Thesaurus results for SIMMER

simmer

verb

ˈsi-mər

Definition of simmer

as in to boil

to cook in a liquid heated to the point that it gives off steam I gently simmered the chili for an hour

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Recent Examples of simmer When younger brother Naz arrives with an unexpected guest in tow, tensions simmer, eventually boiling over into violence as the family’s dirty secrets are revealed. — Suzanne Van Atten, AJC.com, 24 Aug. 2026 Featuring appearances from Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg, Ye, YG, Black Thought, Larry June and others, the album also finds Game seemingly airing out some long-simmering feelings about none other than Kendrick Lamar. — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026 Multiple current and former officials told CBS News there has been long-simmering tension between LaNeve and the former senior officers who pushed for the unit to be established. — Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 Still, the ad reflects the simmering opposition appearing across the US against local AI data center construction. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 19 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for simmer

Recent Examples of Synonyms for simmer

boil

Verb

Getting that apparently trivial behavior working involved Home Assistant, MQTT, custom software, and more Claude, Codex and ChatGPT tokens than one should reasonably associate with boiling pasta.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Aug. 2026
The clip, filmed last month, appeared to show a young man standing on a table at a Haidilao branch in Shanghai urinating into a vat of boiling broth.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026