vapor

Meaning

Noun

1. Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air.
2. The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid.
3. Something insubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting.
4. Any medicinal agent designed for administration in the form of inhaled vapour.
5. Hypochondria; melancholy; the blues; hysteria, or other nervous disorder.
6. (obsolete) Wind; flatulence.

Verb

1. To become vapor; to be emitted or circulated as vapor.
2. To turn into vapor.
3. To emit vapor or fumes.
4. To use insubstantial language; to boast or bluster.
5. To give (someone) the vapors; to depress, to bore.

Synonyms

steam

vapour

mist

gas

smoke

fog

🌫️

fume

vapour

exhalation

air

breath

smog

vaporization

water vapor

vaporisation

fine spray

evaporate

evaporation

spirit

stink

sweat

😓

vaporize

vapors

boil down

vapours

volatilize

water vapour

vapor of water

evapour

aqueous vapour

fumes

dew

humidity

dampness

moisture

opium

reek

damp

smudge

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈveɪpə/

Etymology

From Middle English vapour, from Anglo-Norman vapour, Old French vapor, from Latin vapor (“steam, heat”).