vapor
Airborne liquid droplets
Vapor is a substance in gaseous form, especially one that is normally liquid or solid at room temperature.
Water vapor fills the air; gasoline gives off vapors.
The word often suggests something insubstantial or fleeting: His promises turned to vapor.
To vaporize is to convert into vapor or to destroy utterly.
Vaping—inhaling vapor from electronic devices—takes its name from vapor.
Heated water's gaseous form
- fogLow-lying cloud cover
- hazeMurky atmospheric suspension
- cloudAtmospheric water vapor mass
- aerosolMist in gas
spray · droplets · condensation · humidity · moisture · dew · brume · miasma
Make more compact
- distillPurify through vaporization
- sublimateRedirect impulses constructively
- volatilizeConvert to vapor
- boilHeat to bubbling point
steam · dissipate · disperse · diffuse · rise · waft · emanate · atomize
Passing very quickly
- transientTemporary, soon departing
- evanescentTending to vanish quickly
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
- insubstantialLacking physical or material substance
wispy · gossamer · intangible · impermanent · vanishing · dissipating · elusive · delicate
Toxic vapor emission
- exhaustUse up entirely
- emissionDischarged substance or act
- effluentDischarged liquid waste
- smokeAirborne combustion byproduct
gaseous · airborne · volatile · propellant · inhalant · refrigerant · solvent · chemical
Apparition of the dead
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
- wraithSpectral apparition of someone
specter · shade · ether · incorporeal · otherworldly · supernatural · haunting · mysterious
steam
Heated water's gaseous form
aerosol · spray · droplets · condensation · humidity · moisture · dew · brume · miasma · exhalation
condense
Make more compact
- distillPurify through vaporization
- sublimateRedirect impulses constructively
- volatilizeConvert to vapor
boil · steam · dissipate · disperse · diffuse · rise · waft · emanate · atomize · nebulize
fleeting
Passing very quickly
- transientTemporary, soon departing
- evanescentTending to vanish quickly
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
insubstantial · wispy · gossamer · intangible · impermanent · vanishing · dissipating · elusive · delicate · tenuous
fume
Toxic vapor emission
smoke · gaseous · airborne · volatile · propellant · inhalant · refrigerant · solvent · chemical · industrial
ghost
Apparition of the dead
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
wraith · specter · shade · ether · incorporeal · otherworldly · supernatural · haunting · mysterious · unearthly
fragrance
Pleasing olfactory quality
- perfumeFragrant liquid for wearing
- aromaPleasant distinctive smell
- essenceFundamental nature of something
bouquet · waft · redolence · incense · aromatherapy · diffuser · attar · cologne · scented · aromatic
- gasesgas, air, oxygen, helium, nitrogen
- condensationcondensation, dew, fog, steam, frost
- hot springssteam, thermal springs, hydrogen sulfide, bubbles, mineral deposits
- humedad
- humidityrelative humidity, humidity sensor, humidity reading, humidity control, humid
- spellingscolour, color, favour, favor, honour
vapordryness
Absence of moisture
aridity · desiccation · dry air · drought · absorption
- water vaporH₂O in gaseous state
- vapor trailsCondensed exhaust behind aircraft
- vapor rubMentholated topical decongestant
- vapour trailCondensed aircraft exhaust visible aloft
- water vapourAirborne moisture, gaseous state
- toxic vaporsHarmful airborne chemical emissions
evaporate, evaporation, vaporous, evaporated, vapors, vaporize, evaporating, evaporates, vaporized