vapor

Noun

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

Verb

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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈveɪpə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: vapour

In summary

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

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

Translations

vapeur

Dampf

vapor

vapore

damp

stoom

para

ατμός

vapor

vapor

wasem

vapor

بخار

Dunst

vaho