Antonyms for cold
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1. coldadjective

   Antonyms:
   hot

   Synonyms:
   nippy, parky, taters, brass monkeys

2. coldnoun

   Antonyms:
   hot

3. coldnoun

   Having a low temperature.

   A cold wind whistled through the trees.

   Antonyms:
   heated, warm, hot, scorching, searing, torrid, baking, boiling

   Synonyms:
   coldness, freezing, glacial, icy, unwelcoming, standoffish, frigid, chilled, unfriendly, unready, cool, distant, hostile, unprepared, aloof, chilly

4. coldadjective

   Causing the air to be cold.

   The forecast is that it will be very cold today.

   Synonyms:
   coryza, common cold, head cold, unready, freezing, glacial, standoffish, unprepared, hostile, chilled, unwelcoming, distant, cool, frigid, chilly, icy, aloof, unfriendly

5. coldadjective

   Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.

   She was so cold she was shivering.

   Synonyms:
   standoffish, aloof, chilly, cool, glacial, unwelcoming, chilled, unready, distant, unprepared, freezing, frigid, unfriendly, hostile, icy

6. coldadjective

   Unfriendly, emotionally distant or unfeeling.

   Antonyms:
   friendly, welcoming, amiable

   Synonyms:
   icy, freezing, distant, standoffish, aloof, hostile, glacial, unfriendly, unready, chilled, unwelcoming, unprepared, chilly, frigid, cool

7. coldadjective

   Dispassionate, not prejudiced or partisan, impartial.

   Synonyms:
   hostile, chilled, chilly, unwelcoming, distant, unready, freezing, glacial, unfriendly, frigid, unprepared, icy, cool, standoffish, aloof

8. coldadjective

   Completely unprepared; without introduction.

   He was assigned cold calls for the first three months.

   Antonyms:
   primed, ready, prepared

   Synonyms:
   unwelcoming, chilled, frigid, aloof, glacial, unprepared, chilly, unfriendly, freezing, distant, standoffish, cool, unready, hostile, icy

9. coldadjective

   Unconscious or deeply asleep; deprived of the metaphorical heat associated with life or consciousness.

   Synonyms:
   frigid, chilly, icy, distant, unprepared, unfriendly, freezing, chilled, cool, aloof, unready, standoffish, unwelcoming, glacial, hostile

10. coldadjective

    Perfectly, exactly, completely; by heart.

    Synonyms:
    cool, frigid, freezing, unready, aloof, glacial, unfriendly, unwelcoming, standoffish, distant, chilly, chilled, icy, hostile, unprepared

11. coldadjective

    Cornered, done for.

    Synonyms:
    unwelcoming, cool, freezing, chilled, distant, unfriendly, hostile, icy, standoffish, chilly, unready, aloof, glacial, unprepared, frigid

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cold

   Antonyms:
   advised, apprised, assured, aware, certain, certified, cognizant, conscious, informed, sensible, sure

   Synonyms:
   dead, deaf, ignorant, insensible, unaware, unconscious

Matched Categories

1. • Communicable Disease
   • Respiratory Disease

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. cold, common coldnoun

   a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)

   "will they never find a cure for the common cold?"

   Antonyms:
   flaming, red-hot, mild, thermal, overheated, hot, fervid, imperfect, tropical, calefactive, igneous, torrid, enthusiastic, fiery, blistering, sweltry, heatable, sizzling, close, sweltering, nigh, sultry, calefactory, near, white, white-hot, baking, alive(p), calefacient, fervent, scorching, heated up, heated, humane, warm, het up, warming, stifling, blistery, sensual, het, sulphurous, conscious, tropic, calorifacient, baking hot, fresh, hottish, live, calorific, sulfurous, loving, original

   Synonyms:
   common cold, low temperature, coldness, frigidness, frigidity

2. coldness, cold, low temperature, frigidity, frigidnessnoun

   the absence of heat

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

   Antonyms:
   nigh, sizzling, tropical, heated, hot, calorific, sultry, live, hottish, scorching, torrid, fervent, loving, mild, het, heated up, tropic, conscious, humane, sulphurous, fervid, near, sweltering, baking, warming, stifling, red-hot, flaming, calorifacient, white-hot, thermal, close, original, warm, baking hot, blistery, sweltry, het up, overheated, white, heatable, fiery, alive(p), sensual, calefactive, enthusiastic, calefactory, imperfect, igneous, blistering, calefacient, sulfurous, fresh

