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Antonyms for cold
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coldadjective
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hotSynonyms:
nippy, parky, taters, brass monkeyscoldnoun
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hotcoldnoun
Having a low temperature.
A cold wind whistled through the trees.
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heated, warm, hot, scorching, searing, torrid, baking, boilingSynonyms:
coldness, freezing, glacial, icy, unwelcoming, standoffish, frigid, chilled, unfriendly, unready, cool, distant, hostile, unprepared, aloof, chillycoldadjective
Causing the air to be cold.
The forecast is that it will be very cold today.
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coryza, common cold, head cold, unready, freezing, glacial, standoffish, unprepared, hostile, chilled, unwelcoming, distant, cool, frigid, chilly, icy, aloof, unfriendlycoldadjective
Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.
She was so cold she was shivering.
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standoffish, aloof, chilly, cool, glacial, unwelcoming, chilled, unready, distant, unprepared, freezing, frigid, unfriendly, hostile, icycoldadjective
Unfriendly, emotionally distant or unfeeling.
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friendly, welcoming, amiableSynonyms:
icy, freezing, distant, standoffish, aloof, hostile, glacial, unfriendly, unready, chilled, unwelcoming, unprepared, chilly, frigid, coolcoldadjective
Dispassionate, not prejudiced or partisan, impartial.
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hostile, chilled, chilly, unwelcoming, distant, unready, freezing, glacial, unfriendly, frigid, unprepared, icy, cool, standoffish, aloofcoldadjective
Completely unprepared; without introduction.
He was assigned cold calls for the first three months.
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primed, ready, preparedSynonyms:
unwelcoming, chilled, frigid, aloof, glacial, unprepared, chilly, unfriendly, freezing, distant, standoffish, cool, unready, hostile, icycoldadjective
Unconscious or deeply asleep; deprived of the metaphorical heat associated with life or consciousness.
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frigid, chilly, icy, distant, unprepared, unfriendly, freezing, chilled, cool, aloof, unready, standoffish, unwelcoming, glacial, hostilecoldadjective
Perfectly, exactly, completely; by heart.
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cool, frigid, freezing, unready, aloof, glacial, unfriendly, unwelcoming, standoffish, distant, chilly, chilled, icy, hostile, unpreparedcoldadjective
Cornered, done for.
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unwelcoming, cool, freezing, chilled, distant, unfriendly, hostile, icy, standoffish, chilly, unready, aloof, glacial, unprepared, frigid
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Princeton's WordNet
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?"
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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, originalSynonyms:
common cold, low temperature, coldness, frigidness, frigiditycoldness, 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"
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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, freshSynonyms:
chilliness, iciness, common cold, coolness, low temperature, frigidness, frigidity, coldnesscold, coldnessadjective
the sensation produced by low temperatures
"he shivered from the cold"; "the cold helped clear his head"
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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, sensualSynonyms:
chilliness, iciness, common cold, coolness, low temperature, frigidness, frigidity, coldnesscoldadjective
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"
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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, originalSynonyms:
insensate, inhuman, moth-eaten, frigid, cold-blooded, dusty, stalecoldadjective
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"
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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, tropicalSynonyms:
insensate, inhuman, moth-eaten, frigid, cold-blooded, dusty, stalecoldadjective
having lost freshness through passage of time
"a cold trail"; "dogs attempting to catch a cold scent"
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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, nighSynonyms:
insensate, inhuman, moth-eaten, frigid, cold-blooded, dusty, stalecoldadjective
(color) giving no sensation of warmth
"a cold bluish grey"
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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, hottishSynonyms:
insensate, inhuman, moth-eaten, frigid, cold-blooded, dusty, stalecoldadjective
marked by errorless familiarity
"had her lines cold before rehearsals started"
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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, warmingSynonyms:
insensate, inhuman, moth-eaten, frigid, cold-blooded, dusty, stalecold, stale, dusty, moth-eatenadjective
lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
"moth-eaten theories about race"; "stale news"
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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, heatableSynonyms:
dust-covered, ratty, dusty, tatty, mothy, moth-eaten, stale, shabby, inhuman, cold-blooded, frigid, insensatecoldadjective
so intense as to be almost uncontrollable
"cold fury gripped him"
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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, enthusiasticSynonyms:
insensate, inhuman, moth-eaten, frigid, cold-blooded, dusty, stalecold, frigidadjective
sexually unresponsive
"was cold to his advances"; "a frigid woman"
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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, calorifacientSynonyms:
wintry, dusty, polar, arctic, glacial, gelid, moth-eaten, stale, frosty, inhuman, frozen, icy, cold-blooded, frigid, insensatecold, cold-blooded, inhuman, insensateadjective
without compunction or human feeling
"in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction"
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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, tropicSynonyms:
dusty, moth-eaten, stale, inhuman, insentient, cold-blooded, frigid, insensatecoldadjective
feeling or showing no enthusiasm
"a cold audience"; "a cold response to the new play"
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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, imperfectSynonyms:
insensate, inhuman, moth-eaten, frigid, cold-blooded, dusty, stalecoldadjective
unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication
"the boxer was out cold"; "pass out cold"
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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, calorificSynonyms:
insensate, inhuman, moth-eaten, frigid, cold-blooded, dusty, stalecoldadjective
of a seeker; far from the object sought
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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, bakingSynonyms:
insensate, inhuman, moth-eaten, frigid, cold-blooded, dusty, stalecoldadjective
lacking the warmth of life
"cold in his grave"
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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, calefactiveSynonyms:
insensate, inhuman, moth-eaten, frigid, cold-blooded, dusty, stale
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
COLD
Synonyms:
Chronic obstructive lung disease
Editors Contribution
geothermal
cold because geothermal means warm and cold is the opposite of warm/hot
yoruba
a low temperature
it is cold outside
How to use cold in a sentence?
After 9/11 … I stepped up. I was not on the sidelines, I was on the frontlines in the Cold War and I was on the frontlines in the fight against Al Qaeda.
Despite a serious risk of energy shortages, we still expect most of Gas Infrastructure Europe to get through the cold season without having to shut down significant parts of industry by large-scale rationing of gas supplies.
That cold air thats hung around over the last four or five days, finally beginning to break down, this morning, our last really cold morning, temperatures getting more seasonal in the next couple of days.
We were not isolated in the past, we are not isolated now and we will not be isolated in the future, actually I am worried that some people and countries are still looking at China with the Cold War mentality and prejudice. They may build a wall in their minds and end up isolating themselves.
We’ve played in two cold places previously before this game so I think we’re kind of used to it now, i think we’ve adapted well, and I think we’ll be prepared.
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#716 | sure | |
#735 | close | |
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#1100 | certain | |
#1254 | friendly | |
#1292 | ready | |
#1986 | cold | |
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#4362 | tropical | |
#4757 | thermal | |
#6100 | loving | |
#6452 | advised | |
#8059 | warming | |
#8164 | mild | |
#8869 | assured | |
#8872 | conscious | |
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#18470 | fiery | |
#21090 | imperfect | |
#30511 | sizzling | |
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#34323 | primed | |
#34688 | tropic | |
#39037 | cognizant | |
#40186 | sultry | |
#40699 | blistering | |
#44219 | igneous | |
#46093 | fervent | |
#46872 | searing | |
#49126 | amiable | |
#50095 | scorching | |
#51207 | stifling | |
#59773 | torrid | |
#63881 | apprised | |
#67358 | overheated | |
#80377 | sweltering | |
#115034 | calorific | |
#194842 | sulfurous | |
#205935 | fervid | |
#206618 | sulphurous |
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