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Antonyms for hot
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hotadjective
Of a person, very physically or sexually attractive.
That girl is hot!
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studly, handsome, hunky, lush, pretty, yummy, foxy, gorgeous, cute, beautiful, sexy, attractive, tasty, fithotadjective
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lifelessSynonyms:
stolenhotadjective
Of an object, having a high temperature.
He forgot the frying pan was hot, and dropped it suddenly.
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icy, ice-cold, cold, chilly, freezing, frigid, freezing cold, chilled, glacial, cold as iceSynonyms:
heatedhotadjective
Of the weather, causing the air to be hot.
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cold, icy, freezing, freezing coldSynonyms:
boiling hot, baking, boiling, sweltering, sultryhotadjective
Of a person or animal, feeling the sensation of heat, especially to the point of discomfort.
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freezing cold, freezingSynonyms:
boiling hot, boiling, bakinghotadjective
Feverish.
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feverish, temperaturehotadjective
Of food, spicy.
Before moving to India, I never ate hot food. The Indians love spicy food.
hotadjective
Electrically charged
a hot wire
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livehotadjective
Radioactive.
Synonyms:
radioactive
English Synonyms and Antonyms
hot
One is eager who impatiently desires to accomplish some end; one is earnest with a desire that is less impatient, but more deep, resolute, and constant; one is anxious with a desire that foresees rather the pain of disappointment than the delight of attainment. One is eager for the gratification of any appetite or passion; he is earnest in conviction, purpose, or character. Eager usually refers to some specific and immediate satisfaction, earnest to something permanent and enduring; the patriotic soldier is earnest in his devotion to his country, eager for a decisive battle.
Antonyms:
apathetic, calm, careless, cold, cool, dispassionate, frigid, heedless, indifferent, negligent, phlegmatic, purposeless, regardless, stolid, stony, stupid, unconcerned, uninterested, unmindful, unmovedSynonyms:
animated, anxious, ardent, burning, desirous, eager, earnest, enthusiastic, fervent, glowing, impatient, impetuous, importunate, intense, intent, keen, longing, vehement, yearning, zealousPreposition:
Eager for (more rarely after) favor, honor, etc.; eager in pursuit.
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Princeton's WordNet
hotadjective
used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
"hot stove"; "hot water"; "a hot August day"; "a hot stuffy room"; "she's hot and tired"; "a hot forehead"
Antonyms:
unlucky, stale, heatless, frosty, pleasant, nonviolent, ice-cold, raw, polar, old, frore, passionless, tasteless, bleak, unsexy, unwanted, unheated, slow, icy, uncharged, nonradioactive, acold, far, stone-cold, frigid, unwarmed, cool, emotionless, legal, cutting, chilly, frigorific, cold, shivery, unskilled, gelid, refrigerated, glacial, rimy, arctic, unpopular, algid, crisp, parky, nipping, uneager, inactive, bad, rimed, refrigerating, frozen, nippy, snappy, luckless, refrigerant, wintrySynonyms:
spicy, raging, red-hot, live, blisteringhot, ragingadjective
characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense
"the fighting became hot and heavy"; "a hot engagement"; "a raging battle"; "the river became a raging torrent"
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tasteless, shivery, ice-cold, frore, refrigerated, refrigerant, cutting, inactive, polar, legal, parky, cold, snappy, glacial, unsexy, uncharged, arctic, frigid, stale, nonviolent, nippy, unskilled, frosty, stone-cold, nonradioactive, far, icy, algid, wintry, frigorific, rimy, frozen, bad, refrigerating, luckless, slow, crisp, uneager, unwanted, cool, unpopular, nipping, gelid, pleasant, heatless, old, raw, bleak, chilly, unwarmed, unlucky, rimed, passionless, unheated, emotionless, acoldSynonyms:
spicy, angry, blistering, raging, red-hot, tempestuous, wild, live, furioushotadjective
extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm
"a hot temper"; "a hot topic"; "a hot new book"; "a hot love affair"; "a hot argument"
