caking

The word “caking” has 2 syllables: cak-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈkeɪkɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for caking?

In the thesaurus, “caking” has 32 synonyms and 5 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for caking along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for caking

  • band
  • besmearing
  • bloom
  • border
  • coagulating
  • coat
  • coating
  • concretion
  • congealing
  • covering
  • crusting
  • daubing
  • edge
  • encrustation
  • encrusting
  • film
  • hardening
  • hull
  • incrustation
  • incrusting
  • integument
  • layer
  • outside
  • riming
  • rind
  • scab
  • shell
  • skin
  • smearing
  • spreading
  • surface
  • verge

Antonyms for caking

  • center
  • core
  • inside
  • interior
  • middle

Meanings of caking

  • verb
    1. Coat (something) with a crust of solid material.
    2. To form into a cake, or mass.
    3. To cackle like a goose.
  • noun
    1. A layer or deposit of caked material.

Example Sentences

  • The wet snow was quickly caking on the branches of the trees.
  • She noticed the mud caking on her shoes after walking through the rain.
  • The frosting was caking on the surface of the cake as she spread it evenly.
  • He tried to wipe the thick layer of dust caking the windowsill.
  • Despite the heat, the clay was slowly caking into solid bricks.

On this page you'll find 37 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to caking, such as: band, besmearing, bloom, border, center, coagulating, coat.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

calcifying

  • annealing
  • caking
  • callusing
  • case-hardening
  • clotting
  • coagulating
  • concreting
  • congealing
  • crystalizing
  • crystallizing
  • encrusting
  • freezing
  • gelating
  • gelatinizing
  • gelling
  • hardening
  • incrusting
  • indurating
  • jelling
  • jellying
  • ossifying
  • petrifying
  • rigidifying
  • setting
  • solidifying
  • stiffening
  • tempering
  • thickening

callusing

  • annealing
  • caking
  • calcifying
  • case-hardening
  • clotting
  • coagulating
  • concreting
  • congealing
  • crystalizing
  • crystallizing
  • encrusting
  • freezing
  • gelating
  • gelatinizing
  • gelling
  • hardening
  • incrusting
  • indurating
  • jelling
  • jellying
  • ossifying
  • petrifying
  • rigidifying
  • setting
  • solidifying
  • stiffening
  • tempering
  • thickening

jelling

  • associating
  • caking
  • clotting
  • clumping
  • coagulating
  • coalescing
  • cohering
  • combining
  • concreting
  • condensing
  • congealing
  • conjoining
  • conjugating
  • connecting
  • coupling
  • crystalizing
  • crystallizing
  • curding
  • curdling
  • fixing
  • forming
  • freezing
  • fusing
  • gelating
  • gelatinizing
  • gelling
  • gumming
  • hardening
  • indurating
  • jellying
  • joining
  • setting
  • solidifying
  • stiffening
  • thickening
  • unifying
  • uniting

jellying

  • caking
  • clotting
  • clumping
  • coagulating
  • concreting
  • condensing
  • congealing
  • curding
  • curdling
  • fixing
  • freezing
  • gelating
  • gelatinizing
  • gelling
  • gumming
  • hardening
  • indurating
  • jelling
  • setting
  • solidifying
  • stiffening
  • thickening

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