Word FREEZE: meanings, synonyms & antonyms

freeze

🇺🇸 [friːz]

Meanings

To become solid due to cold temperatures. It can also refer to the act of making something solid or stopping movement, often in a figurative sense, such as freezing assets. The term can also describe a pause or stoppage in an action or event.

Examples

• The water will freeze if the temperature drops below zero.
• She froze when she heard the strange noise in the dark.
• They had to freeze the accounts until the investigation was complete.

Synonyms

chill • solidify • frost

Antonyms

melt • liquefy • thaw