Synonyms for boreal
- adjective
Most common
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Northern
northern, arctic, north, cold, freezing cold, northerly, frosty, ice-cold, stone-cold, glacial, wintry, frigid, icy, nippy, gelid formal, brumal, septentrional formal rare
Other
circumboreal, borealian dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Of, relating to, or coming from the north.
Example sentences
- northern More people live in the northern part of the city.
- arctic The polar bear is the apex predator of the Arctic.
- northerly The North Pole is Earth's most northerly point.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| boreal | rising | |
| northern | steady | |
| arctic | falling | |
| northerly | falling | |
| circumboreal | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- icy2
- 4 letters
- cold1
- 5 letters
- north1, nippy2, gelid
- 6 letters
- arctic2, frosty2, frigid2, wintry2, brumal
- 7 letters
- glacial2
- 8 letters
- northern2
- 9 letters
- northerly3, borealian
- 12 letters
- circumboreal
- 13 letters
- septentrional
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (icy2 = 2 syllables).