Antonyms for cold

Antonyms for (noun) cold

Main entry: cold, coldness, frigidity, frigidness, low temperature

Definition: the absence of heat

Usage: the coldness made our breath visible; come in out of the cold; cold is a vasoconstrictor

Antonyms: heat, high temperature, hotness

Definition: the presence of heat


Antonyms for (adj) cold

Main entry: cold

Definition: having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration

Usage: a cold climate; a cold room; dinner has gotten cold; cold fingers; if you are cold, turn up the heat; a cold beer

Antonyms: hot

Definition: used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning


Antonyms: cooked

Definition: having been prepared for eating by the application of heat


Antonyms: equatorial

Definition: of or existing at or near the geographic equator


Main entry: cold

Definition: extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion

Usage: a cold unfriendly nod; a cold and unaffectionate person; a cold impersonal manner; cold logic; the concert left me cold

Antonyms: hot

Definition: extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm


Antonyms: unfrozen

Definition: not frozen


Antonyms: vernal

Definition: of or characteristic of or occurring in spring


Antonyms: summery

Definition: belonging to or characteristic of or occurring in summer


Antonyms: autumnal

Definition: of or characteristic of or occurring in autumn


Antonyms: passionate

Definition: having or expressing strong emotions


Main entry: cold

Definition: (color) giving no sensation of warmth

Usage: a cold bluish grey

Antonyms: heat, heat up, hot up

Definition: gain heat or get hot


Antonyms: heat, heat up

Definition: make hot or hotter


Antonyms: warm

Definition: having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat


Antonyms: warm

Definition: psychologically warm; friendly and responsive


Antonyms: warm

Definition: (color) inducing the impression of warmth; used especially of reds and oranges and yellows


Main entry: cold

Definition: unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication

Usage: the boxer was out cold; pass out cold

Antonyms: conscious

Definition: knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts


Main entry: cold

Definition: lacking the warmth of life

Usage: cold in his grave

Antonyms: living

Definition: people who are still living


Antonyms: alive, live

Definition: possessing life


Antonyms: live

Definition: exerting force or containing energy


Main entry: cold

Definition: marked by errorless familiarity

Usage: had her lines cold before rehearsals started

Antonyms: imperfect

Definition: not perfect; defective or inadequate


Main entry: cold

Definition: having lost freshness through passage of time

Usage: a cold trail; dogs attempting to catch a cold scent

Antonyms: fresh

Definition: recently made, produced, or harvested


Main entry: cold

Definition: so intense as to be almost uncontrollable

Usage: cold fury gripped him

Antonyms: mild

Definition: moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme


Main entry: cold

Definition: of a seeker; far from the object sought

Antonyms: near, nigh, close

Definition: not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances


Main entry: cold

Definition: feeling or showing no enthusiasm

Usage: a cold audience; a cold response to the new play

Antonyms: enthusiastic

Definition: having or showing great excitement and interest


Main entry: cold, cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate

Definition: without compunction or human feeling

Usage: in cold blood; cold-blooded killing; insensate destruction

Antonyms: humane

Definition: marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering


Main entry: cold, frigid

Definition: sexually unresponsive

Usage: was cold to his advances; a frigid woman

Antonyms: loving

Definition: feeling or showing love and affection


Main entry: cold, dusty, moth-eaten, stale

Definition: lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new

Usage: moth-eaten theories about race; stale news

Antonyms: original

Definition: being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of


Visual thesaurus for cold