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Definition of Cold
1. Noun. A mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs). "Will they never find a cure for the common cold?"
Exact synonyms: Common Cold
Generic synonyms: Communicable Disease, Respiratory Disease, Respiratory Disorder, Respiratory Illness
Specialized synonyms: Head Cold
Terms within: Rhinorrhea
Generic synonyms: Communicable Disease, Respiratory Disease, Respiratory Disorder, Respiratory Illness
Specialized synonyms: Head Cold
Terms within: Rhinorrhea
2. Adjective. Having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration. "A cold beer"
Attributes: Temperature
Also: Frozen, Cool
Similar to: Acold, Algid, Arctic, Frigid, Gelid, Glacial, Icy, Polar, Bleak, Cutting, Raw, Chilly, Parky, Crisp, Frosty, Nipping, Nippy, Snappy, Frigorific, Frore, Frosty, Rimed, Rimy, Heatless, Ice-cold, Refrigerant, Refrigerating, Refrigerated, Shivery, Stone-cold, Unheated, Unwarmed
Derivative terms: Coldness
Antonyms: Hot
Also: Frozen, Cool
Similar to: Acold, Algid, Arctic, Frigid, Gelid, Glacial, Icy, Polar, Bleak, Cutting, Raw, Chilly, Parky, Crisp, Frosty, Nipping, Nippy, Snappy, Frigorific, Frore, Frosty, Rimed, Rimy, Heatless, Ice-cold, Refrigerant, Refrigerating, Refrigerated, Shivery, Stone-cold, Unheated, Unwarmed
Derivative terms: Coldness
Antonyms: Hot
3. Noun. The absence of heat. "Cold is a vasoconstrictor"
Exact synonyms: Coldness, Frigidity, Frigidness, Low Temperature
Generic synonyms: Pressor, Vasoconstrictive, Vasoconstrictor, Temperature
Specialized synonyms: Chill, Gelidity, Iciness, Chilliness, Coolness, Nip, Frostiness, Cool
Antonyms: Hotness
Generic synonyms: Pressor, Vasoconstrictive, Vasoconstrictor, Temperature
Specialized synonyms: Chill, Gelidity, Iciness, Chilliness, Coolness, Nip, Frostiness, Cool
Antonyms: Hotness
4. Adjective. Extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion. "The concert left me cold"
Attributes: Emotionalism, Emotionality
Similar to: Emotionless, Passionless, Frigid, Frosty, Frozen, Glacial, Icy, Wintry
Also: Passionless, Cool
Derivative terms: Coldness
Antonyms: Hot
Similar to: Emotionless, Passionless, Frigid, Frosty, Frozen, Glacial, Icy, Wintry
Also: Passionless, Cool
Derivative terms: Coldness
Antonyms: Hot
5. Noun. The sensation produced by low temperatures. "The cold helped clear his head"
6. Adjective. Having lost freshness through passage of time. "Dogs attempting to catch a cold scent"
Similar to: Stale
7. Adjective. (color) giving no sensation of warmth. "A cold bluish grey"
Similar to: Cool
8. Adjective. Marked by errorless familiarity. "Had her lines cold before rehearsals started"
Similar to: Perfect
9. Adjective. Lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new. "Stale news"
10. Adjective. So intense as to be almost uncontrollable. "Cold fury gripped him"
Similar to: Intense
11. Adjective. Sexually unresponsive. "A frigid woman"
12. Adjective. Without compunction or human feeling. "Insensate destruction"
13. Adjective. Feeling or showing no enthusiasm. "A cold response to the new play"
14. Adjective. Unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication. "Pass out cold"
Similar to: Unconscious
15. Adjective. Of a seeker; far from the object sought.
Similar to: Far
16. Adjective. Lacking the warmth of life. "Cold in his grave"
Similar to: Dead
Definition of Cold
1. a. Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid.
2. n. The relative absence of heat or warmth.
3. v. i. To become cold.
Definition of Cold
1. having little or no warmth [adj COLDER, COLDEST] / the relative lack of heat; a chill [n -S]
Medical Definition of Cold
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Cold
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