cool
The word “cool” has 1 syllable: cool
It's pronounced as /kuːl/
What is synonym and antonym for cool?
In the thesaurus, “cool” has 505 synonyms and 241 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for cool along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for cool
- A-OK
- A1
- OK
- a la mode
- abate
- acceptable
- adequate
- affable
- air-condition
- air-conditioned
- air-cool
- algid
- all right
- allay
- aloof
- annoyed
- antiseptic
- antisocial
- apathetic
- apathy
- aplomb
- arctic
- artfulness
- asocial
- assuage
- assurance
- assured
- at peace
- au courant
- awesome
- balance
- bang-up
- banner
- beautiful
- better
- biting
- bitter
- bloodless
- blue-chip
- blue-ribbon
- boffo
- bone-chilling
- bonnie
- bonny
- boss
- bovine
- bracing
- brag
- brave
- breezy
- brisk
- brittle
- bully
- bumper
- buttoned-up
- calm
- calm down
- calmness
- capital
- carefree
- centered
- chic
- chichi
- chicness
- chill
- chill out
- chilled
- chilling
- chilly
- choice
- clammy
- class
- classic
- classical
- classy
- clinical
- cliquey
- cliquish
- clubbish
- cold
- cold-blooded
- cold-eyed
- coldhearted
- coldish
- coldness
- collected
- collectedness
- compose
- composed
- composedness
- composure
- confidence
- confident
- control
- cool down
- cool it
- cooled
- coolheaded
- coolish
- coolness
- corking
- countenance
- crackerjack
- cracking
- crisp
- cryogenic
- cutting
- dampen
- dandy
- dandyish
- dapper
- dapperness
- dashing
- decent
- def
- deliberate
- detached
- detachment
- devil-may-care
- diffident
- disciplined
- disinterest
- disinterested
- disinterestedness
- dispassion
- dispassionate
- dispassionateness
- distant
- divine
- doggish
- doggy
- dope
- down
- downtown
- dressy
- dry
- dry up
- dudish
- dynamite
- easygoing
- easygoingness
- edgy
- elegance
- elegant
- equable
- equal
- equanimity
- equilibrium
- equitability
- equitableness
- even
- even-keeled
- excellent
- exceptional
- exclusive
- fab
- fabulous
- fairness
- famous
- fancy
- fantabulous
- fantastic
- fashionable
- fashionableness
- fine
- first-class
- first-rate
- first-string
- five-star
- flashy
- flossy
- foppish
- four-star
- freeze
- freezing
- fresh
- frigid
- frontline
- frore
- frost
- frosted
- frosty
- frozen
- funky
- gallant
- gangbuster
- gangbusters
- gelid
- gilt-edge
- gilt-edged
- glacial
- gone
- good
- grace
- graceful
- gracefulness
- grand
- great
- groovy
- handsome
- happening
- happy-go-lucky
- hard
- hard-eyed
- hard-hearted
- haut
- haute
- heartless
- heavenly
- hep
- high-class
- high-grade
- high-test
- hip
- hipness
- hipsterism
- hot
- hunky-dory
- hush
- hype
- ice
- ice-cold
- iced
- icy
- immense
- impartiality
- impassive
- impassivity
- impersonal
- imperturbability
- imperturbable
- in
- incurious
- indifference
- indifferent
- indrawn
- infrigidate
- insensibility
- introverted
- invigorating
- jim-dandy
- keen
- kicky
- kindless
- laid-back
- laid-backness
- lessen
- level
- levelheaded
- limpid
- loosey-goosey
- lose heat
- lovely
- lukewarm
- majestic
- majesty
- marvellous
- marvelous
- mean
- mellow
- misanthropic
- mitigate
- mod
- moderate
- modish
- modishness
- natty
- neat
- nerveless
- nifty
- nipping
- nippy
- nobby
- noble
- nonchalant
- nongregarious
- nonpartisanship
- now
- number one
- numbing
- numbness
- numero uno
- objectivity
- offended
- offhand
- offish
- okay
- out of this world
