Hot

Quick meaning: Hot is an adjective meaning Relating to heat and conditions which produce it.

Meaning

Relating to heat and conditions which produce it.

More Meanings

1. Active, in use or ready for use (like a bullet or a firing range), turned on (like a microphone or camera).
2. (figurative) Relating to excited emotions.
3. Relating to popularity, quality, or the state of being interesting.
4. Relating to danger or risk.
5. Very close to finding or guessing something to be found or guessed.
6. (of food) Spicy, pungent, piquant, as some chilis and other spices are.
7. (acoustics) Loud, producing a strong electric signal for the amplifier or other sound equipment.

Example Sentences

Am I warm yet? — You're hot!

The microphone was hot and the show was on the air.

I run an inventory, verify all bullets are hot in the chamber. They are. But the showroom prosthetics have all exited attraction mode.

"The range is hot, chief. Fire at will." Alex says with a smile as he steps back and puts his shooting ear muffs on. "I'm going to shoot, major."

Word Forms

• hotter
• hottest
• hots
• hotting
• hotted

Synonyms for hot

Depending on context, synonyms include choleric, heated, torrid, fervid, fervent, sultry.

Antonyms for hot

Common opposites include chilled, chilly, cold, freezing, frigid, glacial.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include calefacient, torrid, red-hot, burning, warming, scalding.

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