Synonyms of chilling

chilling 1 of 2

adjective

ˈchi-liŋ 

as in chilly

uncomfortably cool

a Southern visitor who was unused to the chilling air of a Northeast winter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chilly
• chill
• bleak
• bitter
• cold
• freezing
• brisk
• icy
• frigid
• raw
• sharp
• crisp
• nippy
• bracing
• nipping
• arctic
• ice-cold
• frosty
• numbing
• wintry
• rigorous
• glacial
• polar
• invigorating
• shivery
• frozen
• subzero
• snappy
• refrigerated
• coolish
• iced
• frosted
• unheated
• subfreezing
• frore

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• warm
• balmy
• lukewarm
• tepid
• heated
• warmed

chilling

2 of 2

verb

present participle of chill

1

as in freezing

to cause to lose heat

chill the gelatin for two hours, until it sets

Synonyms & Similar Words

• freezing
• cooling
• refrigerating
• frosting
• supercooling
• icing
• ventilating
• quick-freezing
• air-conditioning

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• heating
• warming
• boiling
• steaming
• baking
• toasting
• tempering
• broiling
• heat-treating
• microwaving

2

as in relaxing

to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety

you want to hang out with us and just chill this weekend?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• relaxing
• resting
• unwinding
• decompressing
• winding down
• hanging loose
• composing
• loosening up
• mellowing (out)
• chilling out
• basking
• de-stressing
• lounging
• comforting
• settling
• cooling
• calming
• idling
• lazing
• unbending
• lolling
• loafing
• reposing
• droning
• bumming
• relieving
• alleviating
• hanging (around or out)
• dawdling
• kicking back
• vegetating
• dillydallying
• hacking (around)
• vegging out
• goofing (off)
• zoning out
• quieting
• footling
• easing
• dallying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tensing (up)

3

as in discouraging

to lessen the courage or confidence of

investors chilled by the floundering economy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• discouraging
• frustrating
• unnerving
• frightening
• disheartening
• daunting
• intimidating
• horrifying
• dispiriting
• scaring
• demoralizing
• troubling
• dismaying
• worrying
• throwing cold water on
• bothering
• distressing
• unmanning
• weighing
• afflicting
• saddening
• bullying
• trying
• depressing
• browbeating
• undermining
• cowing
• deadening
• debilitating
• weakening
• dampening
• vexing
• damping
• enfeebling
• irking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• encouraging
• cheering
• reinforcing
• invigorating
• enforcing
• strengthening
• enlivening
• emboldening
• heartening
• animating
• nerving
• reassuring
• exciting
• steeling
• stirring
• assuring
• fortifying
• gladdening
• stimulating
• lifting
• provoking
• inspiring
• galvanizing
• energizing
• buoying (up)
• boosting
• quickening
• rallying

4

as in lounging

to spend time doing nothing

instead of going out tonight, let's stay in and chill

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lounging
• relaxing
• resting
• idling
• lazing
• loafing
• playing
• bumming
• strolling
• lazying
• droning
• poking
• lolling
• hanging (around or out)
• dawdling
• hacking (around)
• dillydallying
• killing time
• vegging out
• lingering
• goofing (off)
• kicking back
• footling
• messing
• hanging about
• mucking
• dallying
• twiddling one's thumbs
• kicking around
• dozing
• hibernating
• monkeying
• piddling
• estivating
• trifling
• fiddling (around)
• fooling
• puttering (around)
• sauntering
• pottering (around)
• loitering
• lagging
• ambling
• moseying
• swanning
• tarrying
• goldbricking
• malingering
• truanting
• furloughing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• working
• sweating
• grinding
• laboring
• plowing
• plugging
• toiling
• plodding
• hustling
• slaving
• grubbing
• humping
• pegging
• applying
• buckling (down)
• drudging
• moiling
• exerting
• travailing
• putting out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of chilling

Adjective

Johnny Depp looked nearly unrecognizable with long, salt-and-pepper hair and colored contacts in the trailer for his chilling new thriller film, Day Drinker. — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 24 Sep. 2026

But the most explicit allusion is the shoe’s metallic silver dubrae, which takes the shape of a phone to reference the 1996 movie’s chilling opening scene. — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026

Verb

After all, the threat of punishing a school for signing a player could have the effect of chilling a market for that player and thereby harm him. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 29 Aug. 2026

This isn’t André 3000’s first time chilling with Scoob and the gang. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026