- out-of-sight
- par excellence
- passable
- peace
- peaceful
- peacefulness
- peachy
- peachy keen
- penetrating
- phat
- philosophical
- phlegm
- phlegmatic
- piercing
- pipe down
- pitiless
- placid
- placidity
- poise
- polar
- polish
- posh
- poshness
- possessed
- premium
- prime
- primo
- prize
- prizewinning
- procacious
- professional
- quality
- quick-freeze
- quiet
- quiet down
- quietness
- quietude
- radical
- rakish
- rationality
- rationalness
- reasonability
- reasonableness
- recessive
- reclusive
- recollected
- reduce
- refined
- refreshing
- refrigerate
- refrigerated
- rein in
- relax
- relaxed
- relieved
- remote
- repose
- repress
- reserve
- reserved
- restfulness
- restrain
- reticent
- righteous
- rigorous
- ritzy
- sangfroid
- sassy
- satisfactory
- saucy
- sedate
- select
- self-assurance
- self-assured
- self-assuredness
- self-composed
- self-composedness
- self-confidence
- self-contained
- self-controlled
- self-possessed
- self-possession
- self-trust
- sensational
- serene
- sereneness
- serenity
- settle down
- sharp
- shivery
- shy
- silent
- simmer down
- slick
- smart
- smartness
- smooth
- snappy
- sober
- solitary
- sophisticated
- sophistication
- soulless
- special
- spiffy
- splendid
- spruce
- standard
- standoff
- standoffish
- stateliness
- stately
- steady
- stellar
- sterling
- stolid
- style
- stylish
- stylishness
- subfreezing
- subzero
- superb
- supercool
- superfine
- superior
- superlative
- supernal
- suppress
- swank
- swankiness
- swanky
- swell
- swish
- taciturn
- taste
- tasteful
- tastefulness
- temper
- terrific
- timid
- tip-top
- together
- tolerable
- too much
- top
- top-notch
- top-of-the-line
- top-shelf
- topflight
- topping
- traditional
- tranquil
- tranquility
- tranquilize
- tranquilized
- tranquillity
- tranquillize
- tranquillized
- tranquilness
- trendiness
- trendy
- turned-on
- ultrachic
- ultracold
- ultracool
- ultrahip
- ultraposh
- ultrasmart
- ultrasophisticated
- unagitated
- unapproachable
- unbending
- unbiasedness
- uncaring
- unclubbable
- uncommunicative
- unconcern
- unconcerned
- uncordial
- undemonstrative
- undemonstrativeness
- understated
- undisturbed
- unemotional
- unenthusiastic
- unexcited
- unfeeling
- unflappable
- unfriendly
- unheated
- uninterested
- unperturbed
- unresponsive
- unresponsiveness
- unruffled
- unshakable
- unshaken
- unsociable
- unsocial
- unsurpassed
- unsympathetic
- untroubled
- unwelcoming
- unwind
- unworried
- ventilate
- voguish
- voguishness
- well-adjusted
- well-balanced
- wintery
- wintry
- with-it
- withdrawn
- wizard
- wonderful
- zone out
Antonyms for cool
- act up
- affable
- agitate
- agitated
- agitation
- agreeable
- alarm
- alarum
- amiable
- annoyed
- anxiety
- anxious
- anxiousness
- apprehension
- apprehensiveness
- approving
- ardent
- atrocious
- awful
- bad
- bake
- bias
- blazing
- boil
- boiling
- boon
- bothered
- broil
- broiling
- burning
- canicular
- care
- carry on
- cheesy
- clubable
- clubbable
- clubby
- communicative
- companionable
- compassionate
- concern
- congenial
- convivial
- cordial
- cut up
- demonstrative
- discomposed
- discomposure
- disheveled
- dishevelled
- disquiet
- distressed
- disturbance
- disturbed
- dowdy
- eager
- emotional
- emotionalism
- encourage
- enflamed
- enthusiastic
- equatorial
- excitability
- excitableness
- excite
- excited
- execrable
