Cool is a word with many meanings

Other forms: cooled; coolest; cools; coolingly

When the weather is cool, it’s not quite cold but not warm either. When people are cool, they’re mellow and in control.

Cool has many meanings. When the weather goes from 70 degrees to 50, it cooled off. A winning pool player who starts losing also cools off. Drinking lemonade on a hot day is yet another way to cool off. When you lose your temper, you lose your cool. Hot cookies should cool before you eat them. Something fashionable is cool, but if you’re cool to an idea, you’re not so sure about it. Any situation that becomes less intense has cooled.

Definitions of cool

  1. 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”

    Synonyms:

    cold

    having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration

    air-conditioned

    cooled by air conditioning

    air-cooled

    cooled by a flow of air

    caller

    providing coolness

    precooled

    cooled in advance

    water-cooled

    kept cool or designed to be kept cool by means of water especially circulating water

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    Antonyms:

    warm

    having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat

    hot

    used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning

    lukewarm, tepid

    moderately warm

    warmed

    having been warmed up

    warming

    imparting heat

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  2. adjective

    (color) inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets

    cool greens and blues and violets”

    Synonyms:

    cold

    (color) giving no sensation of warmth

  3. noun

    the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature

    “the
    cool of early morning”

  4. “The air
    cooled considerably after the thunderstorm”

    synonyms:

    chill, cool down

  5. “His enthusiasm
    cooled considerably”

    synonyms:

    cool down, cool off

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    type of:

    change

    undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one’s or its original nature

  6. adjective

    marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional

    “play it
    cool

    “keep
    cool

    synonyms:

    coolheaded, nerveless

    composed

    serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress

  7. 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”

    Synonyms:

    fashionable, stylish

    being or in accordance with current social fashions

  8. noun

    great coolness and composure under strain

    “keep your
    cool

    synonyms:

    aplomb, assuredness, poise, sang-froid

  9. 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”

    Synonyms:

    unagitated

    not agitated or disturbed emotionally

    unemotional

    unsusceptible to or destitute of or showing no emotion

    unfriendly

    not disposed to friendship or friendliness

    cold

    extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion

    unresponsive

    aloof or indifferent

  10. adjective

    (used of a number or sum) without exaggeration or qualification

    “a
    cool million bucks”

    Synonyms:

    unqualified

    not limited or restricted

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English

Alternative forms

  • (slang) c00l, coo, k00l, kewl, kool, qewl, qool

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: ko͞ol, IPA(key): /kuːl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /kul/
  • Rhymes: -uːl

Etymology 1

From Middle English cool, from Old English cōl (cool, cold, tranquil, calm), from Proto-West Germanic *kōl(ī), from Proto-Germanic *kōlaz, *kōluz (cool), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (cold).

Cognate with Saterland Frisian köil (cool), West Frisian koel (cool), Dutch koel (cool), Limburgish kool (cool), German Low German köhl (cool), German kühl (cool). Related to cold.

Adjective

cool (comparative cooler, superlative coolest)

cool colors
  1. Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.
    Synonym: chilly
    Antonyms: lukewarm, tepid, warm
    • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

      The day was cool and snappy for August, and the Rise all green with a lavish nature. Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses’ feet: [] .

  2. Allowing or suggesting heat relief.

    Linen has made cool and breathable clothing for millennia.

    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 2, in The China Governess[1]:

      Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety.  She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet.

  3. Of a color, in the range of violet to green.
    Antonym: warm

    If you have a reddish complexion, you should mainly wear cool colors.

  4. Of a person, not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.
    Synonyms: distant, phlegmatic, standoffish, unemotional
    Antonym: passionate
  5. Unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical.
    Antonym: warm

    His proposals had a cool reception.

  6. Calmly audacious.

    In control as always, he came up with a cool plan.

  7. Applied facetiously to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.
    • Who will lend me a cool hundred.
    • 1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter XVIII, in Great Expectations [], volume III, London: Chapman and Hall, [], published October 1861, →OCLC, page 303:

      But she had wrote out a little coddleshell in her own hand a day or two afore the accident, leaving a cool four thousand to Mr. Matthew Pocket.

    • 1900, Dora Sigerson Shorter, Transmigration
      You remember Bulger, don’t you? You lost a cool hundred to him one night here over the cards, eh?
    • 1944 November 28, Irving Brecher and Fred F. Finklehoffe, Meet Me in St. Louis, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer:
      My father was talking to the World’s Fair Commission yesterday, and they estimate it’s going to cost a cool fifty million.
  8. (informal) Of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave; considered popular by others.
    Antonyms: awkward, uncool
    • 2017 December 27, “The Guardian view on Prince Harry: the monarchy’s best insurance policy”, in the Guardian[3]:

      He managed to conduct interviews with the least cool global figure – his father, Prince Charles – and the most cool, Barack Obama, in a way that allowed them both to look as good as they could.

  9. (informal) In fashion and fancy, part of or befitting the most leading trends and habits of the in crowd; originally hipster slang.
    Synonyms: à la mode, fashionable, in fashion, modish, stylish, happening, hip, in, trendy
    Antonyms: démodé, old hat, out, out of fashion
    • 2008, Lou Schuler, «Foreward», in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xii
      The fact that I was middle-aged, bald, married, and raising girls instead of chasing them didn’t really bother me. Muscles are cool at any age.
  10. (informal) Of an action, all right; acceptable; that does not present a problem.
    Synonyms: acceptable, all right, OK
    Antonyms: (UK) not cricket, not on, unacceptable

    Is it cool if I sleep here tonight?

  11. (informal) Very interesting or exciting.

    I think astronomy is really cool.

    Synonyms: awesome, neat
  12. (informal) (followed by with) Able to tolerate; to be fine with.

