Synonyms for cold
- adjective
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Chilly — having a low temperature
chilly, cool, frigid, icy, wintry, freezing, ice-cold, chill, frozen, freezing cold, polar, chilled, arctic, glacial, shivery, chilling, unheated, inclement, gelid formal, boreal, unresponsive
2. Frosty — without compassion; heartless; ruthless
frosty, hard, bleak, unfeeling, raw, severe, lukewarm, heartless, stiff, tough, stony-hearted, crisp, callous, nipping, cutting, grim, hard-hearted, unloving, hardened, stony, dour, biting
3. Distant — unfriendly; emotionally distant or unfeeling
distant, unfriendly, aloof, hostile, unwelcoming, standoffish, far, unapproachable, remote
4. Indifferent — dispassionate; not prejudiced or partisan; impartial
dispassionate, neutral, indifferent dated
Other
dead, nippy informal, cold-blooded, dull, lifeless, passionless, stone-cold, stuffy, emotionless, stale, dusty, flat
Noun
Definitions
- adj. 1
Having a low temperature.
A cold wind whistled through the trees.
- adj. 2
Unfriendly; emotionally distant or unfeeling.
She shot me a cold glance before turning her back.
- adj. 3
Dispassionate; not prejudiced or partisan; impartial.
Let's look at this tomorrow with a cold head.
- n. 1
A condition of low temperature.
Come in, out of the cold.
Related words
- Word family
- cold-blooded cold-eyed cold-hearted coldly coldness coldwork cold-sensitive
- Phrases
- stone-cold freezing cold cold as ice cold shoulder cold as charity cold cash cold fish cold hard cash
Forms
- Plural
- colds → coldnesses, catarrhs, agues…
Example sentences
- icy It was mad of him to try to swim in the icy water.
- chilly This was in the dead of October, chilly and windy.
- frigid Tom fell through the ice into the frigid water.
- wintry The snowflakes danced gracefully in the wintry air.
- bleak To some people, Algeria's future is looking bleak.
- frosty Young plants should be protected in frosty weather.
By length
- 3 letters
- far1, raw1, icy2
- 4 letters
- hard1, cool1, dead1, flat1, dull1, grim1, dour2, ague2
- 5 letters
- tough1, chill1, polar2, stiff1, crisp1, dusty2, bleak1, stale1, stony2, aloof2, nippy2, gelid
- 6 letters
- severe2, remote2, frozen2, arctic2, biting2, chilly2, frosty2, frigid2, stuffy2, wintry2, boreal
- 7 letters
- cutting2, distant2, neutral2, hostile2, chilled1, glacial2, callous2, nipping2, catarrh, shivery
- 8 letters
- freezing2, chilling2, hardened2, lifeless2, lukewarm2, coldness2, unheated, unloving
- 9 letters
- heartless2, inclement3, unfeeling3
- 10 letters
- unfriendly3
- 11 letters
- indifferent3, emotionless, unwelcoming, standoffish, passionless
- 12 letters
- unresponsive4
- 13 letters
- dispassionate4
- 14 letters
- unapproachable5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (icy2 = 2 syllables).