Antonyms for cold
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1. coldadjective

   Antonyms:
   hot

   Synonyms:
   nippy, parky, taters, brass monkeys

2. coldnoun

   Antonyms:
   hot

3. coldnoun

   Having a low temperature.

   A cold wind whistled through the trees.

   Antonyms:
   heated, warm, hot, scorching, searing, torrid, baking, boiling

   Synonyms:
   coldness, freezing, glacial, icy, unwelcoming, standoffish, frigid, chilled, unfriendly, unready, cool, distant, hostile, unprepared, aloof, chilly

4. coldadjective

   Causing the air to be cold.

   The forecast is that it will be very cold today.

   Synonyms:
   coryza, common cold, head cold, unready, freezing, glacial, standoffish, unprepared, hostile, chilled, unwelcoming, distant, cool, frigid, chilly, icy, aloof, unfriendly

5. coldadjective

   Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.

   She was so cold she was shivering.

   Synonyms:
   standoffish, aloof, chilly, cool, glacial, unwelcoming, chilled, unready, distant, unprepared, freezing, frigid, unfriendly, hostile, icy

6. coldadjective

   Unfriendly, emotionally distant or unfeeling.

   Antonyms:
   friendly, welcoming, amiable

   Synonyms:
   icy, freezing, distant, standoffish, aloof, hostile, glacial, unfriendly, unready, chilled, unwelcoming, unprepared, chilly, frigid, cool

7. coldadjective

   Dispassionate, not prejudiced or partisan, impartial.

   Synonyms:
   hostile, chilled, chilly, unwelcoming, distant, unready, freezing, glacial, unfriendly, frigid, unprepared, icy, cool, standoffish, aloof

8. coldadjective

   Completely unprepared; without introduction.

   He was assigned cold calls for the first three months.

   Antonyms:
   primed, ready, prepared

   Synonyms:
   unwelcoming, chilled, frigid, aloof, glacial, unprepared, chilly, unfriendly, freezing, distant, standoffish, cool, unready, hostile, icy

9. coldadjective

   Unconscious or deeply asleep; deprived of the metaphorical heat associated with life or consciousness.

   Synonyms:
   frigid, chilly, icy, distant, unprepared, unfriendly, freezing, chilled, cool, aloof, unready, standoffish, unwelcoming, glacial, hostile

10. coldadjective

    Perfectly, exactly, completely; by heart.

    Synonyms:
    cool, frigid, freezing, unready, aloof, glacial, unfriendly, unwelcoming, standoffish, distant, chilly, chilled, icy, hostile, unprepared

11. coldadjective

    Cornered, done for.

    Synonyms:
    unwelcoming, cool, freezing, chilled, distant, unfriendly, hostile, icy, standoffish, chilly, unready, aloof, glacial, unprepared, frigid

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cold

   Antonyms:
   advised, apprised, assured, aware, certain, certified, cognizant, conscious, informed, sensible, sure

   Synonyms:
   dead, deaf, ignorant, insensible, unaware, unconscious

Matched Categories

1. • Communicable Disease
   • Respiratory Disease

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. cold, common coldnoun

   a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)

   "will they never find a cure for the common cold?"

   Antonyms:
   flaming, red-hot, mild, thermal, overheated, hot, fervid, imperfect, tropical, calefactive, igneous, torrid, enthusiastic, fiery, blistering, sweltry, heatable, sizzling, close, sweltering, nigh, sultry, calefactory, near, white, white-hot, baking, alive(p), calefacient, fervent, scorching, heated up, heated, humane, warm, het up, warming, stifling, blistery, sensual, het, sulphurous, conscious, tropic, calorifacient, baking hot, fresh, hottish, live, calorific, sulfurous, loving, original

   Synonyms:
   common cold, low temperature, coldness, frigidness, frigidity

2. coldness, cold, low temperature, frigidity, frigidnessnoun

   the absence of heat

   "the coldness made our breath visible"; "come in out of the cold"; "cold is a vasoconstrictor"

   Antonyms:
   nigh, sizzling, tropical, heated, hot, calorific, sultry, live, hottish, scorching, torrid, fervent, loving, mild, het, heated up, tropic, conscious, humane, sulphurous, fervid, near, sweltering, baking, warming, stifling, red-hot, flaming, calorifacient, white-hot, thermal, close, original, warm, baking hot, blistery, sweltry, het up, overheated, white, heatable, fiery, alive(p), sensual, calefactive, enthusiastic, calefactory, imperfect, igneous, blistering, calefacient, sulfurous, fresh

