Meanings
- not comparableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see steaming, hot: very hot in a way that involves giving off steam or extremely hot water vapour.
Don't touch that radiator! It's steaming hot!
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Near-synonyms: boiling hot, scalding hot, piping hot
Synonyms: steaming, boiling hot, scalding hot, piping hot
- broadlyidiomaticnot comparableVery hot in a way that involves visible water vapour.
Near-synonyms: boiling hot, baking hot
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Those horses are steaming hot. He's got to give that team a rest in the shade soon or there'll be trouble.
Synonyms: steaming, boiling hot, baking hot
- broadlyidiomaticnot comparableVery hot.
Watch out — the chrome parts of the car are steaming hot from the sun.
Synonyms: steaming, boiling hot, scalding hot, piping hot, baking hot, smoking hot
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see steaming, hot: very hot in a way that involves giving off steam or extremely hot water vapour.
adjectiveVery hot in a way that involves visible water vapour.
adjectiveVery hot.
Cite this entry
steaming hot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/steaming%20hot
“steaming hot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/steaming%20hot. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “steaming hot,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/steaming%20hot.
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