Dictionary entry details
• COOL (noun)
Meaning:
The quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
the cool of early morning
Hypernyms ("cool" is a kind of...):
cold; coldness; frigidity; frigidness; low temperature (the absence of heat)
Meaning:
Great coolness and composure under strain
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
aplomb; assuredness; sang-froid; cool; poise
Context example:
keep your cool
Hypernyms ("cool" is a kind of...):
calm; calmness; composure; equanimity (steadiness of mind under stress)
• COOL (adjective)
Meaning:
Neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
Context examples:
a cool autumn day / a cool room / cool summer dresses / cool drinks / a cool breeze
Similar:
water-cooled (kept cool or designed to be kept cool by means of water especially circulating water)
precooled (cooled in advance)
caller (providing coolness)
chill; chilly (uncomfortably cool)
air-cooled (cooled by a flow of air)
air-conditioned (cooled by air conditioning)
Also:
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)
Attribute:
temperature (the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity))
Antonym:
warm (having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat)
Meaning:
Marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional
Synonyms:
nerveless; coolheaded; cool
Context examples:
play it cool / keep cool / stayed coolheaded in the crisis / the most nerveless winner in the history of the tournament
Similar:
composed (serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress)
Meaning:
(color) inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets
Context example:
cool greens and blues and violets
Similar:
cold ((color) giving no sensation of warmth)
Antonym:
warm ((color) inducing the impression of warmth; used especially of reds and oranges and yellows)
Meaning:
Psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike
Context examples:
relations were cool and polite / a cool reception / cool to the idea of higher taxes
Similar:
unresponsive (aloof or indifferent)
Also:
cold (extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion)
unfriendly (not disposed to friendship or friendliness)
unemotional (unsusceptible to or destitute of or showing no emotion)
unagitated (not agitated or disturbed emotionally)
Attribute:
emotionalism; emotionality (emotional nature or quality)
Antonym:
warm (psychologically warm; friendly and responsive)
Meaning:
(used of a number or sum) without exaggeration or qualification
Context example:
a cool million bucks
Similar:
unqualified (not limited or restricted)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Meaning:
Fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or socially adept
Context examples:
he's a cool dude / that's cool / Mary's dress is really cool / it's not cool to arrive at a party too early
Similar:
fashionable; stylish (being or in accordance with current social fashions)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
• COOL (verb)
Meaning:
Make cool or cooler
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
cool; cool down; chill
Context example:
Chill the food
Hypernyms (to "cool" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Cause:
chill; cool; cool down (loose heat)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cool"):
quench (cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid)
ice (put ice on or put on ice)
refrigerate (cool or chill in or as if in a refrigerator)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They cool the water
Antonym:
heat (make hot or hotter)
Meaning:
Loose heat
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
cool; chill; cool down
Context example:
The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm
Hypernyms (to "cool" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
The water cools
Antonym:
heat (gain heat or get hot)
Meaning:
Lose intensity
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
cool off; cool down; cool
Context example:
His enthusiasm cooled considerably
Hypernyms (to "cool" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
