Synonyms 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

   Synonyms:
   rubber, gumshoe, golosh, galosh

   Antonyms:
   equatorial, hot

2. arctic, galosh, golosh, rubber, gumshoeadjective

   a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow

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

   Antonyms:
   equatorial, hot

3. north-polar, Arcticadjective

   of or relating to the Arctic

   "the Arctic summer"

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

   Antonyms:
   equatorial, hot

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"

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

   Antonyms:
   equatorial, hot

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1. arcticadjective

   Synonyms:
   northern, boreal

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1. List of paraphrases for "arctic":

   artic, arctique, polar, char

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1. Ryan Maue:

   The combined flow at all levels of atmosphere was directed from the Atlantic over the Arctic and into Siberia, thus, warmer and moister marine air from Atlantic traveled over the Pole and raised temps to near or at freezing for a few hours. However, the warm advection event was short lived and temps are closer to normal well below 0.

2. Ben Famiglietti:

   It’s terrifically cold. It's like walking into an Arctic cloud. You go into this chamber that has no moisture and no pressure, so it's really cold.

3. Paul Zukunft:

   As I stand before you today, there's a whole other ocean that is opening up before us as ice gives way to open ocean in the Arctic.

4. Tom Slater:

   One such example is a cold snap, which can happen due to sudden changes in atmospheric circulation and may not be linked to climate change, texas is a good example of this ; even though parts of it experienced extreme cold weather earlier this year when air from the Arctic was pushed south, looking at the long-term change in temperature tells us that Texas is 1.5 degrees warmer on average now than it was 100 years ago. That's climate.

5. Andrew Shepherd:

   Growth of Antarctic sea ice over the past few decades had been a relief, because it offset some of the rapid losses in the Arctic, now that sea ice is retreating in both hemispheres we should be concerned about our planet's temperature because it means less of the sun's heat is reflected back into space.