Synonyms and Antonyms of nippy
1
having a low or subnormal temperature - Bring a jacket, as it's a little nippy outside.
arctic, bitter, bone-chilling, chill, chilly, cold, coldish, cool, coolish, freezing, frigid, frosty, gelid, glacial, ice-cold, icy, nipping, 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)
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
having a powerfully stimulating odor or flavor - Blue cheese is a little too nippy for my taste.
acid, acidic
acrid, bitter, harsh
gingery, hot, peppery, piquant, spicy, tart, zesty, zingy
putrid, rancid, rank, skunky
appetizing, delectable, delicious, palatable, toothsome
flavorful, savory (also savoury), tasty
aromatic, redolent
aged, mellow, ripe
gentle, soft
flat, flavorless, insipid
savorless, tasteless, zestless
dilute, thin, watery, weak
3
moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed - racing around the neighborhood on a nippy scooter
blistering, breakneck, breathless, brisk, dizzy, fast, fleet, fleet-footed, flying, galloping, hasty, hot, lightning, quick, rapid, rapid-fire, rattling, snappy, speedy, splitting, swift, whirlwind, zippy
expeditious, prompt, ready
accelerated, hastened, hurried, quickened, rushed
breathtaking
energetic, strenuous, strong, vigorous
high-speed
rush
ultrafast, ultrarapid
crawling, dallying, dawdling, dillydallying, dragging, laggard, languid, lingering, plodding, poking, poky (or pokey), slowish, sluggish, unhurried
deliberate, leisurely, measured
dilatory, late, tardy
ultraslow
4
uncomfortably cool - a nippy wind that chilled parade watchers to the bone
bracing, brisk, crisp, invigorating, rigorous, snappy
arctic, bitter, cold, coolish, freezing, frigid, frosty, glacial, ice-cold, icy, numbing, polar, shivery, wintry (also wintery)
subfreezing, subzero
frosted, frozen, iced, refrigerated, unheated