| Noun | 1. | 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?"head cold - a common cold affecting the nasal passages and resulting in congestion and sneezing and headache rhinorrhea - persistent watery mucus discharge from the nose (as in the common cold) | |
| 2. | cold - the absence of heat; "the coldness made our breath visible"; "come in out of the cold"; "cold is a vasoconstrictor"vasoconstrictive, vasoconstrictor - 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 temperature - the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity) chilliness, coolness - the property of being moderately cold; "the chilliness of early morning" cool - the quality of being cool; "the cool of early morning" | |
| 3. | cold - the sensation produced by low temperatures; "he shivered from the cold"; "the cold helped clear his head" | |
| Adj. | 1. | 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"frozen - turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold; "the frozen North"; "frozen pipes"; "children skating on a frozen brook" cool - neither warm or very cold; giving relief from heat; "a cool autumn day"; "a cool room"; "cool summer dresses"; "cool drinks"; "a cool breeze" hot - 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; "hot stove"; "hot water"; "a hot August day"; "a hot stuffy room"; "she's hot and tired"; "a hot forehead" | |
| 2. | 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"passionless - not passionate; "passionless observation of human nature" cool - psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike; "relations were cool and polite"; "a cool reception"; "cool to the idea of higher taxes" hot - extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm; "a hot temper"; "a hot topic"; "a hot new book"; "a hot love affair"; "a hot argument" | |
| 3. | cold - having lost freshness through passage of time; "a cold trail"; "dogs attempting to catch a cold scent"stale - showing deterioration from age; "stale bread" | |
| 4. | cold - (color) giving no sensation of warmth; "a cold bluish gray"cool - (color) inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets; "cool greens and blues and violets" | |
| 5. | cold - marked by errorless familiarity; "had her lines cold before rehearsals started"perfect - being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish; "a perfect circle"; "a perfect reproduction"; "perfect happiness"; "perfect manners"; "a perfect specimen"; "a perfect day" | |
| 6. | cold - no longer new; uninteresting; "cold (or stale) news"old - of long duration; not new; "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money" | |
| 7. | cold - so intense as to be almost uncontrollable; "cold fury gripped him"intense - in an extreme degree; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense" | |
| 8. | cold - sexually unresponsive; "was cold to his advances"; "a frigid woman"unloving - not giving or reciprocating affection | |
| 9. | cold - without compunction or human feeling; "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction"inhumane - lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion; "humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world"; "biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used" | |
| 10. | cold - feeling or showing no enthusiasm; "a cold audience"; "a cold response to the new play"unenthusiastic - not enthusiastic; lacking excitement or ardor; "an unenthusiastic performance by the orchestra"; "unenthusiastic applause" | |
| 11. | cold - unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication; "the boxer was out cold"; "pass out cold"unconscious - not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead; "lay unconscious on the floor" | |
| 12. | cold - of a seeker; far from the object soughtfar - at a great distance in time or space or degree; "we come from a far country"; "far corners of the earth"; "the far future"; "a far journey"; "the far side of the road"; "far from the truth"; "far in the future" | |
| 13. | cold - lacking the warmth of life; "cold in his grave"dead - no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life; "the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin" | |