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
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
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
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
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