Thesaurus:cold

Thesaurus:cold

THESAURUS

cold

English

Synonyms

• algid

• arctic

• benumbed

• bitter    [WS]

• bleak

• bone-chilling

• boreal

• brass monkeys

• brisk

• brumal

• cold

• 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 as charity

• cold as ice

• chill

• chilly

• crisp

• drafty

• freezing

• frigid

• frosty

• frore

• frozen

• gelid

• glacial

• hiemal

• icy

• inclement

• nesh

• nippy

• parky (UK)

• polar

• shivering

• sleety

• snowy

• wintry

Antonyms

• hot    [WS]

Various

• cold snap

• Jack Frost

• one-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.