    I’m completely cool with my girlfriend leaving me.

    Synonyms: easy, fine, not bothered, not fussed
    Antonyms: bothered, upset
  13. (informal) (of a pair of people) holding no grudge against one another; having no beef.

    We’re cool, right?

  14. (sarcastic) (of an act or situation) annoying, irritating.
    • 1868, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, chapter 13, in Little Women: Or, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, part first, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, published 1869, →OCLC:

      «Well, that’s cool,» said Laurie to himself, «to have a picnic and never ask me!»

Derived terms
  • be cool
  • before it was cool
  • blow one’s cool
  • cool and the gang
  • cool arrow
  • cool art
  • cool as a cucumber
  • cool bag
  • cool beans
  • cool box
  • cool cat
  • cool change
  • cool flame
  • cool gray
  • cool grey
  • cool hand
  • cool head
  • cool heads must prevail
  • cool heads prevail
  • cool heads will prevail
  • cool hunter
  • cool jazz
  • cool kid
  • cool medium
  • cool pose
  • cool store
  • cool story bro
  • cool tankard
  • cool-headed
  • cool-headedness
  • cool-o-meter
  • coolbox
  • coolchest
  • coolen
  • coolish
  • coolly
  • coolness
  • coolroom
  • coolth
  • ice cool
  • ice-cool
  • keep a cool head
  • keep one’s cool
  • lose one’s cool
  • too cool for school
  • uncool
  • ur-cool
Descendants
  • Chinese: ()
  • Dutch: cool
  • French: cool
  • German: cool
  • Polish: cool
  • Spanish: cool
  • Swedish: cool
  • Japanese: クール (kūru)
    Japanese: クーデレ (kūdere)

    English: kuudere
Translations

having a slightly low temperature

  • Arabic: بَارِد(bārid)
    Egyptian: سقعان‎ m (saʾʿān)
  • Armenian: զով (hy) (zov), (of weather) հով (hy) (hov)
  • Azerbaijani: sərin (az)
  • Bashkir: һалҡын (halqın)
  • Belarusian: халаднава́ты (xaladnaváty)
  • Breton: fresk (br), sin
  • Burmese: အေး (my) (e:)
  • Catalan: fred, fresc (ca)
  • Chinese:
    Cantonese: (loeng4)
    Mandarin: 涼快凉快 (zh) (liángkuài), 清涼清凉 (zh) (qīngliáng)
  • Czech: chladný (cs)
  • Danish: kølig (da)
  • Dutch: koel (nl), fris (nl)
  • Esperanto: malvarmeta
  • Finnish: viileä (fi)
  • French: frais (fr)
  • Georgian: გრილი (grili)
  • German: kühl (de)
  • Guaraní: ro’ysã
  • Hebrew: צונן(tzonen), קריר‎ (karir)
  • Hungarian: hűvös (hu)
  • Icelandic: svalur (is)
  • Ido: koldeta (io)
  • Indonesian: sejuk (id)
  • Interlingua: fresc, frigide
  • Italian: fresco (it), freddo (it)
  • Japanese: 涼しい (ja) (すずしい, suzushii)
  • Kashubian: chłodny
  • Korean: 쌀쌀하다 (ko) (ssalssalhada), 시원하다 (ko) (siwonhada)
  • Kurdish:
    Central Kurdish: فێنک (ckb) (fênik)
    Northern Kurdish: hênik (ku), hîn (ku), fênik (ku)
  • Latin: frigidulus
  • Latvian: vēss (lv)
  • Maori: mātaotao, mātao, kōangi, hauangi, pūangiangi, pūangi, kōtao
  • Marathi: थंड (thaṇḍa)
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: kjølig, sval
    Nynorsk: kjølig, sval
  • Occitan: fresc (oc) m
  • Persian: خنک (fa) (xonak)
  • Polish: chłodny (pl)
  • Portuguese: fresco (pt)
  • Romanian: friguros (ro)
  • Romansch: frestg, fraid
  • Russian: прохла́дный (ru) (proxládnyj), холоднова́тый (ru) (xolodnovátyj)
  • Scottish Gaelic: fionnar
  • Slovak: chladný, mierne chladný, svieži
  • Sorbian:
    Lower Sorbian: chłodny
  • Spanish: fresco (es)
  • Swedish: sval (sv)
  • Thai: เย็น (th) (yen)
  • Tupinambá: ro’ysang
  • Turkish: serin (tr)
  • Ukrainian: прохоло́дний (proxolódnyj)
  • Vietnamese: mát (vi), mát mẻ (vi)
  • Yiddish: קיל(kil)

allowing or suggesting heat relief

not showing emotion, calm

  • Catalan: fred (ca) m, freda (ca) f
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin:  (zh) ()
  • Danish: kold (da)
  • Dutch: kil (nl), kalm (nl) (pjes), koel (nl) (tjes)
  • Esperanto: trankvila (eo), kalma (eo), kvieta (eo)
  • Finnish: viileä (fi), hillitty (fi), rauhallinen (fi), kylmähermoinen, tyyni (fi)
  • Georgian: გულგრილი (gulgrili), მშვიდი (mšvidi)
  • German: cool (de), kalt (de)
  • Irish: réidh
  • Italian: tranquillo (it), calmo (it), imperturbabile (it), freddo (it)
  • Macedonian: ла́ден (láden), нево́збуден (nevózbuden), ладно́крвен (ladnókrven)
  • Norwegian: kald (no), rolig (no), behersket
  • Polish: opanowany (pl), spokojny (pl)
  • Portuguese: tranquilo (pt)
  • Russian: хладнокро́вный (ru) (xladnokróvnyj), невозмути́мый (ru) (nevozmutímyj)
  • Scottish Gaelic: fionnar
  • Serbo-Croatian: kul (sh), hladan (sh)
  • Slovak: pokojný (sk)
  • Spanish: tranquilo (es), sereno (es)
  • Swedish: kylig (sv), lugn (sv)
  • Turkish: soğukkanlı (tr), sakin (tr)

unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical

  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 沉著沉着 (zh) (chénzhuó)
  • Danish: Kølig
  • Dutch: kil (nl), koel (nl), lauw (nl), onentoesiast
  • Finnish: viileä (fi)
  • Georgian: გულგრილი (gulgrili)
  • German: kühl (de)
  • Irish: fuarchúiseach
  • Italian: distaccato (it), indifferente (it), scettico (it)
  • Macedonian: рамно́душен (ramnódušen), млак (mlak)
  • Norwegian: kald (no), behersket, reservert
  • Polish: chłodny (pl)
  • Portuguese: frio (pt)
  • Russian: прохла́дный (ru) (proxládnyj), холо́дный (ru) (xolódnyj), равноду́шный (ru) (ravnodúšnyj)
  • Scottish Gaelic: fionnar
  • Serbo-Croatian: mlak (sh), ravnodušan (sh)
  • Slovak: chladný, vlažný
  • Spanish: apacible (es)
  • Swedish: sval (sv), kylig (sv)

calmly audacious

  • Finnish: rohkea (fi)
  • Italian: intrepido (it), fantastico (it)
  • Macedonian: др́зок (dŕzok)
  • Navajo: sxih
  • Russian: де́рзкий (ru) (dérzkij)
  • Serbo-Croatian: drzak (sh)

colloquial: of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave in any situation

  • American Sign Language: 5@Chest-ThumbBack Wiggle
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 冷靜冷静 (zh) (lěngjìng)
  • Danish: cool (da), koldblodig
  • Dutch: koelbloedig (nl), (ijzig) kalm, beheerst (nl), zelfzeker (nl)
  • Finnish: siisti (fi), upea (fi)
  • German: cool (de)
  • Hebrew: מגניב (he)
  • Italian: figo (it), disinvolto (it), sicuro di se, in gamba
  • Norwegian: rolig (no), behersket
  • Polish: kozak (pl) m, chwat (pl) m
  • Portuguese: fixe (pt) (Portugal), legal (pt) (Brazil), massa (pt) (Brazil)
  • Russian: круто́й (ru) (krutój)
  • Serbo-Croatian: kul (sh)
  • Spanish: estupendo (es), genial (es)

colloquial: being considered as «popular» by others

  • American Sign Language: 5@Chest-ThumbBack Wiggle
  • Bengali: জোস (bn) (jōś)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin:  (zh) (),  (zh) (bàng)
  • Danish: cool (da)
  • Dutch: cool (nl)
  • Esperanto: mojosa (eo), laŭmoda
  • Faroese: kulur
  • Finnish: siisti (fi), makee
  • French: chouette (fr)
  • German: cool (de), geil (de)
  • Hungarian: menő (hu), király (hu)
  • Indonesian: keren (id)
  • Italian: ganzo (it)
  • Japanese: クール (ja) (kūru), 素敵 (ja) (すてき, suteki), すごい (ja) (sugoi), モテる (moteru)
  • Korean: 멋있다 (ko) (meositda), 멋지다 (ko) (meotjida), 훌륭하다 (ko) (hullyunghada)
  • Norwegian: cool (no), populær (no)
  • Polish: fajny (pl)
  • Portuguese: bacana (pt), descolado (pt)
  • Russian: круто́й (ru) (krutój), клёвый (ru) (kljóvyj), кла́ссный (ru) (klássnyj), потря́сный (ru) (potrjásnyj), потряса́ющий (ru) (potrjasájuščij)
  • Serbo-Croatian: kul (sh)
  • Spanish: genial (es), guay (es) (Spain), bacán (es), chévere (es) (Slang-Latin America)
  • Swedish: cool (sv), poppis (sv), häftig (sv) (literally «violent» or «forceful»), fet (sv) (literally «fat»), schysst (sv)
  • Thai: เจ๋ง (th) (jěng)

colloquial: in fashion

  • American Sign Language: 5@Chest-ThumbBack Wiggle
  • Bengali: জোস (bn) (jōś)
  • Catalan: guai (ca)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin:  (zh) (),  (zh) (bàng), 厲害利害厉害 (zh) (lìhai)
  • Czech: skvělý (cs)
  • Dutch: cool, in (de mode), hip, blits (nl)
  • Esperanto: mojosa (eo)
  • Faroese: kulur
  • Finnish: cool (fi)
  • French: cool (fr) m or f
  • Georgian: მოდური (moduri), ძერსკი (ka) (ʒersḳi)
  • German: cool (de)
  • Hebrew: מגניב (he)
  • Hungarian: menő (hu)
  • Irish: cúl, cúileach, fionnuar
  • Italian: figo (it)
  • Japanese: クール (ja) (kūru), 素敵 (ja) (すてき, suteki), すごい (ja) (sugoi)
  • Korean: 멋있다 (ko) (meositda), 쿨하다 (ko) (kulhada)
  • Norwegian: stilig, cool (no), kul (no)
  • Portuguese: descolado (pt), bacana (pt)
  • Russian: круто́й (ru) (krutój), клёвый (ru) (kljóvyj), кла́ссный (ru) (klássnyj), потря́сный (ru) (potrjásnyj), потряса́ющий (ru) (potrjasájuščij), мо́дный (ru) (módnyj)
  • Serbo-Croatian: kul (sh)
  • Spanish: guay (es)
  • Swedish: stilig (sv)
  • Turkish: please add this translation if you can

