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Synonyms for freezing

  • adjective
  • noun

Most common

cold cold as ice frigid icy

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Cold — very cold

cold, cold as ice, frigid, icy, ice-cold, frosty, cool, cutting, glacial, biting

Other

stone-cold, frigorific

Noun

fixation, congealment, congelation, frost dated

Antonyms

boiling, hot, scorching

All antonyms of freezing →

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Very cold.

  2. n. 1

    The change in state of a substance from liquid to solid by cooling to a critically low temperature.

    The temp in the mountains may/can fall below freezing at this time of year.

Related words

Word family
freeze-dry freezer
Phrases
freezing cold freezing point

Forms

Plural
freezings → fixations, congealments, congelations, frosts…

Example sentences

  • icy It was mad of him to try to swim in the icy water.
  • frigid Tom fell through the ice into the frigid water.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
freezingfalling
icyrising
frigidrising
frigorificfalling

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

By length

3 letters
icy2
4 letters
cool1, cold1
5 letters
frost1
6 letters
biting2, frosty2, frigid2
7 letters
cutting2, glacial2
8 letters
fixation3
10 letters
frigorific
11 letters
congealment, congelation

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

In other languages

Français
réfrigérant