   Synonyms:
   chilliness, iciness, common cold, coolness, low temperature, frigidness, frigidity, coldness

3. cold, coldnessadjective

   the sensation produced by low temperatures

   "he shivered from the cold"; "the cold helped clear his head"

   Antonyms:
   loving, heatable, white-hot, sulfurous, baking hot, igneous, heated, humane, enthusiastic, hot, red-hot, live, calorifacient, alive(p), warming, close, stifling, conscious, sultry, blistering, sweltering, calefacient, fiery, het up, mild, calorific, overheated, sizzling, nigh, fervent, thermal, fervid, heated up, scorching, baking, tropic, hottish, original, torrid, calefactive, sulphurous, flaming, white, calefactory, tropical, blistery, het, warm, imperfect, fresh, sweltry, near, sensual

   Synonyms:
   chilliness, iciness, common cold, coolness, low temperature, frigidness, frigidity, coldness

4. coldadjective

   having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration

   "a cold climate"; "a cold room"; "dinner has gotten cold"; "cold fingers"; "if you are cold, turn up the heat"; "a cold beer"

   Antonyms:
   red-hot, igneous, calorific, fervent, nigh, heated, baking, blistering, fresh, live, calefactory, white-hot, calefacient, warm, mild, white, loving, baking hot, hottish, blistery, heatable, het, torrid, calefactive, sulfurous, hot, heated up, stifling, tropic, sultry, close, sensual, sulphurous, fiery, sizzling, tropical, near, humane, conscious, flaming, alive(p), scorching, overheated, het up, sweltry, fervid, enthusiastic, calorifacient, imperfect, sweltering, warming, thermal, original

   Synonyms:
   insensate, inhuman, moth-eaten, frigid, cold-blooded, dusty, stale

5. coldadjective

   extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion

   "a cold unfriendly nod"; "a cold and unaffectionate person"; "a cold impersonal manner"; "cold logic"; "the concert left me cold"

   Antonyms:
   igneous, heated up, blistering, sweltry, fresh, baking hot, sultry, conscious, heated, baking, white, tropic, imperfect, sensual, original, het up, scorching, blistery, calorifacient, red-hot, sizzling, calorific, warming, sulphurous, close, hot, white-hot, sweltering, flaming, mild, fiery, fervid, nigh, stifling, humane, near, alive(p), thermal, enthusiastic, warm, hottish, heatable, sulfurous, torrid, live, het, calefacient, fervent, loving, calefactory, calefactive, overheated, tropical

   Synonyms:
   insensate, inhuman, moth-eaten, frigid, cold-blooded, dusty, stale

6. coldadjective

   having lost freshness through passage of time

   "a cold trail"; "dogs attempting to catch a cold scent"

   Antonyms:
   tropic, sulphurous, warm, enthusiastic, warming, fervid, sensual, sweltry, hot, white-hot, het up, igneous, sweltering, calefactive, heated up, imperfect, loving, fervent, blistery, het, conscious, fiery, calefactory, calorific, thermal, near, sulfurous, sizzling, mild, close, torrid, overheated, stifling, live, alive(p), baking hot, red-hot, heated, calefacient, sultry, blistering, baking, white, scorching, tropical, hottish, heatable, fresh, original, calorifacient, humane, flaming, nigh

   Synonyms:
   insensate, inhuman, moth-eaten, frigid, cold-blooded, dusty, stale

7. coldadjective

   (color) giving no sensation of warmth

   "a cold bluish grey"

   Antonyms:
   flaming, sweltering, red-hot, calorific, calorifacient, sultry, calefacient, heated, sensual, heated up, warming, fiery, nigh, sweltry, conscious, original, enthusiastic, igneous, baking, warm, scorching, het up, blistering, overheated, hot, torrid, fervid, sizzling, live, heatable, near, humane, baking hot, white, imperfect, sulphurous, fresh, white-hot, sulfurous, calefactory, tropical, loving, blistery, alive(p), het, tropic, fervent, close, thermal, mild, calefactive, stifling, hottish

   Synonyms:
   insensate, inhuman, moth-eaten, frigid, cold-blooded, dusty, stale

8. coldadjective

   marked by errorless familiarity

   "had her lines cold before rehearsals started"

