Synonyms of cold

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adjective

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

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• 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
• enflamed
• 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
• wintery
• unfriendly
• detached
• coldish
• antiseptic
• gelid
• unsympathetic
• cold-blooded
• uncordial
• pitiless
• hard-eyed
• uncaring
• heartless
• cold-eyed
• unfeeling
• unemotional
• unresponsive
• soulless
• bloodless
• indifferent
• impersonal
• aloof
• coldhearted
• uninterested
• undemonstrative
• apathetic
• dispassionate
• unenthusiastic
• hard-hearted
• standoffish
• offish
• antisocial
• unsociable
• kindless
• unsocial

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• withdrawn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
• clubby
• extraverted
• gracious
• genial
• folksy
• affable
• clubable
• clubbable
• congenial
• amiable
• 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
• darkening
• desolate
• murky
• grey
• gray
• lonesome
• chill
• miserable
• morbid
• blue
• solemn
• black
• depressed
• gloomy
• cheerless
• wretched
• dreary
• cloudy
• dismal
• sullen
• oppressive
• sad
• sombre
• morose
• drear
• glum
• comfortless
• dire
• disconsolate
• forlorn
• funereal
• lugubrious
• melancholy
• sepulchral
• saturnine
• elegiac
• dreich
• godforsaken
• elegiacal
• desperate
• sunless
• dull
• unhappy
• plutonian
• tenebrific
• negative
• tenebrous
• Cimmerian
• hopeless
• dim
• low
• dejected
• grim
• melancholic
• discouraging
• woebegone
• mournful
• down
• mirthless
• inconsolable
• woeful
• droopy
• distressful
• menacing
• distressing
• despondent
• dispiriting
• upsetting
• hangdog
• discomfiting
• pessimistic
• disheartening
• dismaying
• drab
• sorrowful
• colorless
• lamentable
• plaintive
• dour
• threatening
• lowering
• louring
• loury
• 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

Synonyms & Similar 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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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cold weather

low-temperature weather

chilly weather

frigid weather

wintry weather

uncomfortable weather

cold climates

frigid climates

low-temperature climates

wintry climates

harsh climates

frozen climates

cold wind

chilly wind

frigid wind

chilling wind

nippy wind

harsh wind

cold beer

frosty beer

chilled beer

refreshing beer

icy beer

fresh beer

Phrases Containing cold

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