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Synonyms of dissolve in English:

dissolve


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See Spanish definition of disolver

verb

1‘heat the water until the sugar dissolves’

SYNONYMS
go into solution, become a solution, break down
liquefy, melt, deliquesce
disintegrate, diffuse
technical solvate
ANTONYMS

condense

2‘his hopes dissolved’

SYNONYMS
disappear, vanish, melt away, evaporate, disperse, dissipate, disintegrate
dwindle, fade, fade away, fall away, subside, ebb, wane, peter out, fizzle out, crumble, decompose, wilt, wither
perish, die, be destroyed, cease to exist, come to an end, pass away, evanesce
ANTONYMS

appear

3‘the crowd had dissolved’

SYNONYMS
disperse, disband, break up, split up, separate, scatter, go their separate ways, go in different directions, disjoin
ANTONYMS

join together

4‘the National Assembly was dissolved after a coup’

SYNONYMS
disband, disestablish, dismiss
bring to an end, end, terminate, finish, cease, conclude, discontinue, break up, split up, close down, wind down, wind up, suspend
prorogue, adjourn
scrap, abolish, do away with, get rid of
ANTONYMS

establish

5‘the marriage was dissolved in 1985’

SYNONYMS
annul, nullify, void
cancel, invalidate, overturn, repeal, rescind, revoke
divorce

Phrases

    dissolve into

    ‘a timid child who was always the first to dissolve into tears’


    SYNONYMS
    burst into, break into, collapse into, break down into
    be overcome with
    informal crack up