cool, coolheaded, nerveless
(adjective) marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional; “play it cool”; “keep cool”; “stayed coolheaded in the crisis”; “the most nerveless winner in the history of the tournament”
cool
(adjective) 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”
cool
(adjective) used of a quantity or amount (especially of money) for emphasis; “a cool million bucks”
cool
(adjective) neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat; “a cool autumn day”; “a cool room”; “cool summer dresses”; “cool drinks”; “a cool breeze”
cool
(adjective) 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”
cool
(adjective) inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets when referring to color; “cool greens and blues and violets”; “the cool sound of rushing water”
aplomb, assuredness, cool, poise, sang-froid
(noun) great coolness and composure under strain; “keep your cool”
cool
(noun) the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature; “the cool of early morning”
cool, chill, cool down
(verb) loose heat; “The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm”
cool, cool off, cool down
(verb) lose intensity; “His enthusiasm cooled considerably”
cool, chill, cool down
(verb) make cool or cooler; “Chill the food”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cool (comparative cooler, superlative coolest)
Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.
Synonym: chilly
Antonyms: lukewarm, tepid, warm
Allowing or suggesting heat relief.
Of a color, in the range of violet to green.
Antonym: warm
Of a person, not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.
Synonyms: distant, phlegmatic, standoffish, unemotional
Antonym: passionate
Unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical.
Antonym: warm
Calmly audacious.
Applied facetiously to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.
(informal) Of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave; considered popular by others.
Antonyms: awkward, uncool
(informal) In fashion, part of or fitting the in crowd; originally hipster slang.
Synonyms: Ă la mode, fashionable, in fashion, modish, stylish, happening, hip, in, trendy
Antonyms: démodé, old hat, out, out of fashion
(informal) Of an action, all right; acceptable; that does not present a problem.
Synonyms: acceptable, all right, OK
Antonyms: not cricket (UK), not on, unacceptable
(informal) Of a person, not upset by circumstances that might ordinarily be upsetting.
Synonyms: easy, fine, not bothered, not fussed
Antonyms: bothered, upset
Quietly impudent, defiant, or selfish; deliberately presuming: said of persons and acts.
cool (uncountable)
A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.
A calm temperament.
Synonyms: calmness, composure
The property of being cool, popular or in fashion.
cool (third-person singular simple present cools, present participle cooling, simple past and past participle cooled)
(intransitive, literally) To lose heat, to get colder.
(transitive) To make cooler, less warm.
(figuratively, intransitive) To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
(transitive) To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
(transitive) To kill.
• Colo, Colo., colo, colo-, loco
Cool (plural Cools)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cool is the 6801st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4958 individuals. Cool is most common among White (90.56%) individuals.
• Colo, Colo., colo, colo-, loco
COOL
(programming) Initialism of CLIPS Object-Oriented Language.
• Colo, Colo., colo, colo-, loco
Source: Wiktionary
Cool, a. [Compar. Cooler; superl. Coolest.] Etym: [AS. col; akin to D. koel, G. kühl, OHG. chouli, Dan. kölig, Sw. kylig, also to AS. calan to be cold, Icel. kala. See Cold, and cf. Chill.]
1. Moderately cold; between warm and cold; lacking in warmth; producing or promoting coolness. Fanned with cool winds. Milton.
2. Not ardent, warm, fond, or passionate; not hasty; deliberate; exercising self-control; self-possessed; dispassionate; indifferent; as, a cool lover; a cool debater. For a patriot, too cool. Goldsmith.
3. Not retaining heat; light; as, a cool dress.
4. Manifesting coldness or dislike; chilling; apathetic; as, a cool manner.
5. Quietly impudent; negligent of propriety in matters of minor importance, either ignorantly or willfully; presuming and selfish; audacious; as, cool behavior. Its cool stare of familiarity was intolerable. Hawthorne.
6. Applied facetiously, in a vague sense, to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount. He had lost a cool hundred. Fielding. Leaving a cool thousand to Mr.Matthew Pocket. Dickens.
Syn.
– Calm; dispassionate; self-possessed; composed; repulsive; frigid; alienated; impudent.
Cool, n.
Definition: A moderate state of cold; coolness; -- said of the temperature of the air between hot and cold; as, the cool of the day; the cool of the morning or evening.
Cool, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Cooled; p.pr. & vb.n. Cooling.]
1. To make cool or cold; to reduce the temperature of; as, ice cools water. Send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue. Luke xvi. 24.
2. To moderate the heat or excitement of; to allay, as passion of any kind; to calm; to moderate. We have reason to cool our raging motions, our carnal stings, our unbitted lusts. Shak. To cool the heels, to dance attendance; to wait, as for admission to a patron's house. [Colloq.] Dryden.
Cool, v. i.
1. To become less hot; to lose heat. I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, the whilst his iron did on the anvil cool. Shak.
2. To lose the heat of excitement or passion; to become more moderate. I will not give myself liberty to think, lest I should cool. Congreve.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
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