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Synonyms for gelid

Most common

ice-cold arctic icy frigid stone-cold

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Very cold; icy or frosty; frigid.

Example sentences

  • arctic 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.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
gelidrising
arcticfalling
icyrising
frigidrising

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

By length

3 letters
icy2
4 letters
cold1
5 letters
polar2, nippy2
6 letters
arctic2, frosty2, frigid2, wintry2, boreal, brumal
7 letters
glacial2

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