Arctic
[adjective]
Synonyms: polar, far-northern, hyperborean
(Informal)
[adjective]
Synonyms: freezing, chilly, cold, frigid, frozen, glacial, icy

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Antonyms: torrid
Related Idioms: cold as charity, cold enough to freeze a brass monkey
Related Words: bitter, boreal, hyperborean, numbing, rigorous, hibernal, hiemal

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English Thesaurus: cold, cool, freezing (cold), shivery, chilly, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

Arc‧tic , arctic /ˈɑːktɪk $ ˈɑːrk-/ adjective [only before noun]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: arcticus, from Greek, from arktos 'bear, Ursa Major (= bear-shaped group of stars in the northern sky), north']

1. relating to the most northern part of the world ⇒ Antarctic:
the Arctic island of Novaya Zemlya

2. extremely cold:
arctic conditions

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

cold used especially when you feel uncomfortable:
I’m cold – can I borrow a sweater?
cool a little cold, especially in a way that feels comfortable:
The air-conditioning keeps everyone cool.
freezing (cold) spoken very cold and very uncomfortable:
You look absolutely freezing!
shivery cold and unable to stop shivering, especially because you are ill:
I felt shivery and had a headache.
chilly a little cold, but not very cold, in a way that feels rather uncomfortable:
a chilly autumn day
It’s a bit chilly.
bitterly cold very cold and very uncomfortable:
It can be bitterly cold in the mountains.
icy (cold) very cold, especially when the temperature is below zero:
The wind was icy cold.
crisp cold, dry, and clear, in a way that seems pleasant:
I love these crisp autumn mornings.
frosty in frosty weather, the ground is covered in a frozen white powder:
It was a bright frosty morning.
arctic extremely cold and unpleasant, with snow and ice:
He would not survive for long in the arctic conditions.
arctic weather
draughty British English, drafty American English /ˈdrɑːfti $ ˈdræfti/ with cold air blowing in from outside, in a way that feels uncomfortable:
Old houses can be very draughty.
chilled food and drinks that are chilled have been deliberately made cold:
a bottle of chilled champagne
frozen kept at a temperature which is below zero:
frozen peas
have (got) a cold
She’s staying at home today because she’s got a cold.
be getting a cold (=be starting to have a cold)
I think I might be getting a cold.
catch a cold (=start to have one)
I caught a cold and had to miss the match.
come down with a cold (also go down with a cold British English) informal (=catch one)
A lot of people go down with colds at this time of year.
be suffering from a cold formal (=have one)
He was suffering from a cold and not his usual energetic self.
suffer from colds formal (=have colds)
Some people suffer from more colds than others.
a bad cold
If you have a bad cold, just stay in bed.
a nasty cold (also a heavy cold British English) (=a bad one)
He sounded as if he had a heavy cold.
a streaming cold British English (=in which a lot of liquid comes from your nose)
You shouldn’t go to work if you’ve got a streaming cold.
a slight cold
It’s only a slight cold – I’ll be fine tomorrow.
a chest cold (=affecting your chest)
He’s coughing all the time with a bad chest cold.
a head cold (=affecting your nose and head)
A bad head cold can sometimes feel like flu.
the common cold formal
There are hundreds of viruses that cause the common cold.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

cold used especially when you feel uncomfortable:
It gets very cold here in the winter.
cool a little cold, often in a way that feels comfortable:
It’s very hot in the day, but cooler at night.
a nice cool breeze
chilly a little cold, but not very cold, in a way that feels rather uncomfortable:
a chilly autumn day
It’s a bit chilly.
freezing (cold) spoken very cold and very uncomfortable:
It’s freezing outside.
bitterly cold very cold and very uncomfortable:
It can be bitterly cold in the mountains.
icy (cold) very cold, especially when the temperature is below zero:
The wind was icy cold.
crisp cold, dry, and clear, in a way that seems pleasant:
I love these crisp autumn mornings.
frosty in frosty weather, the ground is covered in a frozen white powder:
It was a bright frosty morning.
arctic extremely cold and unpleasant, with snow and ice:
He would not survive for long in the arctic conditions.
arctic weather

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