   Synonyms:
   chilliness, iciness, common cold, coolness, low temperature, frigidness, frigidity, coldness

3. cold, coldnessadjective

   the sensation produced by low temperatures

   "he shivered from the cold"; "the cold helped clear his head"

   Antonyms:
   loving, heatable, white-hot, sulfurous, baking hot, igneous, heated, humane, enthusiastic, hot, red-hot, live, calorifacient, alive(p), warming, close, stifling, conscious, sultry, blistering, sweltering, calefacient, fiery, het up, mild, calorific, overheated, sizzling, nigh, fervent, thermal, fervid, heated up, scorching, baking, tropic, hottish, original, torrid, calefactive, sulphurous, flaming, white, calefactory, tropical, blistery, het, warm, imperfect, fresh, sweltry, near, sensual

   Synonyms:
   chilliness, iciness, common cold, coolness, low temperature, frigidness, frigidity, coldness

4. coldadjective

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

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

   Antonyms:
   red-hot, igneous, calorific, fervent, nigh, heated, baking, blistering, fresh, live, calefactory, white-hot, calefacient, warm, mild, white, loving, baking hot, hottish, blistery, heatable, het, torrid, calefactive, sulfurous, hot, heated up, stifling, tropic, sultry, close, sensual, sulphurous, fiery, sizzling, tropical, near, humane, conscious, flaming, alive(p), scorching, overheated, het up, sweltry, fervid, enthusiastic, calorifacient, imperfect, sweltering, warming, thermal, original

   Synonyms:
   insensate, inhuman, moth-eaten, frigid, cold-blooded, dusty, stale

5. coldadjective

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

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

   Antonyms:
   igneous, heated up, blistering, sweltry, fresh, baking hot, sultry, conscious, heated, baking, white, tropic, imperfect, sensual, original, het up, scorching, blistery, calorifacient, red-hot, sizzling, calorific, warming, sulphurous, close, hot, white-hot, sweltering, flaming, mild, fiery, fervid, nigh, stifling, humane, near, alive(p), thermal, enthusiastic, warm, hottish, heatable, sulfurous, torrid, live, het, calefacient, fervent, loving, calefactory, calefactive, overheated, tropical

   Synonyms:
   insensate, inhuman, moth-eaten, frigid, cold-blooded, dusty, stale

6. coldadjective

   having lost freshness through passage of time

   "a cold trail"; "dogs attempting to catch a cold scent"

   Antonyms:
   tropic, sulphurous, warm, enthusiastic, warming, fervid, sensual, sweltry, hot, white-hot, het up, igneous, sweltering, calefactive, heated up, imperfect, loving, fervent, blistery, het, conscious, fiery, calefactory, calorific, thermal, near, sulfurous, sizzling, mild, close, torrid, overheated, stifling, live, alive(p), baking hot, red-hot, heated, calefacient, sultry, blistering, baking, white, scorching, tropical, hottish, heatable, fresh, original, calorifacient, humane, flaming, nigh

   Synonyms:
   insensate, inhuman, moth-eaten, frigid, cold-blooded, dusty, stale

7. coldadjective

   (color) giving no sensation of warmth

   "a cold bluish grey"

   Antonyms:
   flaming, sweltering, red-hot, calorific, calorifacient, sultry, calefacient, heated, sensual, heated up, warming, fiery, nigh, sweltry, conscious, original, enthusiastic, igneous, baking, warm, scorching, het up, blistering, overheated, hot, torrid, fervid, sizzling, live, heatable, near, humane, baking hot, white, imperfect, sulphurous, fresh, white-hot, sulfurous, calefactory, tropical, loving, blistery, alive(p), het, tropic, fervent, close, thermal, mild, calefactive, stifling, hottish

   Synonyms:
   insensate, inhuman, moth-eaten, frigid, cold-blooded, dusty, stale

8. coldadjective

   marked by errorless familiarity

   "had her lines cold before rehearsals started"

