Antonyms for gel
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : jel |
| Phonetic Transcription : dʒɛl |
- abridge
- ascend
- cause
- compress
- contract
- decrease
- dilute
- diminish
- discourage
- disperse
- displace
- dissolve
- dissuade
- divide
- end
- enlarge
- finish
- go up
- halt
- heat
- hinder
- lessen
- liquefy
- liquidate
- liquify
- loose
- loosen
- lower
- melt
- open
- reduce
- remove
- rise
- separate
- shrink
- soften
- stay
- stop
- subtract
- thin
- unclot
- unfix
- water down
- weaken
Definition of gel
Origin :- 1899, as a chemical term, short for gelatin and perhaps influenced by jell. The invention of this word is credited to Scottish chemist Thomas Graham (1805-1869). Hair-styling sense is from 1958. The verb meaning "to become a gel" is attested by 1902; figurative sense is from 1958. Related: Gelled; gelling.
- As in jell : verb coagulate
- As in set : verb harden
- As in stiffen : verb make or become harder
- As in thicken : verb set; make more dense
- As in befall : verb happen to; take place
- As in transpire : verb occur, happen
- As in gelatinize : verb coagulate
- As in inspissate : verb thicken
- As in clot : verb coagulate
- As in coagulate : verb clot
- As in congeal : verb coagulate
- But show me the daughter that could do better for herself than my gel's father has done for her.
- Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine
- A puff of wind and a slant of rain, as I've been saying to my gel here.
- Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine
- Do you think I'm not doing my best for you, gel—my very best?
- Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine
- You shall read it aloud to me, my gel—or, better still, I'll read it to you.
- Extract from : « Sue, A Little Heroine » by L. T. Meade
- I'm soory fur the gel, but ef she had the locket, of course she tuk the locket.
- Extract from : « Sue, A Little Heroine » by L. T. Meade
- The Gel wobbled past him, slumped suddenly, flowed under a door.
- Extract from : « It Could Be Anything » by John Keith Laumer
- Second, if spilled the gel will not 50 disperse as a liquid will.
- Extract from : « U.S. Patent 4,293,314: Gelled Fuel-Air Explosive » by Bertram O. Stull
- And Wyatt has been in touch with Brandon ever sense you took his gel away from him.
- Extract from : « Rimrock Trail » by J. Allan Dunn
- Ef you're bound the gel is to sit in with her elders I'll go right ahead.
- Extract from : « Rimrock Trail » by J. Allan Dunn
- They're figgerin' on gettin' control of the gel away from you-all.
- Extract from : « Rimrock Trail » by J. Allan Dunn
Synonyms for gel
- action
- add
- anneal
- arise
- bechance
- become firm
- befall
- benumb
- betide
- brace
- break
- buttress
- cake
- candy
- cement
- chance
- chill
- clabber
- clot
- coagulate
- coalesce
- cohere
- come about
- come down
- come off
- come to pass
- come together
- compact
- concentrate
- concrete
- condense
- congeal
- consolidate
- cook
- cook up a storm
- cook with gas
- crystallize
- curdle
- deepen
- develop
- dry
- enlarge
- ensue
- eventuate
- expand
- fall
- fall out
- finalize
- firm
- fix
- follow
- form
- freeze
- gel
- gelate
- gelatinate
- gelatinize
- glob up
- glop up
- go
- go down
- grow thick
- hap
- happen
- harden
- indurate
- inflate
- inspissate
- jell
- jellify
- jelly
- lopper
- lump
- materialize
- occur
- ossify
- petrify
- precipitate
- prop
- refrigerate
- reinforce
- result
- set
- shake
- smoke
- solidify
- stabilize
- starch
- steady
- stick
- stiffen
- strengthen
- supervene
- swell
- take place
- take shape
- tauten
- tense
- thicken
- transpire
- turn up
- widen
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