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Synonyms for nippy

  • adjective

Most common

freezing cold frosty snappy nipping mouthy

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Cold

cold, frosty, snappy, freezing cold, nipping, crisp, ice-cold, frigid, wintry, icy, glacial, boreal, gelid formal, brumal

Other

stone-cold, mouthy, nipply slang

Antonyms

hot

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Fast; speedy.

Example sentences

  • frosty Young plants should be protected in frosty weather.
  • snappy She is very snappy, so don't get too close to her.
  • nipping I left my pen in the dorm. I'm just nipping back to get it.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
nippyrising
frostyrising
snappyrising
nippingrising
mouthyrising

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

By length

3 letters
icy2
4 letters
cold1
5 letters
crisp1, gelid
6 letters
frosty2, snappy2, frigid2, wintry2, boreal, mouthy2, brumal, nipply
7 letters
glacial2, nipping2

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