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Synonyms for glacial

  • adjective

Most common

frozen arctic icy frosty steady subglacial

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Icy

icy, cold, arctic, frozen, frosty, freezing cold, ice-cold, freezing, polar, frigid, wintry, gelid formal, hibernal, boreal, nippy, sleety, brumal, hiemal rare

Other

subglacial, steady, stone-cold, sluggish

Antonyms

hot, zippy, precipitant

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Of, or relating to glaciers.

    We examined the glacial deposits.

Related words

Phrases
glacial period glacial flour glacial maximum glacial milk glacial trough

Example sentences

  • frozen Yesterday it was so cold again. I may have frozen.
  • 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.
  • frosty Young plants should be protected in frosty weather.
  • steady Jack and Betty have been going steady for a month.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
glacialfalling
frozensteady
arcticfalling
icyrising
frostyrising
steadysteady

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

By length

3 letters
icy2
4 letters
cold1
5 letters
polar2, nippy2, gelid
6 letters
frozen2, steady2, arctic2, frosty2, frigid2, wintry2, boreal, sleety, brumal, hiemal
8 letters
freezing2, sluggish2, hibernal
10 letters
subglacial

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

In other languages

Français
glacial
Italiano
glaciale
Español
glacial