୍ପ noun (water vapor)

Old East Slavic

2 entries

пара noun (water vapor)
паръ noun (water vapor)

Old English

2 entries

damp noun (water vapor)
stēam noun (water vapor)

Old Norse

1 entries

gufa noun (water vapor)

Oromo

1 entries

hurka noun (water vapor)

Oroqen

1 entries

ʃəbgin noun (water vapor)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

بوغو noun (water vapor)

Pashto

1 entries

بخار noun (water vapor)

Persian

4 entries

بخار noun (water vapor)
بخار آب noun (water vapor)
دمه noun (water vapor)
وشم noun (water vapor)

Piedmontese

1 entries

vapor noun (water vapor)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Donst noun (water vapor)

Polish

3 entries

para noun (pressurized water vapor)
para wodna noun (water vapor)
parować verb (to produce or vent steam)

Portuguese

4 entries

pique noun (internal energy)
vapor noun (water vapor)
vapor noun (pressurized water vapor)
cozer/cozinhar no vapor verb (cooking: to cook with steam)

Punjabi

1 entries

ਭਾਫ noun (water vapor)

Quechua

1 entries

waksi noun (water vapor)

Rohingya

1 entries

báb noun (water vapor)

Romanian

4 entries

abur noun (water vapor)
abur noun (pressurized water vapor)
vapori noun (pressurized water vapor)
aburi verb (cooking: to cook with steam)

Romansch

1 entries

vapur noun (water vapor)

Russian

4 entries

гнев noun (pent-up anger)
испаре́ние noun (any exhalation)
пар noun (water vapor)
пар noun (pressurized water vapor)

Sanskrit

1 entries

वाष्प noun (water vapor)

Saterland Frisian

1 entries

Stoame noun (water vapor)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

smùid noun (water vapor)
toit noun (water vapor)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

pȁra noun (water vapor)
па̏ра noun (water vapor)

Sicilian

1 entries

vapuri noun (water vapor)

Sindhi

1 entries

बा॒फ noun (water vapor)

Slovak

1 entries

para noun (water vapor)

Slovene

1 entries

para noun (water vapor)

Somali

1 entries

uumi noun (water vapor)

Southern Altai

1 entries

буу noun (water vapor)

Spanish

4 entries

vapor noun (water vapor)
cocer al vapor verb (cooking: to cook with steam)
cocinar al vapor verb (cooking: to cook with steam)
vaporar verb (cooking: to cook with steam)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries

dampu noun (water vapor)

Sundanese

4 entries

saab noun (water vapor)
setum noun (pressurized water vapor)
setum noun (internal energy)
ᮅᮃᮕ᮪ noun (water vapor)

Swahili

1 entries

mvuke noun (water vapor)

Swazi

1 entries

simoko noun (water vapor)

Swedish

4 entries

ånga noun (water vapor)
ånga noun (pressurized water vapor)
ånga noun (internal energy)
imma igen verb (to be covered with condensed water vapor)

Tabasaran

1 entries

бугъ noun (water vapor)

Tagalog

1 entries

tubingaw noun (water vapor)

Tajik

2 entries

бухор noun (water vapor)
буғ noun (water vapor)

Tamil

1 entries

நீராவி noun (water vapor)

Taos

1 entries

pʼȍxúone noun (water vapor)

Tatar

1 entries

бу noun (water vapor)

Tedim Chin

2 entries

khu noun (water vapor)
tuikhu noun (water vapor)

Telugu

2 entries

ఆవిరి noun (water vapor)
నీటి ఆవిరి noun (water vapor)

Tetum

1 entries

suar noun (water vapor)

Thai

2 entries

ไอน้ำ noun (water vapor)
นึ่ง verb (cooking: to cook with steam)

Tibetan

1 entries

རླངས་པ noun (water vapor)

Tigrinya

1 entries

ሃፋ noun (water vapor)

Tiwi

1 entries

mirawini noun (water vapor)

Tundra Nenets

1 entries

сюн noun (water vapor)

Turkish

4 entries

buhar noun (water vapor)
buğu noun (water vapor)
islim noun (water vapor)
istim noun (water vapor)

Turkmen

1 entries

bug noun (water vapor)

Tuvaluan

1 entries

afusaga noun (water vapor)

Tày

1 entries

ai noun (water vapor)

Ukrainian

2 entries

па́ра noun (water vapor)
пар noun (water vapor)

Urdu

1 entries

بھاپ noun (water vapor)

Uyghur

1 entries

پار noun (water vapor)

Uzbek

2 entries

bugʻ noun (water vapor)
par noun (water vapor)

Veps

2 entries

löun noun (water vapor)
puru noun (water vapor)

Vietnamese

2 entries

hơi noun (water vapor)
hơi nước noun (water vapor)

Vilamovian

1 entries

domf noun (water vapor)

Votic

3 entries

höürü noun (water vapor)
löülü (sauna) noun (water vapor)
paaru noun (water vapor)

Welsh

4 entries

ager noun (water vapor)
anwedd noun (water vapor)
stêm noun (water vapor)
stemio verb (cooking: to cook with steam)

West-Frisian

1 entries

steam noun (water vapor)

Yiddish

1 entries

פּאַרע noun (water vapor)

Yucatec Maya

1 entries

ooxol noun (water vapor)

Zazaki

4 entries

buhar noun (water vapor)
bux (diq) noun (water vapor)
bığ noun (water vapor)
pığ noun (water vapor)

Zou

1 entries

hu noun (water vapor)

Sample sentences

41 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Teachers should occasionally let their students blow off some steam.

Source: tatoeba (19062)

That will let you blow off steam.

Source: tatoeba (43041)

The engine is driven by steam.

Source: tatoeba (50618)

Pretty soon along came a steam shovel and dug a road through the hill covered with daisies.

Source: tatoeba (50805)

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Steam

Synonyms for "steam" (305 found)

Closest matches (61)

Strong matches (92)

Related words (152)

Related word relations

More general

Antonyms

Synonyms

Related terms

capable of

dbpedia genre

defined as

derived

distinct from

has a

has context

has property

is a

manner of

related to

used for

Translations

Abkhaz

Adyghe

Afrikaans

Albanian

Aleut

Amharic

Ancient Greek

Arabic

Aragonese

Armenian

Aromanian

Assamese

Asturian

Azerbaijani

Bashkir

Basque

Belarusian

Bengali

Bhojpuri

Brunei Malay

Bulgarian

Burmese

Cahuarano

Catalan

Central Melanau

Cherokee

Chinese

Chinese Cantonese

Chinese Mandarin

Church Slavic

Chuvash

Classical Nahuatl

Czech

Danish

Dongxiang

Doteli

Dupaningan Agta

Dutch

Elfdalian

Esperanto

Estonian

Faroese

Finnish

French

Galician

Gamilaraay

Georgian

German

Greek

Greenlandic

Gujarati

Haitian Creole

Hawaiian

Hebrew

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic