Synonyms and Antonyms of arctic
1
having a low or subnormal temperature
- the arctic air of deep winter
algid, bitter, bone-chilling, chill, chilly, cold, coldish, cool, coolish, freezing, frigid, frosty, gelid, glacial, ice-cold, icy, nipping, nippy, numbing, polar, shivery, snappy, wintry (also wintery)
cryogenic, subfreezing, subzero, ultracold
cutting, keen, penetrating, piercing, sharp
bracing, brisk, crisp, invigorating, rigorous
chilled, cooled, frosted, frozen, iced, refrigerated, unheated
lukewarm, tepid
heated, overheated, reheated, warmed
snug, toasty, warm
feverish, flushed, inflamed (also enflamed)
canicular, equatorial, muggy, steamy, summery, tropical
ardent, blazing, boiling, broiling, burning, fervent, fervid, fiery, glowing, hot, igneous, molten, piping hot, red-hot, roasting, scalding, scorching, searing, seething, sizzling, sultry, sweltering, torrid, ultrahot, warming, white-hot
2
lacking in friendliness or warmth of feeling
- received the usual arctic reception from her in-laws at Thanksgiving
antiseptic, brittle, chill, chilly, clammy, cold, cold-blooded, cold-eyed, coldish, cool, frigid, frosty, frozen, gelid, glacial, hard-eyed, icy, uncordial, unfriendly, unsympathetic, wintry (also wintery)
bloodless, coldhearted, hard-hearted, heartless, kindless, pitiless, uncaring, unfeeling
reserved, soulless, undemonstrative, unemotional, unresponsive
apathetic, indifferent, unenthusiastic, uninterested
aloof, detached, dispassionate, impersonal, offish, standoffish
antisocial, unsociable, unsocial
