warm: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 9 letter points · starts with W · ends with M
Meaning of warm
adj
Of a somewhat high temperature, often but not always connoting that the high temperature is pleasant rather than uncomfortable.
Example: The tea is still warm.
Friendly and with affection.
Example: We have a warm friendship.
Having a color in the part of the visible electromagnetic spectrum between red and yellow-green.
- informal
Close to a goal or correct answer.
Example: Earlier you were way off, but now you're getting warmer.
Listed forms: warmer, warmest, warme.
Source: Wiktionary — warm.
verb
- transitive
To make or keep warm.
- intransitive
To become warm, to heat up.
Example: My socks are warming by the fire.
- intransitive
(sometimes in the form warm up) To favour increasingly.
Example: He is warming to the idea.
- ditransitive
To cause (someone) to favour (something) increasingly.
Listed forms: warms, warming, warmed, warme.
Source: Wiktionary — warm.
noun
- colloquial
The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a heating.
Example: Shall I give your coffee a warm in the microwave?
Listed forms: warms, warme.
Source: Wiktionary — warm.
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 warm.
adjective
freshly made or left
adjective
easily aroused or excited
adjective
characterized by strong enthusiasm
adverb
in a warm manner
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is warm in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of warm
W(4) + A(1) + R(1) + M(3) = 9 points.
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Anagrams of warm
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from warm
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