- expansive
- expressive
- extend
- extraverted
- extroverted
- favor
- fervent
- fervid
- feverish
- fiery
- flashiness
- flushed
- flustered
- folksy
- fool around
- friendly
- frowsy
- frowzy
- garishness
- garrulous
- gaudiness
- geeky
- genial
- glowing
- graceless
- gracelessness
- gracious
- gregarious
- grotesqueness
- happy
- hearten
- hearty
- heat
- heat up
- heat-treat
- heated
- high-strung
- horse around
- hospitable
- hot
- igneous
- incite
- increase
- inelegant
- inferior
- inflamed
- inspirit
- intensify
- jittery
- jumpy
- kind
- kindhearted
- kindly
- lousy
- low-grade
- lukewarm
- mediocre
- messy
- microwave
- middling
- molten
- muggy
- mussy
- neighborly
- nerdish
- nerdy
- nervous
- nervousness
- noisy
- one-sidedness
- out
- outgoing
- outmoded
- overheated
- partiality
- partisanship
- passionate
- pathetic
- perturbation
- perturbed
- piping hot
- poor
- prejudice
- raise
- red-hot
- reheated
- responsive
- restless
- roasting
- rotten
- rumpled
- scalding
- scorching
- searing
- second-class
- second-rate
- seething
- shabby
- show off
- sizzling
- skittish
- skylark
- sleazy
- sloppy
- slovenly
- snug
- sociable
- social
- solicitude
- square
- steam
- steamy
- strengthen
- styleless
- substandard
- sultry
- summery
- sweltering
- sympathetic
- tackiness
- tacky
- talkative
- tasteless
- tastelessness
- tawdriness
- temper
- temperate
- tense
- tepid
- terrible
- toast
- toasty
- torrid
- trashy
- tropical
- troubled
- ultrahot
- unattractive
- unbecoming
- unchic
- uncool
- uneasiness
- uneasy
- unfashionable
- unfashionableness
- unglued
- unhandsome
- unhinged
- unhip
- unkempt
- unmodish
- unpopular
- unquiet
- unsatisfactory
- unsettled
- unstable
- unstrung
- unstylish
- untidy
- untrendy
- upset
- uptight
- vile
- warm
- warm-blooded
- warmed
- warmhearted
- warming
- white-hot
- worried
- worry
- worsen
- wretched
- wrinkled
Meanings of cool
- noun
- A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.
- A calm temperament.
- The property of being cool, popular or in fashion.
- adjective
- Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.
- Allowing or suggesting heat relief.
- Of a color, in the range of violet to green.
- Of a person, not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.
- Unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical.
- Calmly audacious.
- Applied facetiously to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.
- Of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave; considered popular by others.
- In fashion, part of or fitting the in crowd; originally hipster slang.
- Of an action, all right; acceptable; that does not present a problem.
- Of a person, not upset by circumstances that might ordinarily be upsetting.
- Quietly impudent, defiant, or selfish; deliberately presuming: said of persons and acts.
- verb
- To lose heat, to get colder.
- To make cooler, less warm.
- To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
- To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
- To kill.
Example Sentences
- The evening breeze felt cool and refreshing after the hot day.
- He wore a cool jacket to the party, and everyone complimented him.
- The concert was cool, and the band's performance was amazing.
- She thought it was cool that they were able to meet their favorite author.
- The lake water was cool and inviting on such a warm afternoon.