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uncharged, passionless, arctic, unskilled, frore, algid, icy, frozen, nonradioactive, unwarmed, glacial, chilly, crisp, cold, parky, unwanted, cool, rimed, bleak, shivery, far, unsexy, polar, frosty, unpopular, raw, acold, pleasant, rimy, nippy, unlucky, tasteless, gelid, refrigerated, refrigerant, nipping, refrigerating, frigid, slow, inactive, snappy, wintry, ice-cold, stale, luckless, uneager, frigorific, nonviolent, old, heatless, stone-cold, emotionless, legal, bad, unheated, cuttingSynonyms:
spicy, raging, red-hot, live, blisteringhotadjective
(color) bold and intense
"hot pink"
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stale, tasteless, slow, old, frigorific, refrigerated, nippy, unpopular, cool, nonviolent, nonradioactive, luckless, unheated, uneager, heatless, frosty, refrigerating, chilly, cold, unsexy, far, gelid, emotionless, ice-cold, frozen, parky, unskilled, frore, wintry, unlucky, icy, raw, unwanted, crisp, pleasant, snappy, stone-cold, shivery, arctic, inactive, bad, glacial, cutting, unwarmed, algid, bleak, passionless, acold, frigid, nipping, rimy, rimed, refrigerant, polar, uncharged, legalSynonyms:
spicy, raging, red-hot, live, blisteringhotadjective
sexually excited or exciting
"was hot for her"; "hot pants"
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refrigerated, bleak, unsexy, refrigerating, frore, frosty, shivery, nonradioactive, slow, chilly, unwarmed, cold, inactive, unheated, glacial, polar, unwanted, icy, wintry, stale, crisp, luckless, nipping, ice-cold, parky, emotionless, snappy, rimed, stone-cold, frigid, nonviolent, algid, cutting, arctic, rimy, refrigerant, unlucky, pleasant, gelid, heatless, cool, far, acold, frigorific, unskilled, tasteless, uncharged, frozen, bad, legal, raw, passionless, unpopular, old, nippy, uneagerSynonyms:
spicy, raging, red-hot, live, blisteringhotadjective
recently stolen or smuggled
"hot merchandise"; "a hot car"
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algid, nonviolent, frosty, emotionless, luckless, snappy, arctic, slow, tasteless, rimy, stone-cold, unwarmed, bleak, passionless, refrigerant, frigorific, unheated, shivery, far, icy, rimed, parky, glacial, old, bad, unskilled, refrigerated, unpopular, ice-cold, nipping, nippy, inactive, unwanted, crisp, pleasant, frigid, gelid, cutting, raw, unsexy, cool, uncharged, cold, acold, uneager, frozen, chilly, nonradioactive, frore, stale, legal, refrigerating, wintry, polar, unlucky, heatlessSynonyms:
spicy, raging, red-hot, live, blisteringblistering, hot, red-hotadjective
very fast; capable of quick response and great speed
"a hot sports car"; "a blistering pace"; "got off to a hot start"; "in hot pursuit"; "a red-hot line drive"
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frigid, raw, refrigerated, bad, stone-cold, old, uneager, polar, snappy, glacial, slow, cutting, inactive, icy, frosty, cold, luckless, ice-cold, passionless, legal, rimed, arctic, nonviolent, rimy, emotionless, stale, crisp, nonradioactive, wintry, nippy, unheated, unlucky, tasteless, far, pleasant, unsexy, refrigerant, nipping, refrigerating, frore, unwanted, bleak, cool, acold, shivery, frigorific, unskilled, unwarmed, algid, gelid, uncharged, parky, frozen, chilly, unpopular, heatlessSynonyms:
virulent, blistering, red-hot, sizzling, vitriolic, voluptuous, blistery, acerbic, juicy, sulphurous, caustic, live, acrid, sulfurous, raging, acid, spicy, luscious, bitter, toothsome, acerbhotadjective
wanted by the police
"a hot suspect"
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nonradioactive, refrigerated, gelid, unwarmed, glacial, frozen, polar, acold, pleasant, rimy, nipping, bad, nonviolent, unsexy, stale, frosty, nippy, snappy, stone-cold, uneager, raw, icy, unskilled, parky, cool, refrigerating, unheated, wintry, inactive, cold, uncharged, shivery, ice-cold, frigid, unwanted, luckless, legal, tasteless, far, algid, unlucky, slow, unpopular, cutting, rimed, chilly, heatless, bleak, arctic, refrigerant, frore, crisp, passionless, frigorific, emotionless, oldSynonyms:
spicy, raging, red-hot, live, blisteringhot, spicyadjective
producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves
"hot salsa"; "jalapeno peppers are very hot"
