Entry Word: warmth

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 the quality or state of being moderate in temperature <the cozy warmth of the inn's parlor was a welcome relief from the wintry weather outside>

Synonyms lukewarmness, warmness

Related Words glow, radiance; heat, hotness, sultriness, stuffiness

Near Antonyms bitterness, bleakness, cold, coldness, frigidity, frostiness, iciness, rawness, sharpness; frost

Antonyms chill, chilliness, coolness

2 depth of feeling <I was surprised by the warmth of the greeting> — see ardor 1