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Synonyms for hot

61 synonyms
40 antonyms
4 meanings

adjective
verb

Most common

scorching red-hot fiery sizzling sexy sultry good-looking warm

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Scorching

scorching, red-hot, fiery, sizzling, torrid, white-hot, scalding, sweltering, broiling, burning, new, flaming, blistering

2. Sexy — relating to excited emotions. Sexual or sexy; involving sexual intercourse or sexual excitement

sexy, sultry, sensual, delicious, tasty, erotic, pungent, salacious

3. Good-looking — relating to excited emotions. Physically or sexually attractive

good-looking, beautiful, bright, stunning

4. Warm — relating to excited emotions. Sexually aroused; randy

warm, eager, horny, intense, fervid, fervent, strong, violent, peppery, passionate, wicked, sharp, lewd, lustful, excited, close UK IE, lascivious, randy, feverish, libidinous, glowing, ardent

Other

spicy, heated, tropical, overheated, live, smoking hot, piping hot, thermal, popular, brisk, radioactive, angry

Verb

Antonyms

cold, ice-cold, chilly

All antonyms of hot →

Definitions

adj. 1
Relating to excited emotions. Physically or sexually attractive.
He saw many hot girls at the concert.
adj. 2
Relating to excited emotions. Sexual or sexy; involving sexual intercourse or sexual excitement.
adj. 3
Relating to excited emotions. Sexually aroused; randy.
Enough foreplay! You’ve gotten me so hot already!
v. 1
To heat; to make or become hot.

Related words

Word family: hotbed hotblooded hot-blooded hotdish hotfoot hot-headed hotly hotness
Phrases: hot-dog smoking hot baking hot hot air piping hot scalding hot boiling hot hot up

Forms

Past participle: hotted
e.g. hotted → heated…

Example sentences

fiery In each of us there lives the fiery soul of a warrior.
sizzling For whom sit these snakes, sizzling atop your heads?
scorching How long until we can escape this scorching heat?
sexy Would you rather be fat and ugly or thin and sexy?
sultry There is often sultry weather in summer.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
hot		rising
fiery		rising
sizzling		rising
scorching		rising
sexy		rising

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

By length

3 letters: new¹
4 letters: live¹, heat¹, warm¹, sexy², lewd¹
5 letters: close¹, angry², sharp¹, eager², randy², tasty², horny², spicy², fiery³, brisk¹
6 letters: strong¹, bright¹, heated², wicked², erotic³, ardent², sultry², torrid², fervid²
7 letters: popular³, excited³, burning², violent³, intense², thermal², glowing², flaming², sensual³, fervent², pungent², lustful², peppery
8 letters: stunning², tropical³, sizzling³, feverish³, scalding², broiling²
9 letters: beautiful³, delicious³, scorching², salacious³
10 letters: passionate³, blistering³, overheated⁴, sweltering³, lascivious⁴, libidinous
11 letters: radioactive⁵

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sexy² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: chaud
Italiano: caldo
Español: caliente
Deutsch: warm
Català: calent