Synonyms for icy
ˈaɪ siicy

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1. frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, icy, wintryadjective

   devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain

   "a frigid greeting"; "got a frosty reception"; "a frozen look on their faces"; "a glacial handshake"; "icy stare"; "wintry smile"

   Synonyms:
   wintry, frozen, nipping, wintery, frigid, frozen(p), quick-frozen, arctic, snappy, gelid, crisp, rooted(p), fixed, glacial, rimed, flash-frozen, cold, polar, stock-still, rimy, nippy, frosty

   Antonyms:
   hot, unfrozen, unglazed

2. 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, cold, gelid, pivotal, diametric, opposite, frosty, diametrical, frozen, glacial, arctic, frigid, wintry

   Antonyms:
   unglazed, unfrozen, hot

3. icyadjective

   covered with or containing or consisting of ice

   "icy northern waters"

   Synonyms:
   polar, glacial, gelid, frosty, frozen, wintry, arctic, frigid

   Antonyms:
   hot, unfrozen, unglazed

4. icyadjective

   shiny and slick as with a thin coating of ice

   "roads and trees glazed with an icy film"

   Synonyms:
   polar, glacial, gelid, frosty, frozen, wintry, arctic, frigid

   Antonyms:
   unglazed, unfrozen, hot

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. coldadjective

   the weather is lower than comfortable.

   Submitted by Lollipopslove on May 9, 2022  

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1. icyadjective

   Synonyms:
   glacial

2. icyadjective

   Synonyms:
   cold, chilling, frosty

3. icyadjective

   Synonyms:
   frigid, indifferent, cold-hearted

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1. icyadjective

   Synonyms:
   glacial, glacious

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1. List of paraphrases for "icy":

   frigid, iced, ice-cold, glacial, freezing, ice, cold, frozen

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1. Edward Guinan:

   Geothermal heating could support' life zones' under its surface, akin to subsurface lakes found in Antarctica, we note that the surface temperature on Jupiter's icy moon Europa is similar to Edward Emerson Barnard b, but because of tidal heating, Europa probably has liquid oceans under its icy surface.

2. Ashok Niyogi:

   Empty beer bottles, Crushed packets of Marlboro, Graffiti on stairwells, Blond stubble on heads stuffed with hate, Me, with my circumcised brown vision, Icy blood of undefined pedigree, I am marked for slaughter In the abattoir of the Gulag. I cower behind the Swastika Chained to my door.

3. John Grunsfeld:

   I think we're one generation away in our solar system, whether it's on an icy moon or on Mars, and one generation [away] on a planet around a nearby star.

4. Ukranian Proverb:

   The church is near, but the way is icy, The tavern is far, but I will walk carefully.

5. Marcel Hirscher:

   I think what makes the difference for me is the preparation of the course making it so icy, which suits me. Thanks for that.