colloquial: all right, acceptable

  • American Sign Language: 5@Chest Wiggle
  • Catalan: guai (ca) m or f
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 很棒 (hěn bàng), 沒事没事 (zh) (méishì), 不錯不错 (zh) (bùcuò)
  • Czech: v pořádku, ok (cs)
  • Danish: ok (da), fint
  • Dutch: aanvaardbaar (nl), acceptabel (nl), in orde (nl), okee, patabel
  • Esperanto: en ordo, enorde
  • Finnish: okei (fi), ookoo (fi)
  • French: cool (fr)
  • Georgian: მოსულა (mosula)
  • German: in Ordnung, ganz Recht, alles klar, akzeptabel (de)
  • Hebrew: סבבה (he) (sababa)
  • Indonesian: keren (id)
  • Italian: a posto, accettabile (it)
  • Macedonian: во ред (vo red), може (može)
  • Norwegian: grei (no), ok (no)
  • Polish: fajny (pl)
  • Portuguese: aceitável (pt)
  • Russian: в поря́дке (ru) (v porjádke), норма́льный (ru) (normálʹnyj), ничего́ (ru) (ničevó)
  • Serbo-Croatian: kul (sh)
  • Slovak: v poriadku, okej
  • Spanish: bacán (Chile, Ecuador, Peru), bacano (Colombia), bárbaro (Argentina, Uruguay), bravazo (Peru), cachilupi (Chile), chévere (Caribbean Islands, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Venezuela), chido (Mexico), chilero (Guatemala), chilo (Northwestern Mexico), chiva (Costa Rica), chivo (El Salvador), choro (Chile), dabuten (Spain), fetén (Spain), fino (Venezuela), guay (Spain), lindo (Argentina), machete (Venezuela), mostro (Peru), nota (Venezuela), padre (Mexico), pavo (Venezuela), pura vida (Costa Rica), suave (Mexico), tuanis (Costa Rica), piola (es)
  • Swedish: ok (sv), schysst (sv), bra (sv), fin (sv)
  • Turkish: please add this translation if you can

colloquial: not upset

  • Catalan: tranqui
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 平息 (zh) (píngxí)
  • Danish: rolig (da)
  • Dutch: kalm (nl), bedaard (nl), rustig (nl), beheerst (nl)
  • Finnish: tyyni (fi)
  • German: kühl (de), cool (de)
  • Hungarian: nem bánja, (not angry anymore) szent a béke
  • Italian: tranquillo (it), calmo (it), imperturbabile (it)
  • Macedonian: спо́коен (spókoen), нево́збуден (nevózbuden)
  • Norwegian: rolig (no), behersket
  • Portuguese: de boa (pt) (Brazil)
  • Russian: невозмути́мый (ru) (nevozmutímyj), споко́йный (ru) (spokójnyj)
  • Scottish Gaelic: fionnar
  • Serbo-Croatian: kul (sh), hladan (sh)

Noun

cool (uncountable)

  1. A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.
    in the cool of the morning
  2. A calm temperament.
    Synonyms: calmness, composure
  3. The property of being cool, popular or in fashion.
Translations

calm temperament

  • Bulgarian: хладнокръвие (bg) n (hladnokrǎvie)
  • Esperanto: memregado
  • Finnish: tyyneys (fi)
  • French: calme (fr) m, sang-froid (fr) m
  • Greek: ψυχραιμία (el) f (psychraimía)
  • Italian: posato (it), calmo (it)
  • Latvian: aukstasinība f
  • Russian: хладнокро́вие (ru) n (xladnokróvije)
  • Serbo-Croatian: hladnokrvnost (sh) f

Etymology 2

From Middle English colen, from Old English cōlian (to cool, grow cold, be cold), from Proto-West Germanic *kōlēn (to become cold), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (to freeze).

Cognate with Dutch koelen (to cool), German kühlen (to cool), Swedish kyla (to cool, refrigerate). Also partially from Middle English kelen, from Old English cēlan (to cool, be cold, become cold), from Proto-West Germanic *kōlijan, from Proto-Germanic *kōlijaną (to cool), altered to resemble the adjective cool. See keel.

Verb

cool (third-person singular simple present cools, present participle cooling, simple past and past participle cooled)

  1. (intransitive, literally) To lose heat, to get colder.
    I like to let my tea cool before drinking it so I don’t burn my tongue.
  2. (transitive, literally) To make cooler, less warm.
  3. (intransitive, figuratively) To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
    Relations cooled between the USA and the USSR after 1980.
  4. (transitive, figuratively) To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
    • c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:

      We have reason to cool our raging motions, our carnal stings, our unbitted lusts.

  5. (transitive) To kill.
    • 1965, «Sex Jungle» (narrated in Perversion for Profit)
      Maybe he would die. That would mean I had murdered him. I smiled, trying the idea on for size. One of the things that always had cheesed me a little was that I had no kills to my credit. I’d been in plenty of rumbles, but somehow, I’d never cooled anyone. Well maybe now I had my first one. I couldn’t feel very proud of skulling an old man, but at least I could say that I’d scored. That was a big kick.
Derived terms
  • cool down
  • cool it
  • cool off
  • cool one’s heels
  • cool one’s jets
  • coolant
  • cooler
  • cooling
  • cooling card
  • cooling center
  • keep one’s breath to cool one’s porridge
  • save one’s breath to cool one’s porridge
  • sodium-cooled
Translations

to make colder (literally)

