Antonyms for Arctic
ˈɑrk tɪk or, esp. for 7 , ˈɑr tɪkarc·tic

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1. Arctic, Arctic Zone, North Frigid Zonenoun

   the regions to the north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole

   Antonyms:
   equatorial, hot

   Synonyms:
   rubber, gumshoe, golosh, galosh

2. arctic, galosh, golosh, rubber, gumshoeadjective

   a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow

   Antonyms:
   equatorial, hot

   Synonyms:
   condom, caoutchouc, safe, arctic, safety, hawkshaw, rubber, pencil eraser, golosh, dick, rubber eraser, gumshoe, synthetic rubber, galosh, gum elastic, prophylactic, natural rubber

3. north-polar, Arcticadjective

   of or relating to the Arctic

   "the Arctic summer"

   Antonyms:
   equatorial, hot

   Synonyms:
   glacial, north-polar, frigid, polar, icy, gelid

4. arctic, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, polaradjective

   extremely cold

   "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather"

   Antonyms:
   equatorial, hot

   Synonyms:
   polar, north-polar, icy, cold, gelid, pivotal, diametric, opposite, frosty, diametrical, frozen, glacial, arctic, frigid, wintry

How to use Arctic in a sentence?

1. Kevin Flannery:

   He’s from the Arctic, i’d say what happened is he fell asleep on an iceberg and drifted off and then he was gone too far, out into the mid-Atlantic or somewhere like that down off Greenland possibly.

2. Esko Mustamaki:

   It is very possible that in the coming decades, there will be a lot of activity in the (Arctic) region.

3. Julia Slingsby:

   Instead of letting Russia bully us, America should be exerting our energy power by developing our resources on multiple fronts. A strong American presence in the Arctic means a safer Arctic.

4. Merritt Turetsky:

   Maybe this is a necessary evil, we used to think of frontlines as island nations because of sea level rises, or the Arctic.

5. Thomas Smith:

   In the Siberian Arctic, we're concerned about the tundra ecosystem to the north of the forest, this would normally be too wet or frozen to burn, in the last two years we saw a lot of fires in this ecosystem, which suggests that things are changing there.

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