Synonyms of nipping

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adjective

1

as in freezing

having a low or subnormal temperature

a group of campers waking up to the nipping air of a Rocky Mountain morning

Synonyms & Similar Words

• freezing
• icy
• chilly
• cold
• frigid
• chill
• cool
• numbing
• nippy
• frosty
• brisk
• arctic
• bitter
• polar
• glacial
• wintry
• ice-cold
• shivery
• wintery
• cooled
• chilled
• gelid
• snappy
• algid
• coolish
• cutting
• coldish
• penetrating
• crisp
• bone-chilling
• piercing
• cryogenic
• bracing
• subzero
• subfreezing
• keen
• ultracold
• frozen
• sharp
• iced
• frosted
• rigorous
• unheated
• refrigerated
• invigorating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• burning
• boiling
• hot
• warming
• searing
• broiling
• seething
• torrid
• molten
• sweltering
• blazing
• roasting
• red-hot
• fervent
• fiery
• ardent
• sizzling
• igneous
• white-hot
• piping hot
• glowing
• fervid
• lukewarm
• heated
• tepid
• sultry
• scorching
• scalding
• warm
• warmed
• overheated
• ultrahot
• snug
• reheated
• inflamed
• feverish
• flushed
• tropical
• equatorial
• steamy
• toasty
• muggy
• enflamed
• summery
• canicular

2

as in chilling

uncomfortably cool

better wear a windbreaker if you're going sailing in this nipping wind

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

nipping

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verb

present participle of nip

1

as in shaving

to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument

I'm just going to nip these hedges, and then I'll be done with the work outside

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shaving
• cutting
• trimming
• clipping
• snipping
• bobbing
• mowing
• cropping
• pruning
• shearing
• paring
• docking
• cutting back
• polling
• lopping (off)
• pinching
• whittling
• curtailing
• skiving
• shortening
• manicuring
• stumping

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• extending
• lengthening
• elongating

2

as in pinching

to squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points

the puppy nipped her hand while playing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pinching
• holding
• clasping
• clutching
• grasping
• gripping
• taking
• crimping
• tweaking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dropping
• springing
• releasing
• freeing
• loosening
• loosing

3

as in stealing

to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep

that guy nipped my wallet from the restaurant table when I turned away

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stealing
• swiping
• grabbing
• pinching
• snatching
• lifting
• nicking
• pilfering
• thieving
• robbing
• filching
• purloining
• pocketing
• hooking
• snitching
• appropriating
• picking
• ripping off
• boosting
• taking
• misappropriating
• running off with
• making off with
• hijacking
• making away with
• seizing
• heisting
• plundering
• walking off with
• sacking
• pillaging
• looting
• burglarizing
• knocking over
• rustling
• grasping
• poaching
• shoplifting
• rifling
• collaring
• nailing
• abducting
• spiriting
• mooching
• sponging
• kidnapping
• carjacking
• highjacking
• kidnaping
• shanghaiing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• buying
• purchasing
• giving
• presenting
• contributing
• bestowing
• donating
• handing over

4

as in hurrying

to proceed or move quickly

I'll just nip off to the corner store for some milk

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hurrying
• scurrying
• rushing
• zipping
• trotting
• speeding
• travelling
• racing
• chasing
• driving
• flying
• traveling
• jumping
• scooting
• darting
• running
• buzzing
• blowing
• tearing
• stepping
• dashing
• scuttling
• ripping
• bolting
• blasting
• zooming
• ramming
• bowling
• breezing
• hustling
• rustling
• shooting
• blazing
• jogging
• careering
• hurling
• barreling
• whirling
• humping
• hastening
• bundling
• haring
• rocketing
• pelting
• whisking
• belting
• coursing
• hurtling
• galloping
• motoring
• jetting
• bustling
• careening
• barrelling
• cracking (on)
• hieing
• cannonballing
• flitting
• beating it
• hying
• scampering
• bombing
• highballing
• sprinting
• scuffling
• getting a move on
• making tracks
• stepping on it
• scudding
• streaking
• accelerating
• hotfooting (it)
• shaking a leg
• stampeding
• whizzing
• overtaking
• beetling
• outrunning
• quickening
• outpacing
• outstripping
• stepping out
• arrowing
• catching up
• beelining
• fast-forwarding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• creeping
• poking
• crawling
• dragging
• lingering
• poking
• hanging (around or out)
• lagging
• loitering
• strolling
• dawdling
• shuffling
• dallying
• sauntering
• ambling
• plodding
• lumbering
• tarrying
• dillydallying
• slowing (down or up)
• decelerating