Thesaurus
:
cold
T
hesaurus
cold
English
Adjective
Sense: low in temperature
Synonyms
algid
Arctic
Baltic
boreal
brass monkeys
brumal
chill
chilled
chilly
clay-cold
cold
cold as a mackerel
cold as charity
freezing
frosty
frore
frozen
gelid
glacial
hiemal
icy
inclement
nesh
nippy
parky
(
UK
)
polar
sleety
snowy
taters
wintry
Antonyms
hot
[
⇒ thesaurus
]
warm
[
⇒ thesaurus
]
Hyponyms
Mildly cold: not very cold
brisk
cool
crisp
drafty
Very cold
benumbed
bitter
[
⇒ thesaurus
]
bleak
bone-chilling
cold as ice
cold as a well-digger's arse
cold as a witch's kiss
cold as a witch's teat
cold as a witch's tit
cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey
frigid
Coordinate terms
tepid
lukewarm
Various
cold snap
frigidization
Jack Frost
one-dog night
shivering
three-dog night
wind chill
Further reading
“
383. cold
” in
Roget's Thesaurus
, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
“
cold
” in
Moby Thesaurus II
, Grady Ward, 1996.