EN

Synonyms for nipping

Most common

cutting biting barbed pungent frosty nippy pinching

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

Example sentences

  • cutting Banks are cutting lending to industrial borrowers.
  • biting You don't have to play outside in the biting wind.
  • barbed The building is surrounded by a barbed wire fence.
  • pungent Pungent fumes arose from the chemical mixture.
  • frosty Young plants should be protected in frosty weather.
  • nippy It's quite nippy today, so take your coat with you.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
nippingrising
cuttingsteady
bitingrising
barbedrising
pungentrising
frostyrising

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

By length

4 letters
cold1
5 letters
sharp1, crisp1, bleak1, nippy2
6 letters
biting2, barbed1, frosty2, snappy2
7 letters
cutting2, pungent2
8 letters
piercing2, pinching2
10 letters
mordacious

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (nippy2 = 2 syllables).