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cold
Overview of noun cold
The noun cold has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (5) cold, common cold -- (a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs); "will they never find a cure for the common cold?")
2. (5) coldness, cold, low temperature, frigidity, frigidness -- (the absence of heat; "the coldness made our breath visible"; "come in out of the cold"; "cold is a vasoconstrictor")
3. cold, coldness -- (the sensation produced by low temperatures; "he shivered from the cold"; "the cold helped clear his head")
Overview of adj cold
The adj cold has 13 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (40) cold -- (used of physical coldness; 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 climate"; "a cold room"; "dinner has gotten cold"; "cold fingers"; "if you are cold, turn up the heat"; "a cold beer")
2. (13) cold -- (extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion; "a cold unfriendly nod"; "a cold and unaffectionate person"; "a cold impersonal manner"; "cold logic"; "the concert left me cold")
3. (1) cold -- (having lost freshness through passage of time; "a cold trail"; "dogs attempting to catch a cold scent")
4. cold -- ((color) giving no sensation of warmth; "a cold bluish grey")
5. cold -- (marked by errorless familiarity; "had her lines cold before rehearsals started")
6. cold, stale -- (no longer new; uninteresting; "cold (or stale) news")
7. cold -- (so intense as to be almost uncontrollable; "cold fury gripped him")
8. cold, frigid -- (sexually unresponsive; "was cold to his advances"; "a frigid woman")
9. cold, cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate -- (without compunction or human feeling; "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction")
10. cold -- (feeling or showing no enthusiasm; "a cold audience"; "a cold response to the new play")
11. cold -- (unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication; "the boxer was out cold"; "pass out cold")
12. cold -- (of a seeker; far from the object sought)
13. cold -- (lacking the warmth of life; "cold in his grave")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cold
3 senses of cold
Sense 1
cold, common cold
=> respiratory disease, respiratory illness, respiratory disorder
=> disease
=> illness, unwellness, malady, sickness
=> ill health, unhealthiness, health problem
=> pathological state
=> condition, status
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> communicable disease
=> disease
=> illness, unwellness, malady, sickness
=> ill health, unhealthiness, health problem
=> pathological state
=> condition, status
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
coldness, cold, low temperature, frigidity, frigidness
=> temperature
=> fundamental quantity, fundamental measure
=> measure, quantity, amount
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> physical property
=> property
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> vasoconstrictor, vasoconstrictive, pressor
=> agent
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
cold, coldness
=> temperature
=> somesthesia, somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation
=> perception
=> basic cognitive process
=> process, cognitive process, mental process, operation, cognitive operation
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun cold
2 of 3 senses of cold
Sense 1
cold, common cold
=> head cold
Sense 2
coldness, cold, low temperature, frigidity, frigidness
=> chill, iciness, gelidity
=> chilliness, coolness, nip
=> frostiness
=> cool
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cold
3 senses of cold
Sense 1
cold, common cold
=> respiratory disease, respiratory illness, respiratory disorder
=> communicable disease
Sense 2
coldness, cold, low temperature, frigidity, frigidness
=> temperature
=> vasoconstrictor, vasoconstrictive, pressor
Sense 3
cold, coldness
=> temperature
Antonyms of noun cold
Member Holonyms of noun cold
Substance Holonyms of noun cold
Part Holonyms of noun cold
Member Meronyms of noun cold
Substance Meronyms of noun cold
Part Meronyms of noun cold
1 of 3 senses of cold
Sense 1
cold, common cold
HAS PART: rhinorrhea
Meronyms of noun cold
1 of 3 senses of cold
Sense 1
cold, common cold
HAS PART: rhinorrhea
Holonyms of noun cold
Attributes of noun cold
Derived Forms of noun cold
Domain of noun cold
Domain Terms of noun cold
Familiarity of noun cold
cold used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun cold
3 senses of cold
Sense 1
cold, common cold
> respiratory disease, respiratory illness, respiratory disorder
=> adult respiratory distress syndrome, ARDS, wet lung, white lung
=> influenza, flu, grippe
=> whooping cough, pertussis
=> cold, common cold
=> asthma, asthma attack, bronchial asthma
=> bronchitis
=> emphysema, pulmonary emphysema
=> pneumonia
=> atypical pneumonia, primary atypical pneumonia, mycoplasmal pneumonia