   Antonyms:
   igneous, calorific, stifling, red-hot, heated up, sultry, heated, hottish, white, fervid, fiery, sweltry, hot, scorching, white-hot, calefacient, overheated, nigh, warm, flaming, humane, loving, thermal, sulfurous, het, baking, alive(p), imperfect, sweltering, sulphurous, close, original, enthusiastic, sizzling, tropical, torrid, sensual, near, heatable, tropic, calefactory, conscious, live, calorifacient, blistering, calefactive, blistery, mild, fervent, fresh, het up, baking hot, warming

   Synonyms:
   insensate, inhuman, moth-eaten, frigid, cold-blooded, dusty, stale

9. cold, stale, dusty, moth-eatenadjective

   lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new

   "moth-eaten theories about race"; "stale news"

   Antonyms:
   blistering, sulfurous, het, heated up, humane, loving, fiery, warming, white-hot, baking, fervent, blistery, het up, scorching, fervid, sensual, white, near, calefacient, calefactive, alive(p), calorific, close, igneous, sizzling, sultry, warm, fresh, hottish, nigh, sweltering, tropic, baking hot, mild, original, thermal, flaming, hot, calefactory, imperfect, tropical, torrid, heated, conscious, calorifacient, red-hot, overheated, sweltry, live, sulphurous, stifling, enthusiastic, heatable

   Synonyms:
   dust-covered, ratty, dusty, tatty, mothy, moth-eaten, stale, shabby, inhuman, cold-blooded, frigid, insensate

10. coldadjective

    so intense as to be almost uncontrollable

    "cold fury gripped him"

    Antonyms:
    sulphurous, warm, fervid, heatable, loving, tropical, torrid, het, heated, fiery, sulfurous, nigh, conscious, white-hot, flaming, white, tropic, sultry, baking hot, blistering, heated up, calefactory, close, baking, sweltry, near, live, hot, calefacient, original, calorifacient, imperfect, mild, sizzling, scorching, calefactive, sensual, alive(p), thermal, overheated, het up, humane, stifling, igneous, blistery, calorific, fervent, fresh, red-hot, sweltering, hottish, warming, enthusiastic

    Synonyms:
    insensate, inhuman, moth-eaten, frigid, cold-blooded, dusty, stale

11. cold, frigidadjective

    sexually unresponsive

    "was cold to his advances"; "a frigid woman"

    Antonyms:
    flaming, heated, thermal, scorching, sizzling, close, alive(p), calefactory, stifling, sultry, calefacient, conscious, calorific, igneous, sweltry, nigh, blistering, tropical, overheated, red-hot, mild, live, humane, warm, blistery, white-hot, sulphurous, baking hot, tropic, near, fiery, loving, fresh, sensual, imperfect, heatable, hottish, het, hot, original, heated up, enthusiastic, torrid, fervent, warming, calefactive, sulfurous, baking, sweltering, white, fervid, het up, calorifacient

    Synonyms:
    wintry, dusty, polar, arctic, glacial, gelid, moth-eaten, stale, frosty, inhuman, frozen, icy, cold-blooded, frigid, insensate

12. cold, cold-blooded, inhuman, insensateadjective

    without compunction or human feeling

    "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction"

    Antonyms:
    white-hot, white, sweltry, enthusiastic, sultry, fiery, het, original, heated up, calorifacient, nigh, fervent, close, sulfurous, sensual, heated, calefactory, tropical, sulphurous, igneous, conscious, overheated, baking hot, fervid, red-hot, hot, scorching, calefactive, torrid, sizzling, loving, thermal, live, stifling, baking, calefacient, blistery, hottish, sweltering, warming, blistering, humane, mild, imperfect, alive(p), calorific, near, warm, heatable, het up, fresh, flaming, tropic

    Synonyms:
    dusty, moth-eaten, stale, inhuman, insentient, cold-blooded, frigid, insensate

13. coldadjective

    feeling or showing no enthusiasm

    "a cold audience"; "a cold response to the new play"