  • Arabic: يُبَرِّد‎ m (yubarrid)
    Egyptian: يبرد‎ m (yebárrad)
  • Dutch: afkoelen (nl), bekoelen (nl), koelen (nl), verkoelen (nl), (mildy) verfrissen, (much) verkillen
  • Finnish: jäähdyttää (fi)
  • French: refroidir (fr), rafraichir (fr)
  • Greek:
    Ancient: ψύγω (psúgō)
  • Irish: fuaraigh
  • Maori: whakamātao
  • Norman: fraidgi
  • Polish: chłodzić / schłodzić
  • Quechua: chiriyachiy
  • Russian: остужа́ть (ru) impf (ostužátʹ), остуди́ть (ru) pf (ostudítʹ)
  • Scottish Gaelic: fuaraich
  • Slovak: ochladiť, chladiť
  • Turkish: serinletmek (tr), soğutmak (tr)
  • Welsh: oeri (cy)

to become less intense, e.g. less amicable

  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 冷淡 (zh) (lěngdàn) (adjective, may be used as verb)
  • Dutch: afkoelen (nl), bekoelen (nl), verkoelen (nl), (much) verkillen
  • Finnish: viilentyä
  • German: abkühlen (de)
  • Norwegian: hardne
  • Russian: остыва́ть (ru) impf (ostyvátʹ), осты́ть (ru) pf (ostýtʹ), успока́иваться (ru) impf (uspokáivatʹsja), успоко́иться (ru) pf (uspokóitʹsja), охладева́ть (ru) impf (oxladevátʹ), охладе́ть (ru) pf (oxladétʹ)
  • Slovak: upokojiť sa, upokojovať sa
  • Swedish: svalna (sv)

to make less intense, e.g. less amicable

References

  • “cool”, in The Century Dictionary [], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • cool at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

  • Colo, Colo., colo, colo-, loco

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English cool. Doublet of koel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ku(ː)l/
  • Hyphenation: cool
  • Rhymes: -ul
  • Homophone: koel

Adjective

cool (comparative cooler, superlative coolst)

  1. cool, fashionable

Inflection

Inflection of cool
uninflected cool
inflected coole
comparative cooler
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial cool cooler het coolst
het coolste
indefinite m./f. sing. coole coolere coolste
n. sing. cool cooler coolste
plural coole coolere coolste
definite coole coolere coolste
partitive cools coolers

French

Etymology

From English cool.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kul/
  • Rhymes: -ul
  • Homophones: coule, coules, coulent

Adjective

cool (invariable)

  1. cool (only its informal senses, mainly fashionable)

    Les jeunes sont cool.

    Young people are cool.

    Les jeunes boivent de l’alcool pour être cool.

    Young people drink alcohol to be cool.

Interjection

cool

  1. cool! great!

Derived terms

  • cool, Raoul

Anagrams

  • looc

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English cool. Doublet of kühl.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kuːl]

Adjective

cool (strong nominative masculine singular cooler, comparative cooler, superlative am coolsten)

  1. (colloquial) cool (in its informal senses)
    Synonyms: brilliant, genial, geil

    Die Musik war echt cool.

    The music was very cool.
    • 1982, “Der Kommissar”, in Einzelhaft, performed by Falco:

      Wir treffen Jill und Joe und dessen Bruder Hip / Und auch den Rest der coolen Gang

      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  2. (colloquial) cool, calm, easy-going
    Synonyms: lässig, ruhig

    Als Trainer muss mann ziemlich cool sein.

    As a trainer you have to be quite easy-going.

Declension

Comparative forms of cool

Superlative forms of cool

Further reading

  • “cool” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “cool” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “cool” in Duden online
  • “cool” in OpenThesaurus.de

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cool.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kul/
  • Rhymes: -ul
  • Syllabification: cool

Adjective

cool (not comparable)

  1. (slang) cool (in its informal senses)
    Synonyms: świetny, wspaniały, znakomity

Declension

Indeclinable.

Further reading

  • cool in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • cool in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cool.

Adjective

cool m or f or n (indeclinable)

  1. cool

Declension

Declension of cool (invariable)

singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative
indefinite cool cool cool cool
definite
genitive/
dative
indefinite cool cool cool cool
definite

Adverb

cool

  1. cool

Noun

cool n (uncountable)

  1. cool

declension of cool (singular only)

singular
n gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) cool coolul
genitive/dative (unui) cool coolului
vocative coolule

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cool

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkul/ [ˈkul]
  • Rhymes: -ul

Adjective

cool (plural cools or cool)

  1. cool (in its informal sense)

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Anagrams

  • loco

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English cool.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuːl/

Adjective

cool (comparative coolare, superlative coolast)

  1. cool! great!

Declension

Inflection of cool
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular cool coolare coolast
Neuter singular coolt coolare coolast
Plural coola coolare coolast
Masculine plural3 coole coolare coolast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 coole coolare coolaste
All coola coolare coolaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Turkish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cool

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuːɫ/
  • Hyphenation: kul

Adjective

cool

  1. cool

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adjective, cool·er, cool·est.

moderately cold; neither warm nor cold: a rather cool evening.

feeling comfortably or moderately cold: I’m perfectly cool, but open the window if you feel hot.

imparting a sensation of moderate coldness or comfortable freedom from heat: a cool breeze.

permitting such a sensation: a cool dress.

not excited; calm; composed; under control: to remain cool in the face of disaster.

not hasty; deliberate: a cool and calculated action.

lacking in interest or enthusiasm: a cool reply to an invitation.

lacking in warmth or cordiality: a cool reception.

calmly audacious or impudent: a cool lie.

aloof or unresponsive; indifferent: He was cool to her passionate advances.

unaffected by emotions; disinterested; dispassionate: She made a cool appraisal of all the issues in the dispute.

Informal. (of a number or sum) without exaggeration or qualification: a cool million dollars.

(of colors) with green, blue, or violet predominating.

Slang.

  1. great; fine; excellent: a real cool comic.
  2. characterized by great facility; highly skilled or clever: cool maneuvers on the parallel bars.
  3. socially adept: It’s not cool to arrive at a party too early.
  4. acceptable; satisfactory; okay: If you want to stay late, that’s cool.

adverb

interjection

Slang.

