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Synonyms for chill

Most common

shiver tingle thrill frisson iciness gelidity

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

2. Iciness

iciness, gelidity

Verb

1. Cool down

cool down, calm down, take it easy informal, cool one's jets informal, stone, chillax slang

Adjective

1. Cool — calm, relaxed, easygoing

cool, cold, chilly, frosty, laid-back, frigid, indifferent, unconcerned

Other

raw

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.

    There was a chill in the air.

  2. n. 2

    A sudden penetrating sense of cold, especially one that causes a brief trembling nerve response through the body; the trembling response itself; often associated with illness: fevers and chills, or susceptibility to illness.

    I felt a chill when the wind picked up.

  3. v. 1

    To lower the temperature of something; to cool.

  4. adj. 1

    Calm, relaxed, easygoing.

    The teacher is really chill and doesn't care if you use your phone during class.

Forms

Plural
chills → shivers, tingles, thrills, frissons…
Past participle
chilled
e.g. chilled → stoned, chillaxed, damped, dampened…

Example sentences

  • thrill Yanni is thrill his daughter is gonna be with him.
  • shiver His warm voice caressed my soul, making me shiver.
  • tingle Ziri felt a little tingle at his stomach out of shock.
  • nip I've got to nip home. I've forgotten my tablets.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
chillrising
thrillrising
shiverrising
tinglerising
frissonrising

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

By length

3 letters
raw1, nip1
4 letters
cool1, cold1, damp1, pall1, ague2
5 letters
stone1, rigor2
6 letters
freeze1, thrill1, chilly2, frosty2, shiver2, frigid2, tingle2, quiver2, dampen2, rigour, deject2
7 letters
shudder2, depress2, frisson, chillax, iciness
8 letters
gelidity
9 letters
shivering3
10 letters
discourage3, dishearten, chilliness
11 letters
indifferent3, refrigerate4, unconcerned3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ague2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
fraicheur
Deutsch
Frische