Dictionary entry details
• HOT (adjective)
Meaning:
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
Context examples:
hot stove / hot water / a hot August day / a hot stuffy room / she's hot and tired / a hot forehead
Similar:
overheated (heated beyond a safe or desirable point)
red-hot (glowing red with heat)
scorching (hot and dry enough to burn or parch a surface)
sizzling (hot enough to burn with or as if with a hissing sound)
stifling; sulfurous; sulphurous; sultry (characterized by oppressive heat and humidity)
sweltering; sweltry (excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness)
thermal (caused by or designed to retain heat)
torrid (burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot)
tropic; tropical (of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics)
white; white-hot (glowing white with heat)
hottish (somewhat hot)
heated; heated up; het; het up (made warm or hot ('het' is a dialectal variant of 'heated'))
heatable (capable of becoming hot)
baking; baking hot (as hot as if in an oven)
blistering; blistery (hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters)
burning (intensely hot)
calefacient; warming (producing the sensation of heat when applied to the body)
calefactive; calefactory (serving to heat)
calorifacient (producing heat; usually used of foods)
calorific (heat-generating)
fervent; fervid (extremely hot)
fiery; igneous (like or suggestive of fire)
Also:
warm (having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat)
Attribute:
temperature (the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity))
Antonym:
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)
Meaning:
Characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense
Synonyms:
raging; hot
Context examples:
the fighting became hot and heavy / a hot engagement / a raging battle / the river became a raging torrent
Similar:
violent (acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity)
Meaning:
Extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm
Context examples:
a hot temper / a hot topic / a hot new book / a hot love affair / a hot argument
Similar:
white-hot (intensely zealous or fervid)
torrid (emotionally charged and vigorously energetic)
sensual; sultry (sexually exciting or gratifying)
red-hot; sizzling (characterized by intense emotion or interest or excitement)
heated (marked by emotional heat; vehement)
fiery; flaming (very intense)
Also:
passionate (having or expressing strong emotions)
Attribute:
emotionalism; emotionality (emotional nature or quality)
Antonym:
cold (extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion)
Meaning:
(color) bold and intense
Context example:
hot pink
Similar:
warm ((color) inducing the impression of warmth; used especially of reds and oranges and yellows)
Meaning:
Sexually excited or exciting
Context examples:
was hot for her / hot pants
Similar:
sexy (marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest)
Meaning:
Recently stolen or smuggled
Context examples:
hot merchandise / a hot car
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illegal (prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Meaning:
Very fast; capable of quick response and great speed
Synonyms:
blistering; red-hot; hot
Context examples:
a hot sports car / a blistering pace / got off to a hot start / in hot pursuit / a red-hot line drive
Similar:
fast (acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly)
Meaning:
Wanted by the police
Context example:
a hot suspect
Similar:
wanted (desired or wished for or sought)
Meaning:
Being very spicy
Context examples:
hot salsa / jalapeno peppers are very hot
Similar:
tasty (pleasing to the sense of taste)
Meaning:
Performed or performing with unusually great skill and daring and energy
Context examples:
a hot drummer / he's hot tonight
Similar:
skilled (having or showing or requiring special skill)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Meaning:
Very popular or successful
Context examples:
one of the hot young talents / cabbage patch dolls were hot last season
Similar:
popular (regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Meaning:
Very unpleasant or even dangerous
Context examples:
make it hot for him / in the hot seat / in hot water
Similar:
unpleasant (disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings)
Meaning:
Newest or most recent
Synonyms:
red-hot; hot
Context examples:
news hot off the press / red-hot information
Similar:
new (not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered)
Meaning:
Having or bringing unusually good luck
Context examples:
hot at craps / the dice are hot tonight
Similar:
lucky (having or bringing good fortune)
Meaning:
Very good; often used in the negative
Context example:
he's hot at math but not so hot at history
Similar:
good (having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified)
Meaning:
Newly made
Context example:
a hot scent
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fresh (recently made, produced, or harvested)
Meaning:
Having or showing great eagerness or enthusiasm
Context example:
hot for travel
Similar:
eager (having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy)
Meaning:
Of a seeker; very near to the object sought
Context example:
you are hot
Similar:
close; near; nigh (not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances)
Meaning:
Having or dealing with dangerously high levels of radioactivity
Context examples:
hot fuel rods / a hot laboratory
Similar:
radioactive (exhibiting or caused by radioactivity)
Meaning:
Charged or energized with electricity
Synonyms:
live; hot
Context examples:
a hot wire / a live wire
Similar:
charged (of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge)
Domain category:
electricity (a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons)
Meaning:
Marked by excited activity
Context example:
a hot week on the stock market
Similar:
active (characterized by energetic activity)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