=> interstitial pneumonia
=> pneumoconiosis, pneumonoconiosis
=> respiratory distress syndrome, respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn, hyaline membrane disease
=> severe acute respiratory syndrome, SARS
> communicable disease
=> contagious disease, contagion
=> infectious disease
=> cold, common cold
Sense 2
coldness, cold, low temperature, frigidity, frigidness
> temperature
=> absolute temperature
=> absolute zero
=> Curie temperature, Curie point
=> dew point
=> flash point, flashpoint
=> freezing point, melting point
=> boiling point, boil
=> mercury
=> room temperature
=> simmer
=> body temperature, blood heat
=> coldness, cold, low temperature, frigidity, frigidness
=> hotness, heat, high temperature
> vasoconstrictor, vasoconstrictive, pressor
=> adrenergic, adrenergic drug
=> angiotensin, angiotonin, Hypertensin
=> lypressin
=> naphazoline, Privine, Sudafed
=> vasopressor
=> coldness, cold, low temperature, frigidity, frigidness
=> noradrenaline, norepinephrine
=> epinephrine, epinephrin, adrenaline, Adrenalin
=> vasopressin, antidiuretic hormone, ADH, Pitressin
=> nicotine
Sense 3
cold, coldness
> temperature
=> heat, warmth
=> cold, coldness
=> comfort zone
Meronyms of noun cold
3 senses of cold
Sense 1
cold, common cold
HAS PART: rhinorrhea
=> respiratory disease, respiratory illness, respiratory disorder
HAS PART: cough, coughing
=> disease
HAS PART: symptom
HAS PART: sign
HAS PART: syndrome
=> communicable disease
=> disease
HAS PART: symptom
HAS PART: sign
HAS PART: syndrome
Holonyms of noun cold
Grep of noun cold
cold
cold-water flat
cold cash
cold cereal
cold chisel
cold comfort
cold cream
cold cuts
cold duck
cold feet
cold fish
cold frame
cold front
cold fusion
cold gangrene
cold medicine
cold rubber
cold shoulder
cold snap
cold sore
cold spell
cold storage
cold stuffed tomato
cold sweat
cold turkey
cold war
cold water
cold wave
cold weather
coldcream
coldheartedness
coldness
common cold
common scold
head cold
scold
Grep of verb cold
catch cold
cold-cream
cold-shoulder
cold work
coldcock
coldwork
knock cold
pour cold water on
scold
throw cold water on
Antonyms of adj cold
13 senses of cold
Sense 1
cold (vs. hot)
hot (vs. cold)
=> baking, baking hot
=> blistering, blistery
=> burning(prenominal)
=> calefacient, warming
=> calefactory, calefactive
=> calorifacient
=> calorific
=> fervent, fervid
=> fiery, igneous
=> heatable
=> heated, heated up, het, het up
=> hottish
=> overheated
=> red-hot
=> scorching
=> sizzling
=> sultry, stifling, sulfurous, sulphurous
=> sweltering, sweltry
=> thermal
=> torrid
=> tropical, tropic
=> white, white-hot
Sense 2
cold (vs. hot)
hot (vs. cold)
=> fiery, flaming
=> heated
=> red-hot, sizzling
=> sensual, sultry
=> torrid
=> white-hot
Sense 3
cold
INDIRECT (VIA stale) -> fresh
Sense 4
cold
INDIRECT (VIA cool) -> warm
Sense 5
cold
INDIRECT (VIA perfect) -> imperfect
Sense 6
cold, stale
INDIRECT (VIA old) -> new
Sense 7
cold
INDIRECT (VIA intense) -> mild
Sense 8
cold, frigid
INDIRECT (VIA unloving) -> loving
Sense 9
cold, cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate
INDIRECT (VIA inhumane) -> humane
Sense 10
cold
INDIRECT (VIA unenthusiastic) -> enthusiastic
Sense 11
cold
INDIRECT (VIA unconscious) -> conscious
Sense 12
cold
INDIRECT (VIA far) -> near, close, nigh
Sense 13
cold
INDIRECT (VIA dead) -> alive, live
Similarity of adj cold
13 senses of cold
Sense 1
cold (vs. hot)
=> acold
=> algid
=> arctic, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, polar
=> bleak, cutting, raw
=> crisp, frosty, nipping, nippy, snappy, parky
=> frigorific
=> frore
=> frosty, rimed, rimy
=> heatless
=> ice-cold
=> refrigerant, refrigerating
=> refrigerated
=> shivery
=> stone-cold
=> unheated, unwarmed
Also See> cool#1; frozen#1
Sense 2
cold (vs. hot)
=> emotionless, passionless
=> frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, icy, wintry
Also See> cool#4; passionless#1
Sense 3
cold
=> stale (vs. fresh)
Sense 4
cold
=> cool (vs. warm)
Sense 5
cold
=> perfect (vs. imperfect)
Sense 6
cold, stale
=> old (vs. new)
Sense 7
cold
=> intense (vs. mild)
Sense 8
cold, frigid
=> unloving (vs. loving)
Sense 9
cold, cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate
=> inhumane (vs. humane)
Sense 10
cold
=> unenthusiastic (vs. enthusiastic)
Sense 11
cold
=> unconscious (vs. conscious)
Sense 12
cold
=> far (vs. near)
Sense 13
cold
=> dead (vs. alive)
Pertainyms of adj cold
Attributes of adj cold
2 of 13 senses of cold
Sense 1
cold (vs. hot)
=> temperature
Sense 2
cold (vs. hot)
=> emotionality, emotionalism
Domain of adj cold
Domain Terms of adj cold
Familiarity of adj cold
cold used as an adjective is familiar (polysemy count =13)
Grep of adj cold
acold
cold
cold-blooded
cold-eyed
cold-temperate
cold sober
coldhearted
ice-cold
stone-cold
Grep of adv cold
cold-bloodedly
coldly
in cold blood
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