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parky, tasteless, refrigerating, icy, nipping, unskilled, cold, frigid, nonradioactive, chilly, unsexy, unwanted, pleasant, unheated, stale, passionless, luckless, gelid, slow, frozen, stone-cold, frosty, frigorific, uneager, frore, bad, rimy, polar, uncharged, bleak, glacial, wintry, acold, unpopular, heatless, shivery, raw, crisp, emotionless, nippy, cutting, inactive, cool, legal, ice-cold, arctic, nonviolent, unlucky, refrigerant, rimed, unwarmed, far, snappy, old, refrigerated, algidSynonyms:
raging, naughty, live, red-hot, spicy, gamy, juicy, blue, racy, risque, savoury, gamey, piquant, blistering, savory, zestyhotadjective
performed or performing with unusually great skill and daring and energy
"a hot drummer"; "he's hot tonight"
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cutting, frigorific, rimed, frosty, uncharged, unpopular, cold, unheated, stale, polar, refrigerated, algid, emotionless, bad, rimy, pleasant, unskilled, refrigerating, nippy, frore, slow, gelid, cool, tasteless, legal, passionless, unsexy, stone-cold, old, glacial, raw, icy, chilly, uneager, bleak, unwanted, wintry, far, unlucky, heatless, parky, ice-cold, acold, nonviolent, crisp, inactive, refrigerant, frigid, arctic, nipping, shivery, frozen, nonradioactive, unwarmed, luckless, snappySynonyms:
spicy, raging, red-hot, live, blisteringhotadjective
very popular or successful
"one of the hot young talents"; "cabbage patch dolls were hot last season"
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nipping, emotionless, bleak, snappy, acold, icy, unskilled, chilly, uncharged, cold, tasteless, arctic, inactive, unwarmed, slow, shivery, cool, pleasant, old, passionless, far, unpopular, unsexy, frozen, frore, unwanted, wintry, refrigerated, unheated, stale, glacial, polar, frosty, uneager, stone-cold, nonradioactive, nonviolent, rimed, crisp, gelid, algid, nippy, raw, ice-cold, luckless, bad, refrigerant, unlucky, frigorific, legal, refrigerating, cutting, heatless, frigid, rimy, parkySynonyms:
spicy, raging, red-hot, live, blisteringhotadjective
very unpleasant or even dangerous
"make it hot for him"; "in the hot seat"; "in hot water"
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stale, frosty, cutting, gelid, nonviolent, wintry, unwanted, emotionless, frozen, bad, snappy, cold, unheated, cool, frigid, acold, frigorific, refrigerant, icy, unskilled, unsexy, ice-cold, raw, luckless, refrigerated, refrigerating, old, stone-cold, crisp, glacial, bleak, unpopular, rimy, uncharged, inactive, frore, shivery, arctic, nippy, uneager, rimed, algid, far, legal, unlucky, tasteless, passionless, nonradioactive, parky, nipping, unwarmed, pleasant, slow, heatless, chilly, polarSynonyms:
spicy, raging, red-hot, live, blisteringhot, red-hotadjective
newest or most recent
"news hot off the press"; "red-hot information"
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far, cutting, wintry, cold, heatless, algid, refrigerant, unskilled, bleak, shivery, legal, unwanted, frosty, raw, unsexy, icy, chilly, glacial, frozen, unlucky, frigid, stone-cold, old, emotionless, luckless, uncharged, refrigerating, polar, frore, nipping, pleasant, arctic, nippy, unwarmed, refrigerated, gelid, acold, ice-cold, slow, parky, frigorific, passionless, nonradioactive, snappy, crisp, inactive, unheated, uneager, stale, rimy, bad, unpopular, tasteless, cool, nonviolent, rimedSynonyms:
spicy, luscious, blistering, raging, red-hot, sizzling, toothsome, live, juicy, voluptuoushotadjective
having or bringing unusually good luck
"hot at craps"; "the dice are hot tonight"
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snappy, parky, acold, nonradioactive, frore, bleak, bad, glacial, polar, frigorific, heatless, uncharged, wintry, cutting, frozen, icy, frosty, tasteless, cold, slow, unwanted, ice-cold, pleasant, unpopular, emotionless, cool, arctic, inactive, frigid, algid, old, unlucky, rimed, unsexy, passionless, luckless, nonviolent, crisp, refrigerant, refrigerating, chilly, shivery, raw, nippy, stone-cold, unskilled, gelid, far, nipping, rimy, uneager, unheated, refrigerated, legal, stale, unwarmedSynonyms:
spicy, raging, red-hot, live, blisteringhotadjective
very good; often used in the negative
"he's hot at math but not so hot at history"
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gelid, uneager, bleak, frosty, emotionless, bad, ice-cold, icy, pleasant, shivery, far, unpopular, refrigerant, frigid, nipping, passionless, acold, unsexy, crisp, unwanted, arctic, refrigerated, unheated, frozen, algid, legal, old, parky, nonradioactive, polar, glacial, chilly, luckless, stone-cold, tasteless, uncharged, cold, unskilled, stale, unlucky, nippy, raw, slow, unwarmed, rimy, frigorific, rimed, heatless, wintry, inactive, frore, cutting, nonviolent, refrigerating, snappy, coolSynonyms:
