Meanings
comparative more endothermic · superlative most endothermic
- chemistryOf a chemical reaction that absorbs heat energy from its surroundings.
These can be differentiated on a thermal scan where an endothermic transition indicates enantiotropes and an exothermic transition indicates monotropes .
2014, William J. Brock, Barbara Mounho, Lijie Fu, The Role of the Study Director in Nonclinical Studies, page 174Antonyms: exothermic
- biologyOf an animal whose body temperature is regulated by internal factors.
Synonyms: warm-blooded, endothermal, homeothermal, homeothermic · Antonyms: ectothermic, exothermic, cold-blooded
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf a chemical reaction that absorbs heat energy from its surroundings.
adjectiveOf an animal whose body temperature is regulated by internal factors.
More synonyms by meaning
adjective(of a chemical reaction or compound) occurring or formed with absorption of heat
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchendothermique
- Englishendothermic
Borrowed from French endothermique, from endo- (“inside”) + thermique (“of heat”), both ultimately from Ancient Greek. By surface analysis, endo- + -thermic.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan endotèrmic, endotèrmic
- endotèrmicchemistry: absorbing heat
- endotèrmiczoology: of animal with regulated temperature
Chinese Mandarin 溫血的 /温血的, 熱血的 /热血的
- 溫血的 /温血的 (wēnxuè de)zoology: of animal with regulated temperature
- 熱血的 /热血的 (rèxuè de)zoology: of animal with regulated temperature
Czech endotermický
- endotermickýchemistry: absorbing heat
Dutch warmbloedig
- warmbloedigzoology: of animal with regulated temperature
Estonian püsisoojane, homöotermne
- püsisoojanezoology: of animal with regulated temperature
- homöotermnezoology: of animal with regulated temperature
Finnish endoterminen, tasalämpöinen
- endoterminenchemistry: absorbing heat
- tasalämpöinenzoology: of animal with regulated temperature
French endothermique, homéotherme
- endothermiquechemistry: absorbing heat
- homéothermezoology: of animal with regulated temperature
- à sang chaudzoology: of animal with regulated temperature
German endotherm, warmblütig
- endothermchemistry: absorbing heat
- warmblütigzoology: of animal with regulated temperature
- homöothermzoology: of animal with regulated temperature
Greek ενδοθερμικός, θερμόαιμος
- ενδοθερμικός (endothermikós)zoology: of animal with regulated temperature
- θερμόαιμος (thermóaimos)zoology: of animal with regulated temperature
Japanese 温血の
- 温血の (onketsu no)zoology: of animal with regulated temperature
Latvian siltasiņu
- siltasiņuzoology: of animal with regulated temperature
Lithuanian šiltakraujis
- šiltakraujiszoology: of animal with regulated temperature
Malay berdarah panas, berdarah hangat
- berdarah panaszoology: of animal with regulated temperature
- berdarah hangatzoology: of animal with regulated temperature
Māori pauwera
- pauwerachemistry: absorbing heat
Norwegian endoterm
- endotermchemistry: absorbing heat
Persian گرماگیر
- گرماگیر (garmâgir)chemistry: absorbing heat
Polish stałocieplny
- stałocieplnyzoology: of animal with regulated temperature
Portuguese endotérmico, endotérmico
- endotérmicochemistry: absorbing heat
- endotérmicozoology: of animal with regulated temperature
Russian эндотерми́ческий, эндоте́рмный
- эндотерми́ческий (endotermíčeskij)chemistry: absorbing heat
- эндоте́рмный (endotérmnyj)zoology: of animal with regulated temperature
- теплокро́вный (teplokróvnyj)zoology: of animal with regulated temperature
- гомойоте́рмный (gomojotérmnyj)zoology: of animal with regulated temperature
Swahili damu moto
- damu motozoology: of animal with regulated temperature
Swedish endoterm, endotermisk
- endotermchemistry: absorbing heat
- endotermiskchemistry: absorbing heat
- jämnvarmzoology: of animal with regulated temperature
- varmblodigzoology: of animal with regulated temperature
Tagalog sulud-initin
- sulud-initinchemistry: absorbing heat
Thai เลือดอุ่น
- เลือดอุ่น (lʉ̂ʉat-ùn)zoology: of animal with regulated temperature
Vietnamese thu nhiệt
- thu nhiệtchemistry: absorbing heat
Cite this entry
endothermic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endothermic
“endothermic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endothermic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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