  1. (used to express acceptance): Okay, cool! I’ll be there at 10:00.
  2. (used to express approval, admiration, etc.): He got the job? Cool!

noun

something that is cool; a cool part, place, time, etc.: in the cool of the evening.

coolness.

calmness; composure; poise: an executive noted for maintaining her cool under pressure.

verb (used without object)

to become cool (sometimes followed by down or off): The soup cooled in five minutes. We cooled off in the mountain stream.

to become less ardent, cordial, etc.; become moderate.

verb (used with object)

to make cool; impart a sensation of coolness to.

to lessen the ardor or intensity of; allay; calm; moderate: Disappointment cooled his early zealousness.

Verb Phrases

cool down. See entry at cooldown.

cool off, Informal. to become calmer or more reasonable: Wait until he cools off before you talk to him again.

cool out, Slang. to calm or settle down; relax: cooling out at the beach.

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Idioms about cool

    cool it, Slang. calm down; take it easy.

Origin of cool

First recorded before 1000; Middle English col, coul, Old English cōl; cognate with Middle Low German kōl, Old High German kuoli, German kühl; see cold, chill

synonym study for cool

1. See cold. 5. See calm.

OTHER WORDS FROM cool

cool·ing·ly, adverbcool·ish, adjectivecool·ly, adverbcool·ness, noun

o·ver·cool, adjectiveo·ver·cool·ly, adverbo·ver·cool·ness, nounre·cool, verbsub·cool, verb (used with object)ul·tra·cool, adjectiveun·cooled, adjectivewell-cooled, adjective

Words nearby cool

cooktop, Cooktown orchid, cook up, cookware, cook with gas, cool, coolabah, coolamon, coolant, cool as a cucumber, cool bag

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Words related to cool

chilly, frigid, frosty, refreshing, placid, quiet, relaxed, serene, tranquil, lukewarm, neat, air-cool, air-condition, chill, cool down, freeze, refrigerate, ice, calm, chill out

How to use cool in a sentence

  • So, the water cooled in the salt slush was definitely colder than the water cooled in simple ice.

  • According to a Monday blog post from Microsoft, the consistently cool underwater temperatures made it possible to use similar heat-exchange plumbing to the kind found on submarines.

  • We handled some of the work, so you can get your cool java sooner.

  • While it seems everyone wants to keep pace with the cool kids, everyone can’t keep pace with the cool kids.

  • We look at the trends, and it’s a reason we started a delivery service before it was cool.

  • It’s cool because Trenchmouth opened for Green Day in the early ‘90s in Wisconsin.

  • She came to sound check, that was the first time we ever performed it, and it was really cool.

  • Triton prices the 1000/3 LP at a cool $3.15 million—inclusive of pilot training.

  • Allow beans to cool completely then remove to a paper towel-lined plate to dry.

  • The Ismael brothers even make an effort to look cool, if not fashionable, by local standards.

  • Things looked anxious for a bit, but by this morning’s dawn all are dug in, cool, confident.

  • It mounted straight as a plume for a little way, until it met the cool air of evening which was beginning to fall.

  • He has told me that their society produced on him the effect of the cool hands of saints against his cheek.

  • I laved his pain-twisted face with the cool water and let a few drops trickle into his open mouth.

  • As for him, he much preferred the darkness of his cool, damp galleries under the ground.

British Dictionary definitions for cool


adjective

moderately colda cool day

comfortably free of heata cool room

producing a pleasant feeling of coldnessa cool shirt

able to conceal emotion; calma cool head

lacking in enthusiasm, affection, cordiality, etca cool welcome

calmly audacious or impudent

informal (esp of numbers, sums of money, etc) without exaggeration; actuala cool ten thousand

(of a colour) having violet, blue, or green predominating; cold

(of jazz) characteristic of the late 1940s and early 1950s, economical and rhythmically relaxed

informal sophisticated or elegant, esp in an unruffled way

informal excellent; marvellous

adverb

not standard in a cool manner; coolly

noun

coolnessthe cool of the evening

slang calmness; composure (esp in the phrases keep or lose one’s cool)

slang unruffled elegance or sophistication

verb

(usually foll by down or off) to make or become cooler

(usually foll by down or off) to lessen the intensity of (anger or excitement) or (of anger or excitement) to become less intense; calm down

cool it (usually imperative) slang to calm down; take it easy

cool one’s heels to wait or be kept waiting

Derived forms of cool

coolingly, adverbcoolingness, nouncoolish, adjectivecoolly, adverb

coolness, noun

Word Origin for cool

Old English cōl; related to Old Norse kōlna, Old High German kuoli; see cold, chill

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Other Idioms and Phrases with cool


In addition to the idioms beginning with cool

  • cool as a cucumber
  • cool down
  • cool it
  • cool off
  • cool one’s heels
  • cool out

also see:

  • keep cool
  • keep one’s cool
  • play it cool

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary
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cool

 (ko͞ol)

adj. cool·er, cool·est

1. Neither warm nor very cold; moderately cold: fresh, cool water; a cool autumn evening.

2. Giving or suggesting relief from heat: a cool breeze; a cool blouse.

3. Marked by calm self-control: a cool negotiator.

4. Marked by indifference, disdain, or dislike; unfriendly or unresponsive: a cool greeting; was cool to the idea of higher taxes.

5. Of, relating to, or characteristic of colors, such as blue and green, that produce the impression of coolness.

6. Slang

a. Knowledgeable or aware of the latest trends or developments: spent all his time trying to be cool.

b. Excellent; first-rate: has a cool sports car; had a cool time at the party.

c. Acceptable; satisfactory: It’s cool if you don’t want to talk about it.