spicy, raging, red-hot, live, blisteringhotadjective
newly made
"a hot scent"
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ice-cold, snappy, glacial, unpopular, icy, luckless, frigorific, cold, acold, wintry, slow, polar, algid, frigid, frore, frosty, uneager, unwarmed, nippy, unlucky, unheated, pleasant, bleak, nipping, nonviolent, refrigerant, crisp, uncharged, arctic, chilly, rimy, shivery, unsexy, tasteless, passionless, frozen, cool, legal, stone-cold, inactive, old, unwanted, parky, gelid, stale, refrigerated, cutting, heatless, raw, rimed, bad, unskilled, nonradioactive, refrigerating, far, emotionlessSynonyms:
spicy, raging, red-hot, live, blisteringhotadjective
having or showing great eagerness or enthusiasm
"hot for travel"
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luckless, arctic, icy, bleak, parky, rimed, cutting, stone-cold, glacial, cool, bad, inactive, frore, unwanted, frosty, frigid, slow, gelid, chilly, cold, legal, far, old, shivery, snappy, wintry, nonviolent, nipping, rimy, unlucky, stale, refrigerating, heatless, frigorific, nonradioactive, passionless, tasteless, emotionless, unheated, ice-cold, uncharged, polar, refrigerated, acold, pleasant, algid, unwarmed, crisp, nippy, unsexy, unpopular, frozen, refrigerant, raw, uneager, unskilledSynonyms:
spicy, raging, red-hot, live, blisteringhotadjective
of a seeker; very near to the object sought
"you are hot"
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ice-cold, nipping, unwanted, old, stone-cold, cutting, pleasant, stale, icy, crisp, refrigerant, rimed, rimy, tasteless, glacial, unsexy, chilly, shivery, unheated, luckless, uncharged, frosty, far, unlucky, arctic, slow, emotionless, raw, unpopular, algid, wintry, refrigerated, frozen, frigid, parky, snappy, nonradioactive, inactive, acold, unwarmed, heatless, cool, uneager, unskilled, gelid, cold, bad, bleak, frigorific, frore, legal, passionless, polar, nonviolent, nippy, refrigeratingSynonyms:
spicy, raging, red-hot, live, blisteringhotadjective
having or dealing with dangerously high levels of radioactivity
"hot fuel rods"; "a hot laboratory"
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luckless, icy, frosty, unheated, uneager, rimy, refrigerated, chilly, emotionless, nonviolent, unsexy, crisp, frigid, heatless, glacial, cold, cutting, gelid, acold, ice-cold, polar, snappy, legal, refrigerating, stale, pleasant, unskilled, tasteless, passionless, frozen, nippy, unlucky, wintry, stone-cold, inactive, bad, bleak, old, nipping, cool, parky, unwanted, frore, rimed, slow, nonradioactive, raw, algid, refrigerant, arctic, unpopular, uncharged, unwarmed, far, shivery, frigorificSynonyms:
spicy, raging, red-hot, live, blisteringhot, liveadjective
charged or energized with electricity
"a hot wire"; "a live wire"
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unlucky, heatless, frosty, frigorific, uneager, unskilled, old, unheated, icy, unsexy, tasteless, ice-cold, glacial, refrigerated, cold, nipping, unwanted, legal, gelid, algid, frore, slow, acold, bad, unpopular, pleasant, rimed, unwarmed, far, stale, crisp, chilly, raw, frigid, nippy, arctic, parky, snappy, refrigerant, stone-cold, cool, shivery, nonviolent, inactive, cutting, emotionless, luckless, refrigerating, bleak, nonradioactive, frozen, polar, uncharged, passionless, wintry, rimySynonyms:
alive(p), live(a), bouncy, blistering, raging, springy, red-hot, unrecorded, spicy, live, lively, alive, resilienthotadjective
marked by excited activity
"a hot week on the stock market"
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icy, rimy, unpopular, uncharged, bad, parky, nipping, acold, unheated, arctic, cool, frigid, chilly, uneager, far, stone-cold, frosty, old, pleasant, cutting, cold, legal, luckless, refrigerating, snappy, glacial, frore, unskilled, bleak, nonviolent, nonradioactive, algid, emotionless, frozen, refrigerant, tasteless, wintry, heatless, gelid, frigorific, unsexy, rimed, refrigerated, unwarmed, passionless, shivery, ice-cold, unwanted, raw, polar, nippy, inactive, crisp, unlucky, stale, slowSynonyms:
spicy, raging, red-hot, live, blistering
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
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subzero
subzero temperatures are very cold
How to use hot in a sentence?
