Thesaurus:temperature

Thesaurus

temperature

English

Noun

Sense: a measure of cold or heat

Synonyms

• temperature

Classes

• physical property    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

Adjectives describing temperature of something

Hot

• hot    [⇒ thesaurus]
• boiling
• scalding
• incandescent
• scorching
• toasty
• red-hot
• molten

Warm

• warm    [⇒ thesaurus]
• lukewarm
• egelid (obsolete)
• tepid
• balmy

Cold

• algid
• arctic
• benumbed
• bitter    [⇒ thesaurus]
• bleak
• boreal
• brisk
• brumal
• cold    [⇒ thesaurus]
• chill
• chilly
• crisp
• drafty
• gelid
• inclement
• nesh
• nippy
• parky (UK)
• shivering
• sleety
• wintry

Very cold

• freezing
• frigid
• frosty
• frore
• frozen
• glacial
• icy
• polar
• snowy

Adjectives modifying the word temperature

• extreme
• high
• moderate    [⇒ thesaurus]
• mild
• low
• absolute

Related concepts

• weather
• energy

Further reading

• “382. heat” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.