   Antonyms:
   igneous, calorific, stifling, red-hot, heated up, sultry, heated, hottish, white, fervid, fiery, sweltry, hot, scorching, white-hot, calefacient, overheated, nigh, warm, flaming, humane, loving, thermal, sulfurous, het, baking, alive(p), imperfect, sweltering, sulphurous, close, original, enthusiastic, sizzling, tropical, torrid, sensual, near, heatable, tropic, calefactory, conscious, live, calorifacient, blistering, calefactive, blistery, mild, fervent, fresh, het up, baking hot, warming

   Synonyms:
   insensate, inhuman, moth-eaten, frigid, cold-blooded, dusty, stale

9. cold, stale, dusty, moth-eatenadjective

   lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new

   "moth-eaten theories about race"; "stale news"

   Antonyms:
   blistering, sulfurous, het, heated up, humane, loving, fiery, warming, white-hot, baking, fervent, blistery, het up, scorching, fervid, sensual, white, near, calefacient, calefactive, alive(p), calorific, close, igneous, sizzling, sultry, warm, fresh, hottish, nigh, sweltering, tropic, baking hot, mild, original, thermal, flaming, hot, calefactory, imperfect, tropical, torrid, heated, conscious, calorifacient, red-hot, overheated, sweltry, live, sulphurous, stifling, enthusiastic, heatable

   Synonyms:
   dust-covered, ratty, dusty, tatty, mothy, moth-eaten, stale, shabby, inhuman, cold-blooded, frigid, insensate

10. coldadjective

    so intense as to be almost uncontrollable

    "cold fury gripped him"

    Antonyms:
    sulphurous, warm, fervid, heatable, loving, tropical, torrid, het, heated, fiery, sulfurous, nigh, conscious, white-hot, flaming, white, tropic, sultry, baking hot, blistering, heated up, calefactory, close, baking, sweltry, near, live, hot, calefacient, original, calorifacient, imperfect, mild, sizzling, scorching, calefactive, sensual, alive(p), thermal, overheated, het up, humane, stifling, igneous, blistery, calorific, fervent, fresh, red-hot, sweltering, hottish, warming, enthusiastic

    Synonyms:
    insensate, inhuman, moth-eaten, frigid, cold-blooded, dusty, stale

11. cold, frigidadjective

    sexually unresponsive

    "was cold to his advances"; "a frigid woman"

    Antonyms:
    flaming, heated, thermal, scorching, sizzling, close, alive(p), calefactory, stifling, sultry, calefacient, conscious, calorific, igneous, sweltry, nigh, blistering, tropical, overheated, red-hot, mild, live, humane, warm, blistery, white-hot, sulphurous, baking hot, tropic, near, fiery, loving, fresh, sensual, imperfect, heatable, hottish, het, hot, original, heated up, enthusiastic, torrid, fervent, warming, calefactive, sulfurous, baking, sweltering, white, fervid, het up, calorifacient

    Synonyms:
    wintry, dusty, polar, arctic, glacial, gelid, moth-eaten, stale, frosty, inhuman, frozen, icy, cold-blooded, frigid, insensate

12. cold, cold-blooded, inhuman, insensateadjective

    without compunction or human feeling

    "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction"

    Antonyms:
    white-hot, white, sweltry, enthusiastic, sultry, fiery, het, original, heated up, calorifacient, nigh, fervent, close, sulfurous, sensual, heated, calefactory, tropical, sulphurous, igneous, conscious, overheated, baking hot, fervid, red-hot, hot, scorching, calefactive, torrid, sizzling, loving, thermal, live, stifling, baking, calefacient, blistery, hottish, sweltering, warming, blistering, humane, mild, imperfect, alive(p), calorific, near, warm, heatable, het up, fresh, flaming, tropic

    Synonyms:
    dusty, moth-eaten, stale, inhuman, insentient, cold-blooded, frigid, insensate

13. coldadjective

    feeling or showing no enthusiasm

    "a cold audience"; "a cold response to the new play"

    Antonyms:
    heated up, sulfurous, flaming, calefacient, white-hot, stifling, igneous, baking hot, close, loving, fresh, hot, sulphurous, mild, fervent, red-hot, sizzling, white, alive(p), het up, fiery, torrid, het, heated, thermal, calefactory, scorching, calefactive, overheated, live, warm, tropic, hottish, conscious, calorific, nigh, blistering, sensual, fervid, baking, blistery, tropical, sultry, warming, sweltry, sweltering, calorifacient, near, humane, enthusiastic, original, heatable, imperfect

