cold: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 7 letter points · starts with C · ends with D
Meaning of cold
adj
Having a low temperature.
Example: A cold wind whistled through the trees.
Causing the air to be cold.
Example: The forecast is that it will be very cold today.
Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.
Example: She was so cold she was shivering.
Unfriendly; emotionally distant or unfeeling.
Example: She shot me a cold glance before turning her back.
Listed forms: colder, coldest.
Source: Wiktionary — cold.
noun
- uncountable
A condition of low temperature.
Example: Come in, out of the cold.
- countable, figuratively, uncountable
A harsh place; a place of abandonment.
Example: The former politician was left out in the cold after his friends deserted him.
- countable
A common, usually harmless, usually viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.
Example: I caught a miserable cold and had to stay home for a week
- slang, uncountable
Rheum; sleepy dust.
Listed forms: colds.
Source: Wiktionary — cold.
adv
At a low temperature.
Example: The steel was processed cold.
Without preparation.
Example: The speaker went in cold and floundered for a topic.
- dated, informal, slang
In a cold, frank, or realistically honest manner.
Source: Wiktionary — cold.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for cold.
adjective
lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
adjective
sexually unresponsive
adjective
without compunction or human feeling
noun
a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)
- common cold
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is cold in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of cold
C(3) + O(1) + L(1) + D(2) = 7 points.
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Anagrams of cold
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from cold
10 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in cold. Showing up to 24, longest first.