    Antonyms:
    heated up, sulfurous, flaming, calefacient, white-hot, stifling, igneous, baking hot, close, loving, fresh, hot, sulphurous, mild, fervent, red-hot, sizzling, white, alive(p), het up, fiery, torrid, het, heated, thermal, calefactory, scorching, calefactive, overheated, live, warm, tropic, hottish, conscious, calorific, nigh, blistering, sensual, fervid, baking, blistery, tropical, sultry, warming, sweltry, sweltering, calorifacient, near, humane, enthusiastic, original, heatable, imperfect

    Synonyms:
    insensate, inhuman, moth-eaten, frigid, cold-blooded, dusty, stale

14. coldadjective

    unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication

    "the boxer was out cold"; "pass out cold"

    Antonyms:
    heatable, nigh, torrid, red-hot, overheated, flaming, heated, blistering, fiery, sultry, sulfurous, tropic, fervent, loving, warming, calefactive, white-hot, scorching, warm, white, conscious, het up, enthusiastic, live, imperfect, blistery, humane, sulphurous, sizzling, hot, heated up, near, alive(p), thermal, close, calorifacient, sensual, calefacient, calefactory, igneous, sweltry, original, baking, stifling, hottish, fresh, tropical, sweltering, het, fervid, baking hot, mild, calorific

    Synonyms:
    insensate, inhuman, moth-eaten, frigid, cold-blooded, dusty, stale

15. coldadjective

    of a seeker; far from the object sought

    Antonyms:
    imperfect, tropic, blistery, calefacient, white-hot, blistering, flaming, het up, sweltering, alive(p), igneous, white, heated up, stifling, sensual, sizzling, hottish, heatable, tropical, enthusiastic, torrid, overheated, calefactory, original, calorifacient, heated, calorific, close, sultry, warming, calefactive, nigh, red-hot, warm, humane, conscious, near, hot, fervid, fiery, het, baking hot, sweltry, scorching, live, thermal, fresh, sulphurous, loving, fervent, sulfurous, mild, baking

    Synonyms:
    insensate, inhuman, moth-eaten, frigid, cold-blooded, dusty, stale

16. coldadjective

    lacking the warmth of life

    "cold in his grave"

    Antonyms:
    fervent, torrid, live, sensual, white-hot, original, het, fiery, mild, overheated, scorching, flaming, hottish, baking, sizzling, near, heated, sulfurous, sweltry, fervid, imperfect, sweltering, calefacient, conscious, igneous, tropical, red-hot, blistering, calorific, white, hot, warm, sulphurous, loving, alive(p), enthusiastic, het up, heatable, baking hot, warming, thermal, heated up, humane, close, sultry, nigh, calorifacient, tropic, fresh, stifling, calefactory, blistery, calefactive

    Synonyms:
    insensate, inhuman, moth-eaten, frigid, cold-blooded, dusty, stale

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. coldadjective

   Synonyms:
   cool, chilly, frigid, gelid, icy, nipping, bleak, raw, frosty, freezing, unresponsive, phlegmatic, passionless, chilling, stoical, apathetic, reserved

2. coldnoun

   Synonyms:
   coldness, frigidity, gelidity, chilliness, algidity, catarrh

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. COLD

   Synonyms:
   Chronic obstructive lung disease
   

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. geothermal

   cold because geothermal means warm and cold is the opposite of warm/hot

   Submitted by anonymous on February 5, 2020  

2. yoruba

   a low temperature

   it is cold outside

   Submitted by anonymous on October 26, 2020  

How to use cold in a sentence?

1. Christian Meissner:

   There were doubts as to whether the cold chain was maintained at all times, bioNTech said that the vaccine was probably okay, but ‘probably okay’ is not enough.

2. Victoria Spartz:

   It's heartbreaking to watch. … When you see in person the human suffering, and you see these little kids and moms leaving their houses with nothing [in] cold weather, it really has an effect on you, it's a tragedy what's happened there.

3. Yael Stone:

   Our country is on fire, cold, calculated nothing. We don't have leaders, we have cowards.

4. Brock Stein:

   If there's a cold spell and the birds on average are weighing too much, you can sort of move up the timeline.

5. Matt Webb:

   They're under such scrutiny as far as their storage requirements for freezer temperature, refrigeration temperature and they're only good for five days once we pull them out of that ultra-cold freezer.

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