    Synonyms:
    insensate, inhuman, moth-eaten, frigid, cold-blooded, dusty, stale

14. coldadjective

    unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication

    "the boxer was out cold"; "pass out cold"

    Antonyms:
    heatable, nigh, torrid, red-hot, overheated, flaming, heated, blistering, fiery, sultry, sulfurous, tropic, fervent, loving, warming, calefactive, white-hot, scorching, warm, white, conscious, het up, enthusiastic, live, imperfect, blistery, humane, sulphurous, sizzling, hot, heated up, near, alive(p), thermal, close, calorifacient, sensual, calefacient, calefactory, igneous, sweltry, original, baking, stifling, hottish, fresh, tropical, sweltering, het, fervid, baking hot, mild, calorific

    Synonyms:
    insensate, inhuman, moth-eaten, frigid, cold-blooded, dusty, stale

15. coldadjective

    of a seeker; far from the object sought

    Antonyms:
    imperfect, tropic, blistery, calefacient, white-hot, blistering, flaming, het up, sweltering, alive(p), igneous, white, heated up, stifling, sensual, sizzling, hottish, heatable, tropical, enthusiastic, torrid, overheated, calefactory, original, calorifacient, heated, calorific, close, sultry, warming, calefactive, nigh, red-hot, warm, humane, conscious, near, hot, fervid, fiery, het, baking hot, sweltry, scorching, live, thermal, fresh, sulphurous, loving, fervent, sulfurous, mild, baking

    Synonyms:
    insensate, inhuman, moth-eaten, frigid, cold-blooded, dusty, stale

16. coldadjective

    lacking the warmth of life

    "cold in his grave"

    Antonyms:
    fervent, torrid, live, sensual, white-hot, original, het, fiery, mild, overheated, scorching, flaming, hottish, baking, sizzling, near, heated, sulfurous, sweltry, fervid, imperfect, sweltering, calefacient, conscious, igneous, tropical, red-hot, blistering, calorific, white, hot, warm, sulphurous, loving, alive(p), enthusiastic, het up, heatable, baking hot, warming, thermal, heated up, humane, close, sultry, nigh, calorifacient, tropic, fresh, stifling, calefactory, blistery, calefactive

    Synonyms:
    insensate, inhuman, moth-eaten, frigid, cold-blooded, dusty, stale

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. coldadjective

   Synonyms:
   cool, chilly, frigid, gelid, icy, nipping, bleak, raw, frosty, freezing, unresponsive, phlegmatic, passionless, chilling, stoical, apathetic, reserved

2. coldnoun

   Synonyms:
   coldness, frigidity, gelidity, chilliness, algidity, catarrh

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. COLD

   Synonyms:
   Chronic obstructive lung disease
   

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. geothermal

   cold because geothermal means warm and cold is the opposite of warm/hot

   Submitted by anonymous on February 5, 2020  

2. yoruba

   a low temperature

   it is cold outside

   Submitted by anonymous on October 26, 2020  

How to use cold in a sentence?

1. Heather Conley:

   This does feel, in the Arctic, a little Cold War-esque.

2. James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology:

   It was refreshing to see the cybersecurity communities pushback when the DNC attempted to introduce the cold war “It’s the Russians” mantra when fear mongers found that their completely unprotected networks were infiltrated by script kiddies.

3. Ken Farley:

   The best place to look for life is a place where you think life could have existed, the current surface of Mars is too cold and too dry for any life we know about to exist. Billions of years ago, it was much warmer with water on the surface. Rocks deposited at that time were in habitable environments and they record them.

4. Victoria Spartz:

   It's heartbreaking to watch. … When you see in person the human suffering, and you see these little kids and moms leaving their houses with nothing [in] cold weather, it really has an effect on you, it's a tragedy what's happened there.

5. Reese Witherspoon:

   I see [ fear ] as this little creature that lives in my life all the time, and I can either pay it attention and not get anything done or I can march ahead and ignore it, sometimes I just have to jump two feet into a cold pool and go, ‘ OK, I believe in Reese Witherspoon enough, I know I work hard. I know I can always bet on Reese Witherspoon. Over the past few months, the Wrinkle In Time actress has been vunerable after revealing to the world that she was sexually assaulted by a director while on the set of the film when she was 16 years old.

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