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Cold

🔄 Synonyms of "Cold"

30 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
gelid	(literary) Very cold; icy or frosty.
bleaknoun	Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.
frigid	Very cold; lacking warmth; icy.
intense	Of a characteristic: extreme or very high or strong in degree; severe; also, excessive, towering.
insensatenoun	Senseless; foolish; irrational; thoughtless.
coolverb	(informal, of a person) Knowing what to do and how to behave; behaving with effortless and enviable style and panache; considered popular by others.
crispnoun	Senses relating to curliness.
deadnoun	(usually not comparable) No longer living; deceased. (Also used as a noun.)
frore	(archaic) Extremely cold; frozen.
rawnoun	(cooking) (of food) Not cooked.
stalenoun	No longer fresh, in reference to food, urine, straw, wounds, etc.
oldnoun	Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
algid	(medicine) Cold, chilly; used of low body temperature, especially in connection with certain diseases such as malaria and cholera.
unconsciousnoun	Not awake; having no awareness (usually as the result of a head injury).
perfectnoun	Without fault or mistake; without flaw, of supreme quality.
polarnoun	(geography) Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole); within the Arctic or Antarctic circles.
frigorific	Causing to chill or cool.
inhuman	Of or pertaining to inhumanity and the indifferently cruel, sadistic or barbaric behavior it brings.
nippynoun	(informal, weather) Rather cold.
inhumane	Alternative form of inhuman: lacking pity or compassion for misery and suffering; cruel, unkind. [Of or pertaining to inhumanity and the indifferently cruel, sadistic or barbaric behavior it brings.]
wintry	Suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy.
nippingnoun	The act or sensation of giving a nip.
emotionless	Lacking emotion.
parkynoun	(British, informal) Synonym of chilly: somewhat cold but not extremely so.
acold	(archaic or literary) Feeling cold.

↔️ Antonyms of "Cold"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
hotverb	Relating to heat and conditions which produce it.
heatnoun	(uncountable) Thermal energy.
high temperaturenoun	the presence of heat
hotnessnoun	The condition of being hot.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Cold"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
acold	(archaic or literary) Feeling cold.
parkynoun	(British, informal) Synonym of chilly: somewhat cold but not extremely so.
frigid	Very cold; lacking warmth; icy.
frore	(archaic) Extremely cold; frozen.
ice-cold	As cold as ice; very cold.
stone-cold	Without emotion.
chilled	Cooled.
frostynoun	Cold, chilly; icy.
gelid	(literary) Very cold; icy or frosty.
freezingnoun	(countable and uncountable) The change in state of a substance from liquid to solid by cooling to a critically low temperature.
icy	Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in ice; cold; frosty.
frozen	Having undergone the process of freezing; in ice form.
frigorific	Causing to chill or cool.
frosted	Covered in frost; frosty.
wintry	Suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy.
rimed	Covered in rime (etymology 1) or (generally) frost.
rimy	Coated in rime.
iced	With ice added.
refrigerant	(obsolete) That cools or freezes; providing relief from heat or fever.
cool	(informal, of a person) Knowing what to do and how to behave; behaving with effortless and enviable style and panache; considered popular by others.