Synonyms for arctic

Most common

polar · boreal · cold · icy

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

Noun

Antonyms

tropical, hot, warm

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Related words

Phrases

arctic red jellyfish arctic fox arctic bear arctic grayling arctic owl pole arctic arctic raspberry arctic wolf

Forms

Plural

arctics → rubbers, gumshoes, goloshes, galoshes…

Example sentences

• polar The polar bear is the apex predator of the Arctic.
• icy It was mad of him to try to swim in the icy water.
• frigid Tom fell through the ice into the frigid water.
• northern More people live in the northern part of the city.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

icy²

4 letters

cold¹

5 letters

north¹, polar², gelid

6 letters

rubber², frigid², boreal, golosh, galosh²

7 letters

glacial², gumshoe²

8 letters

northern², hibernal

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (icy² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

arctique

Italiano

artico

Deutsch

arktisch