I think I did several instances say I would not be willing to do that. Here’s probably the most respected knowledgeable infectious disease expert in the world who is basically getting in hot water because he’s speaking the truth to people that do n’t want to hear it ? Is that a reason for me to relieve him of his job ? No. I would not have been willing to do that. They would have had to fire me first.
I was standing there in my full black leather outfit – boots, pants, jacket, and I was so hot and I said, ‘This is ridiculous, what are you doing?’ And he was getting very flustered and mad and he jumped up and ran out.
Everything else has been so bad that tech is now seen as a safe-haven, it's like we're back in 1999, where if you had a website, you were hot. Now, if you specialize in selling online, you're hot.
Where the market is right now, it likes to see an economy that's not too hot and not too cold because a much stronger economy suggests higher interest rates, when you get the kind of upward move in markets, it's not surprising to see people wanting to go into the weekend quite as long.
Ultimately any time that a person has to, as a leader, be on the hot seat and he is a detriment to the party, there ought to be a change. I became speaker in a situation like that, i don’t think that’s the case. I said I haven’t done anything wrong.
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#371 | old | |
#487 | hot | |
#546 | legal | |
#841 | bad | |
#860 | far | |
#1457 | cool | |
#1700 | dead | |
#1986 | cold | |
#2901 | slow | |
#3079 | raw | |
#3717 | cutting | |
#4775 | stupid | |
#4782 | regardless | |
#5538 | pleasant | |
#5908 | neutral | |
#6604 | frozen | |
#7387 | calm | |
#7487 | polar | |
#7734 | arctic | |
#8164 | mild | |
#10506 | inactive | |
#10563 | unwanted | |
#11793 | crisp | |
#12521 | freezing | |
#18042 | stony | |
#19975 | bland | |
#20303 | icy | |
#20380 | chilled | |
#23962 | chilly | |
#24087 | indifferent | |
#24888 | careless | |
#25029 | bleak | |
#25063 | glacial | |
#25360 | stale | |
#25698 | negligent | |
#26160 | refrigerated | |
#27777 | frosty | |
#29519 | unpopular | |
#32663 | unlucky | |
#32970 | tasteless | |
#35413 | unskilled | |
#36305 | nonviolent | |
#36655 | refrigerant | |
#38411 | snappy | |
#41204 | lifeless | |
#52117 | frigid | |
#53112 | apathetic | |
#61943 | wintry | |
#68910 | unconcerned | |
#71057 | refrigerating | |
#71943 | uninterested | |
#77099 | unmoved | |
#80005 | unheated | |
#82562 | dispassionate | |
#91935 | nipping | |
#98935 | heedless | |
#117029 | nippy | |
#118452 | emotionless | |
#120248 | uncharged | |
#143096 | stolid | |
#148311 | purposeless | |
#155481 | unmindful | |
#155941 | luckless | |
#190039 | passionless | |
#213663 | phlegmatic | |
#222148 | shivery | |
#241012 | nonradioactive | |
#248038 | parky | |
#281873 | unsexy |
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