On this page you'll find 746 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to cool, such as: A-OK, A1, OK, a la mode, abate, acceptable, act up.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
a bit much
- annoying
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- dull
- endless
- enervative
- enough
- enough already
- exacting
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- excruciating
- exhausting
- exorbitant
- extravagant
- extreme
- fancy
- fatiguing
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- ho-hum
- humdrum
- immeasurable
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- irksome
- jading
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- over-the-top
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- overextravagant
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- painful
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- unacceptable
- unbearable
- unconscionable
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- undesirable
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- unmerciful
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- unseemly
- unsufferable
- unsupportable
- unsurpassable
- unwarranted
- vexatious
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- wearying
- yawn
A1
- 24-carat
- A-OK
- OK
- acceptable
- ace
- adequate
- all right
- awesome
- bang-up
- banner
- beautiful
- best
- better
- blue-chip
- blue-ribbon
- boffo
- bonnie
- bonny
- boss
- brag
- brave
- bully
- bumper
- capital
- choice
- choicest
- classic
- classical
- cool
- corking
- crackerjack
- cracking
- dandy
- decent
- divine
- dope
- down
- dynamite
- excellent
- exceptional
- fab
- fabulous
- famous
- fancy
- fantabulous
- fantastic
- fine
- first-class
- first-rate
- first-string
- five-star
- flawless
- four-star
- frontline
- gangbuster
- gangbusters
- gilt-edge
- gilt-edged
- gone
- good
- grand
- great
- greatest
- groovy
- heavenly
- high-class
- high-grade
- high-test
- highest
- hot
- hype
- ideal
- immense
- jim-dandy
- keen
- lovely
- marvellous
- marvelous
- matchless
- maximum
- mean
- most advantageous
- most favorable
- neat
- nifty
- noble
- number one
- numero uno
- okay
- optimal
- out of this world
- out-of-sight
- par excellence
- passable
- peachy
- peachy keen
- peak
- peerless
- perfect
- phat
- premium
- prime
- primo
- prize
- prizewinning
- quality
- radical
- righteous
- satisfactory
- select
- sensational
- slick
- solid-gold
- special
- splendid
- standard
- stellar
- sterling
- superb
- superfine
- superior
- superlative
- supernal
- swell
- terrific
- tip-top
- tolerable
- too much
- top
- top-notch
- top-of-the-line
- top-shelf
- topflight
- topping
- traditional
- unsurpassed
- wizard
- wonderful
- world-class
abate
- abbreviate
- abolish
- abort
- abridge
- abrogate
- allay
- alleviate
- annihilate
- annul
- avoid
- ban
- bankrupt
- bereave
- break down
- call
- call off
- cancel
- cheat
- clip
- collapse
- compress
- condense
- constrict
- contract
- cool
- countermand
- crop
- curtail
- cut
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- de-escalate
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- decrease
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- deprive
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- discount
- disfurnish
- dismiss
- dissolve
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- do away with
- dock
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- drop
- dull
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- enjoin
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- erase
- evaporate
- fall
- fall away
- flag
- forbid
- give out
- impoverish
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- knock down
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- liquidate
- lower
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- moderate
- modify
- modulate
- negate
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- outlaw
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- trim
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abstaining
- abnegating
- abnegation
- abstemious
- abstemiousness
- abstinence
- abstinent
- adjuration
- ascetic
- asceticism
- austere
- avoidance
- brush-off
- calm
- chastity
- cherry
- clear-headed
- cold
- cold shoulder
- cold sober
- collected
- composed
- constrained
- continence
- continent
- contradiction
- controlled
- controversion
- cool
- dark
- declination
- declining
- delaying
- disaffirmance
- disaffirmation
- disallowance
- disapproval
- disavowal
- disciplined
- disclaimer
- dismissing
- dispassionate
- disproof
- dissent
- down-to-earth
- drab
- dry
- drying out
- earnest
- eschewing
- fasting
- forbearance
- forgoing
- forswearing
- free of alcohol
- frugality
- gainsaying
- grave
- halting
- hard-boiled
- hesitating
- imperturbable
- inhibited
- levelheaded
- low-key
- lucid
- moderate
- moderation
- nay
- negation
- negative
- nix
- no-nonsense
- non-indulgence
- nonacceptance
- noncommittal
- nonindulgent
- not drinking
- not drunk
- not partaking of alcohol
- on the wagon
- pacific
- period of abstinence
- plain
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- prohibition
- protestation
- puritanical
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- temperance
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- unexcited
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abstinent
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- compromising
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- on the wagon
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- pacific
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- straight
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- temperance advocate
- temperate
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- tolerant
- took the pledge
- tranquil
- unintoxicated
- untroubled
- water-drinker