Cool

Quick meaning: Cool is an adjective meaning Of a mildly low temperature.

Meaning

Of a mildly low temperature.

More Meanings

1. Allowing or suggesting heat relief.
2. Of a color, in the range of violet to green.
3. (of a person) Not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.
4. Unenthusiastic; lukewarm; skeptical.
5. Applied facetiously to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.
6. (informal, of a person) Knowing what to do and how to behave; behaving with effortless and enviable style and panache; considered popular by others.
7. (obsolete) Calmly audacious.

Example Sentences

Be cool. There's no need to panic.

His proposals had a cool reception.

Linen has made cool and breathable clothing for millennia.

If you have a reddish complexion, you should mainly wear cool colors.

Word Forms

• cooler
• coolest
• coo
• coole
• cools
• cooling
• cooled

Synonyms for cool

Depending on context, synonyms include chilly, distant, phlegmatic, standoffish, unemotional, lukewarm.

Antonyms for cool

Common opposites include lukewarm, tepid, warm, passionate, awkward, uncool.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include chill, chilly, cold, water-cooled, swell, air-conditioned.

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