cool
1. the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature
- the cool of early morning
• Hypernyms:
coldness, cold, low temperature, frigidity, frigidness
2. great coolness and composure under strain
- keep your cool
• Syn:
aplomb, assuredness, poise, sang-froid
• Derivationally related forms:
poise (for: poise), assured (for: assuredness)
• Hypernyms:
composure, calm, calmness, equanimity
1. make cool or cooler (Freq. 15)
- Chill the food
• Syn:
chill, cool down
• Ant:
heat
• Derivationally related forms:
chill (for: chill), chilling (for: chill), cooler, coolant, cooling
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Hyponyms:
quench, ice, refrigerate
• Cause:
chill, cool down
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- They cool the water
2. loose heat (Freq. 1)
- The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm
• Syn:
chill, cool down
• Ant:
heat
• Derivationally related forms:
chill (for: chill), chilling (for: chill), coolant, cooling
• Hypernyms:
change state, turn
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- The water cools
3. lose intensity
- His enthusiasm cooled considerably
• Syn:
cool off, cool down
• Hypernyms:
change
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
1. neither warm nor very cold;
giving relief from heat (Freq. 25)
- a cool autumn day
- a cool room
- cool summer dresses
- cool drinks
- a cool breeze
• Ant:
warm
• Similar to:
air-conditioned, air-cooled, caller, precooled, water-cooled
• See Also:
cold
• Derivationally related forms:
coolness
• Attrubites:
temperature
2. marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances);
unemotional (Freq. 2)
- play it cool
- keep cool
- stayed coolheaded in the crisis
- the most nerveless winner in the history of the tournament
• Syn:
coolheaded, nerveless
• Similar to:
composed
• Derivationally related forms:
nervelessness (for: nerveless), coolness
3. (color) inducing the impression of coolness;
used especially of greens and blues and violets
- cool greens and blues and violets
• Ant:
warm
• Similar to:
cold
4. 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
• Ant:
warm
• Similar to:
unresponsive
• See Also:
unagitated, cold, unemotional, unfriendly
• Derivationally related forms:
coolness
• Attrubites:
emotionality, emotionalism
5. (used of a number or sum) without exaggeration or qualification
- a cool million bucks
• Similar to:
unqualified
• Usage Domain:
colloquialism
6. fashionable and attractive at the time;
often skilled or socially adept
- 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 to:
fashionable, stylish
• Derivationally related forms:
coolness
• Usage Domain:
colloquialism
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