Warm-blooded

Quick meaning: Warm-blooded is an adjective meaning (zoology) Maintaining a relatively constant and warm body temperature, regardless of the ambient temperature; endothermic.

Meaning

(zoology) Maintaining a relatively constant and warm body temperature, regardless of the ambient temperature; endothermic.

More Meanings

1. (idiomatic) Passionate.

Example Sentences

Claire jumped from her chair and smiled the warmest-blooded smile that she could muster.

We stood there, shivering, colder even than when we had been on our horses, for horses are warmer-blooded than their riders, and one always gains heat from them.

The cold-blooded animals are all feeble breathers, and the most energetic breathers are the warmest-blooded. A mollusc, a fish, a frog, a quadruped, and a bird, represent the various stages of this correspondence.

“It’s getting chilly,” the Asian chick said, maybe just to hear the sound of her own voice. […] / “Oh, I don’t know. Feels all right to me.” / “I guess you’re warmer-blooded than I am. Could I have my sweatshirt now?”

Word Forms

• warmer-blooded
• warmest-blooded
• warmblooded

Synonyms for warm-blooded

Depending on context, synonyms include endothermic, homeothermic, homoiothermic, homothermic.

Antonyms for warm-blooded

Common opposites include cold-blooded, ectothermic.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include homeothermic, homothermic, homoiothermic, homoeothermic, endothermic, homeothermal.

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