Synonyms of cold

cold 1 of 3

adjective

ˈkōld 

1

as in freezing

having a low or subnormal temperature

the cold climate of the Yukon

an unusually cold spring that was followed by a sweltering summer

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in icy

lacking in friendliness or warmth of feeling

the prisoners got only a cold stare when they tried to befriend the guard

Synonyms & Similar Words

• icy
• chilly
• frigid
• cool
• chill
• brittle
• arctic
• frozen
• clammy
• frosty
• wintry
• reserved
• glacial
• unfriendly
• detached
• coldish
• antiseptic
• gelid
• unsympathetic
• uncordial
• pitiless
• hard-eyed
• uncaring
• cold-blooded
• heartless
• cold-eyed
• unfeeling
• unemotional
• unresponsive
• soulless
• bloodless
• indifferent
• impersonal
• aloof
• coldhearted
• uninterested
• undemonstrative
• apathetic
• dispassionate
• unenthusiastic
• hard-hearted
• standoffish
• antisocial
• unsociable
• kindless
• unsocial
• offish

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• warm
• happy
• sympathetic
• friendly
• cordial
• hearty
• genial
• kind
• emotional
• compassionate
• warm-blooded
• expressive
• warmhearted
• eager
• demonstrative
• enthusiastic
• passionate
• kindhearted

3

as in distant

having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others

received a cold reception from the hostess

Synonyms & Similar Words

• distant
• detached
• cool
• dry
• frosty
• remote
• reserved
• withdrawn
• aloof
• antisocial
• silent
• standoffish
• offish
• unsociable
• timid
• clinical
• unbending
• asocial
• hard
• professional
• shy
• unclubbable
• cold-eyed
• standoff
• buttoned-up
• indifferent
• unsocial
• impersonal
• introverted
• reclusive
• misanthropic
• recessive
• apathetic
• dispassionate
• indrawn
• unconcerned
• disinterested
• uninterested
• taciturn
• uncommunicative
• incurious
• reticent
• diffident
• nongregarious
• cliquish
• clubbish
• cliquey

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• warm
• social
• friendly
• cordial
• sociable
• outgoing
• convivial
• gregarious
• companionable
• expansive
• extroverted
• boon
• communicative
• talkative
• garrulous
• hospitable
• gracious
• clubby
• genial
• affable
• folksy
• congenial
• amiable
• clubbable
• agreeable
• kindly
• neighborly

4

as in unconscious

having lost consciousness

the boxer was out cold for a few minutes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• unconscious
• senseless
• insensible
• anesthetized
• semiconscious
• collapsed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• conscious
• aware
• up
• awake
• alert
• revived
• resuscitated

5

as in dark

causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer

the couple practiced a cold civility with each other, but they hadn't had a heart-to-heart talk in years

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dark
• bleak
• lonely
• depressing
• somber
• depressive
• desolate
• darkening
• murky
• gray
• solemn
• miserable
• lonesome
• chill
• morbid
• blue
• black
• depressed
• gloomy
• cheerless
• dreary
• wretched
• cloudy
• dismal
• sullen
• sad
• oppressive
• morose
• glum
• comfortless
• funereal
• dire
• disconsolate
• forlorn
• lugubrious
• sepulchral
• melancholy
• saturnine
• drear
• elegiac
• dreich
• godforsaken
• desperate
• sunless
• dull
• unhappy
• plutonian
• tenebrous
• negative
• tenebrific
• Cimmerian
• hopeless
• dim
• low
• dejected
• melancholic
• mournful
• grim
• discouraging
• woebegone
• down
• mirthless
• inconsolable
• woeful
• droopy
• distressful
• menacing
• distressing
• despondent
• dispiriting
• upsetting
• pessimistic
• disheartening
• drab
• dismaying
• sorrowful
• colorless
• hangdog
• discomfiting
• lamentable
• plaintive
• dour
• threatening
• lowering
• lowery

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• bright
• friendly
• cheerful
• comforting
• festive
• gay
• cordial
• cheery
• sunshiny
• merry
• jolly
• gay
• joyous
• joyful
• buoyant
• blithe
• optimistic
• mirthful
• hopeful
• cheering
• encouraging
• heartwarming
• blithesome
• jocund
• lighthearted
• lightsome

6

as in fallen

no longer living

paramedics tried to revive him, but he was already cold

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fallen
• dead
• late
• deceased
• low
• lifeless
• gone
• asleep
• extinct
• dying
• departed
• breathless
• defunct
• demised
• bitten the dust
• fading
• moribund
• finished
• inanimate
• terminated
• stillborn
• insensate
• lapsed
• nonliving

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• breathing
• live
• quick
• alive
• living
• going
• dynamic
• active
• vital
• lively
• vibrant
• animate
• operative
• functioning
• animated
• thriving
• vivacious
• running

cold

2 of 3

noun

as in freeze

a weather condition marked by low temperatures

the cold will stay with us for another day, then temperatures should rise

Synonyms & Similar Words

• freeze
• coldness
• frost
• cold wave
• chill
• deep freeze
• chilliness
• bite
• snap
• cold front
• chillness
• frigidness
• nip
• wintriness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• heat
• heat wave
• dog days
• torridity
• torridness

cold

3 of 3

adverb

as in plain

Related Words

• plain
• downright
• stone-cold
• even
• absolutely
• quite
• fast
• flat
• clean
• entire
• entirely
• wholly
• completely
• dead
• stone
• enough
• wide
• utterly
• all
• perfectly
• thoroughly
• totally
• fully
• hands down
• categorically
• soundly
• out
• mostly
• well
• unqualifiedly
• mainly
• all over
• predominantly
• generally
• principally
• heartily
• primarily
• full
• largely
• substantially
• chiefly
• altogether
• predominately
• basically
• more or less
• through and through
• by and large
• plumb
• all of
• overall
• exactly
• copiously
• generously
• abundantly
• greatly

Dissimilar Words

• partially
• partly
• halfway
• half
• just
• slightly
• barely
• hardly
• scarcely
• marginally
• somewhat
• incompletely
• minimally
• superficially
• part
• approximately
• roughly
• kind of

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cold

Adjective

Torres recommends establishing a coverage plan ahead of cold and flu season, so employees know who will take their shift or handle urgent work. — Angela Haupt, Time, 7 Oct. 2026

With the weather getting colder, your strands are more prone to frizz, dryness, and static. — Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 6 Oct. 2026

Noun

The partnership takes Canada Goose’s heritage of protecting people in the harshest conditions, from bitter cold to wind and rain, out to sea. — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026

It’s also tested across millions of miles in testing environments, ranging from the 50‑degree heat of the desert and sub‑40‑degree cold of the Arctic, to altitudes of 10,000 ft in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. — New Atlas, 22 Sep. 2026

Adverb

It will be equipped to process and service new steel products coming down the line at Big River like galvanized and cold-rolled steel. — Arkansas Online, 30 Apr. 2026

Tuesday will start out cold but turn milder by the afternoon, and the coming days will bring several chances of rain. — Joseph Dames, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026

Phrases Containing cold

• cold fish
• cold shoulder
• cold storage
• cold turkey
• cold wave
• throw cold water on