cold
English Thesaurus
1. the absence of heat (noun.attribute)
| hypernym | : | pressor, vasoconstrictive, vasoconstrictor, |
| definition | : | any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure (noun.artifact) |
| hypernym | : | temperature, |
| definition | : | the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity) (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | frostiness, |
| definition | : | coldness as evidenced by frost (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | cool, |
| definition | : | the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature (noun.attribute) |
2. the sensation produced by low temperatures (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | temperature, |
| definition | : | the somatic sensation of cold or heat (noun.cognition) |
3. a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs) (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | communicable disease, |
| definition | : | a disease that can be communicated from one person to another (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | head cold, |
| definition | : | a common cold affecting the nasal passages and resulting in congestion and sneezing and headache (noun.state) |
| part holonym | : | rhinorrhea, |
| definition | : | persistent watery mucus discharge from the nose (as in the common cold) (noun.state) |
4. lacking the warmth of life (adj.all)
| similar | : | dead, |
| definition | : | no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life (adj.all) |
5. of a seeker; far from the object sought (adj.all)
| similar | : | far, |
| definition | : | located at a great distance in time or space or degree (adj.all) |
6. unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication (adj.all)
| similar | : | unconscious, |
| definition | : | not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead (adj.all) |
7. feeling or showing no enthusiasm (adj.all)
| similar | : | unenthusiastic, |
| definition | : | not enthusiastic; lacking excitement or ardor (adj.all) |
8. having lost freshness through passage of time (adj.all)
| similar | : | stale, |
| definition | : | lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age (adj.all) |
9. having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration (adj.all)
| similar | : | acold, |
| definition | : | of persons; feeling cold (adj.all) |
| similar | : | algid, |
| definition | : | chilly (adj.all) |
| similar | : | bleak, cutting, raw, |
| definition | : | unpleasantly cold and damp (adj.all) |
| similar | : | chilly, parky, |
| definition | : | appreciably or disagreeably cold (adj.all) |
| similar | : | frigorific, |
| definition | : | causing cold; cooling or chilling (adj.all) |
| similar | : | frore, |
| definition | : | very cold (adj.all) |
| similar | : | heatless, |
| definition | : | without generating heat (adj.all) |
| similar | : | ice-cold, |
| definition | : | as cold as ice (adj.all) |
| similar | : | refrigerated, |
| definition | : | made or kept cold by refrigeration (adj.all) |
| similar | : | shivery, |
| definition | : | cold enough to cause shivers (adj.all) |
| similar | : | stone-cold, |
| definition | : | completely cold (adj.all) |
| similar | : | unheated, unwarmed, |
| definition | : | not having been heated or warmed (adj.all) |
| also | : | frozen, |
| definition | : | turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold (adj.all) |
| also | : | cool, |
| definition | : | neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat (adj.all) |
| attribute | : | temperature, |
| definition | : | the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity) (noun.attribute) |
10. extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion (adj.all)
| also | : | cool, |
| definition | : | psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike (adj.all) |
11. without compunction or human feeling (adj.all)
| similar | : | inhumane, |
| definition | : | lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion (adj.all) |
12. sexually unresponsive (adj.all)
| similar | : | unloving, |
| definition | : | not giving or reciprocating affection (adj.all) |
13. so intense as to be almost uncontrollable (adj.all)
| similar | : | intense, |
| definition | : | possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree (adj.all) |
14. lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new (adj.all)
| similar | : | unoriginal, |
| definition | : | not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual (adj.all) |
15. marked by errorless familiarity (adj.all)
| similar | : | perfect, |
| definition | : | being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish (adj.all) |
16. (color) giving no sensation of warmth (adj.all)
| similar | : | cool, |
| definition | : | (color) inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets (adj.all) |
17. the absence of heat (noun.attribute)
| derivation | : | cold, cold, |
| definition | : | having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration (adj.all) |
18. feeling or showing no enthusiasm (adj.all)
19. having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration (adj.all)
| antonym | : | hot, |
| definition | : | used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | cold, coldness, |
| definition | : | the sensation produced by low temperatures (noun.cognition) |
20. extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion (adj.all)
| antonym | : | hot, |
| definition | : | extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm (adj.all) |
21. without compunction or human feeling (adj.all)
| derivation | : | inhumaneness, inhumanity, |
| definition | : | the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others (noun.attribute) |
22. sexually unresponsive (adj.all)
| derivation | : | frigidity, frigidness, |
| definition | : | sexual unresponsiveness (especially of women) and inability to achieve orgasm during intercourse (noun.attribute) |
23. lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new (adj.all)
| derivation | : | staleness, triteness, |
| definition | : | unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed (noun.cognition) |
24. the absence of heat (noun.attribute)
| derivation | : | cold, cold, |
| definition | : | having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration (adj.all) |
25. feeling or showing no enthusiasm (adj.all)
26. having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration (adj.all)
| antonym | : | hot, |
| definition | : | used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | cold, coldness, |
| definition | : | the sensation produced by low temperatures (noun.cognition) |
27. extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion (adj.all)
| antonym | : | hot, |
| definition | : | extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm (adj.all) |
28. without compunction or human feeling (adj.all)
| derivation | : | inhumaneness, inhumanity, |
| definition | : | the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others (noun.attribute) |
29. sexually unresponsive (adj.all)
| derivation | : | frigidity, frigidness, |
| definition | : | sexual unresponsiveness (especially of women) and inability to achieve orgasm during intercourse (noun.attribute) |
30. lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new (adj.all)
| derivation | : | staleness, triteness, |
| definition | : | unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed (noun.cognition) |
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