7. Slang Entire; full: worth a cool million.

adv.

Informal In a casual manner; nonchalantly: play it cool.

v. cooled, cool·ing, cools

v.tr.

1. To make less warm.

2. To make less ardent, intense, or zealous: problems that soon cooled my enthusiasm for the project.

3. Physics To reduce the molecular or kinetic energy of (an object).

v.intr.

1. To become less warm: took a dip to cool off.

2. To become calmer: needed time for tempers to cool.

n.

1. A cool place, part, or time: the cool of early morning.

2. The state or quality of being cool.

3. Composure; poise: «Our release marked a victory. The nation had kept its cool» (Moorhead Kennedy).

Idioms:

cool it Slang

1. To calm down; relax.

2. To stop doing something.

cool (one’s) heels Informal

To wait or be kept waiting.



cool′ish adj.

cool′ly adv.

cool′ness n.

Synonyms: cool, calm, composed, collected, imperturbable, nonchalant
These adjectives indicate absence of excitement or discomposure in a person, especially in times of stress. Cool usually implies an alert self-possession, but it may also indicate aloofness: «Keep strong, if possible. In any case, keep cool. Have unlimited patience» (B.H. Liddell Hart).«An honest hater is often a better fellow than a cool friend» (John Stuart Blackie).
Calm suggests a serenity achieved through mastery over agitation or inner turmoil: «It was like coming across a bear in the woods: you were supposed to stand still and remain calm, against every impulse» (Cheryl Strayed).
Composed and collected stress self-control brought about by mental concentration: The dancer was composed as she prepared for her recital. The witness remained collected throughout the questioning. Imperturbable and unruffled suggest equanimity in the face of potentially disturbing circumstances: The crises of 1837 shook his previously imperturbable composure (James A. Henretta).
Nonchalant describes a casual manner that may suggest either confidence or lack of concern: «the nonchalant way of loggers with regard to injuries» (Molly Gloss). See Also Synonyms at cold.

Our Living Language The usage of cool as a general positive epithet or interjection has been part and parcel of English slang since World War II, and has even been borrowed into other languages, such as French and German. Originally this sense is a development from its use in African American Vernacular English to mean «excellent, superlative,» first recorded in written English in the early 1930s. Jazz musicians who used the term are responsible for its popularization during the 1940s. As a slang word expressing generally positive sentiment, it has stayed current (and cool) far longer than most such words. One of the main characteristics of slang is the continual renewal of its vocabulary and storehouse of expressions: in order for slang to stay slangy, it has to have a feeling of novelty. Slang expressions meaning the same thing as cool, like bully, capital, hot, groovy, hep, crazy, nervous, far-out, rad, tubular, def, and phat have for the most part not had the staying power or continued universal appeal of cool.

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cool

(kuːl)

adj

1. moderately cold: a cool day.

2. comfortably free of heat: a cool room.

3. producing a pleasant feeling of coldness: a cool shirt.

4. able to conceal emotion; calm: a cool head.

5. lacking in enthusiasm, affection, cordiality, etc: a cool welcome.

6. calmly audacious or impudent

7. informal (esp of numbers, sums of money, etc) without exaggeration; actual: a cool ten thousand.

8. (Colours) (of a colour) having violet, blue, or green predominating; cold

9. (Jazz) (of jazz) characteristic of the late 1940s and early 1950s, economical and rhythmically relaxed

10. informal sophisticated or elegant, esp in an unruffled way

11. informal excellent; marvellous

adv

not standard in a cool manner; coolly

n

12. coolness: the cool of the evening.

13. slang calmness; composure (esp in the phrases keep or lose one’s cool)

14. slang unruffled elegance or sophistication

vb

15. (usually foll by: down or off) to make or become cooler

16. (usually foll by: down or off) to lessen the intensity of (anger or excitement) or (of anger or excitement) to become less intense; calm down

17. cool it (usually imperative) slang to calm down; take it easy

18. cool one’s heels to wait or be kept waiting

[Old English cōl; related to Old Norse kōlna, Old High German kuoli; see cold, chill]

ˈcoolish adj

ˈcoolly adv

ˈcoolness n

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cool

(kul)

adj.

1. moderately cold; neither warm nor cold.

2. imparting a sensation of coolness: a cool breeze.

3. permitting relief from heat: a cool dress.

4. not excited; calm: remained cool in the face of disaster.

5. not hasty; deliberate: a cool and calculated action.

6. lacking in interest or enthusiasm: a cool reply to an invitation.

7. lacking in cordiality: a cool reception.

8. calmly audacious or impudent: a cool lie.

9. unresponsive; indifferent: cool to his passionate advances.

10. Informal. not exaggerated or qualified: a cool million dollars.

11. (of colors) having green, blue, or violet predominating.

12. Slang.

a. great; excellent.

b. highly skilled; adept: cool maneuvers on the parallel bars.

c. socially adept: It’s not cool to arrive at a party too early.

adv.

13. Informal. coolly: play it cool.

n.

14. a cool part, place, or time: in the cool of the evening.

15. calmness; composure; poise: maintaining her cool under pressure.

v.i.

16. to become cool: cooled off in the mountain stream.

17. to become less ardent or cordial.

v.t.

18. to make cool; impart a sensation of coolness to.

19. to lessen the ardor or intensity of: Disappointment cooled his enthusiasm.

interj.

20. Slang. (used to express approval, admiration, or the like): New car? Cool!

Idioms:

cool it, Slang. calm down.

[before 1000; Middle English cole, Old English cōl, c. Middle Low German kōl, Old High German kuoli. See cold, chill]

cool′ish, adj.

cool′ly, adv.

cool′ness, n.

Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

cool

Past participle: cooled
Gerund: cooling

Imperative
cool
cool
Present
I cool
you cool
he/she/it cools
we cool
you cool
they cool
Preterite
I cooled
you cooled
he/she/it cooled
we cooled
you cooled
they cooled
Present Continuous
I am cooling
you are cooling
he/she/it is cooling
we are cooling
you are cooling
they are cooling
Present Perfect
I have cooled
you have cooled
he/she/it has cooled
we have cooled
you have cooled
they have cooled
Past Continuous
I was cooling
you were cooling
he/she/it was cooling
we were cooling
you were cooling
they were cooling
Past Perfect
I had cooled
you had cooled
he/she/it had cooled
we had cooled
you had cooled
they had cooled
Future
I will cool
you will cool
he/she/it will cool
we will cool
you will cool
they will cool
Future Perfect
I will have cooled
you will have cooled
he/she/it will have cooled
we will have cooled
you will have cooled
they will have cooled
Future Continuous
I will be cooling
you will be cooling
he/she/it will be cooling
we will be cooling
you will be cooling
they will be cooling
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been cooling
you have been cooling
he/she/it has been cooling
we have been cooling
you have been cooling
they have been cooling
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been cooling
you will have been cooling
he/she/it will have been cooling
we will have been cooling
you will have been cooling
they will have been cooling
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been cooling
you had been cooling
he/she/it had been cooling
we had been cooling
you had been cooling
they had been cooling
Conditional
I would cool
you would cool
he/she/it would cool
we would cool
you would cool
they would cool
Past Conditional
I would have cooled
you would have cooled
he/she/it would have cooled
we would have cooled
you would have cooled
they would have cooled

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

cool

1. To leave food to stand at room temperature until it is no longer warm to the touch.

2. To refrigerate.

Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun 1. cool - the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperaturecool — the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature; «the cool of early morning»

low temperature, cold, frigidity, frigidness, coldness — the absence of heat; «the coldness made our breath visible»; «come in out of the cold»; «cold is a vasoconstrictor»

2. cool - great coolness and composure under straincool — great coolness and composure under strain; «keep your cool»

aplomb, assuredness, sang-froid, poise

calm, calmness, composure, equanimity — steadiness of mind under stress; «he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity»

Verb 1. cool — make cool or cooler; «Chill the food»

cool down, chill

alter, change, modify — cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; «The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city»; «The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue»

quench — cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid; «quench steel»

ice — put ice on or put on ice; «Ice your sprained limbs»

refrigerate — cool or chill in or as if in a refrigerator; «refrigerate this medicine»

heat, heat up — make hot or hotter; «the sun heats the oceans»; «heat the water on the stove»

2. cool — loose heat; «The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm»

chill, cool down

change state, turn — undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; «We turned from Socialism to Capitalism»; «The people turned against the President when he stole the election»

heat up, hot up, heat — gain heat or get hot; «The room heated up quickly»

3. cool — lose intensity; «His enthusiasm cooled considerably»

cool down, cool off

change — undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one’s or its original nature; «She changed completely as she grew older»; «The weather changed last night»

Adj. 1. cool — neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat; «a cool autumn day»; «a cool room»; «cool summer dresses»; «cool drinks»; «a cool breeze»

cold — having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration; «a cold climate»; «a cold room»; «dinner has gotten cold»; «cold fingers»; «if you are cold, turn up the heat»; «a cold beer»

warm — having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat; «a warm body»; «a warm room»; «a warm climate»; «a warm coat»

2. cool — 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»

coolheaded, nerveless

composed — serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress; «the performer seemed completely composed as she stepped onto the stage»; «I felt calm and more composed than I had in a long time»

3. cool — (color) inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets; «cool greens and blues and violets»

warm — (color) inducing the impression of warmth; used especially of reds and oranges and yellows; «warm reds and yellows and orange»

4. cool — 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»

unagitated — not agitated or disturbed emotionally

unemotional — unsusceptible to or destitute of or showing no emotion

unfriendly — not disposed to friendship or friendliness; «an unfriendly coldness of manner»; «an unfriendly action to take»

cold — extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion; «a cold unfriendly nod»; «a cold and unaffectionate person»; «a cold impersonal manner»; «cold logic»; «the concert left me cold»

warm — psychologically warm; friendly and responsive; «a warm greeting»; «a warm personality»; «warm support»

5. cool — (used of a number or sum) without exaggeration or qualification; «a cool million bucks»

colloquialism — a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

unqualified — not limited or restricted; «an unqualified denial»

6. cool — 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»

colloquialism — a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

fashionable, stylish — being or in accordance with current social fashions; «fashionable clothing»; «the fashionable side of town»; «a fashionable cafe»

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

cool

adjective

1. cold, chilled, chilling, refreshing, chilly, nippy, QL (S.M.S.) I felt a current of cool air.
cold warm, sunny, lukewarm, tepid, moderately hot

2. calm, together (slang), collected, relaxed, composed, laid-back (informal), serene, sedate, self-controlled, placid, level-headed, dispassionate, unfazed (informal), unruffled, unemotional, self-possessed, imperturbable, unexcited, QL (S.M.S.) He was marvellously cool, smiling as if nothing had happened.
calm troubled, excited, nervous, tense, agitated, impassioned, delirious, perturbed, twitchy (informal), overwrought, antsy (informal)

3. unfriendly, reserved, distant, indifferent, aloof, lukewarm, unconcerned, uninterested, frigid, unresponsive, offhand, unenthusiastic, uncommunicative, unwelcoming, standoffish, QL (S.M.S.) People found him too cool, aloof and arrogant.
unfriendly warm, friendly, outgoing, responsive, receptive, amiable, cordial, sociable, chummy (informal)

5. (Informal) fashionable, with it (informal), hip (slang), stylish, trendy (Brit. informal), chic, up-to-date, urbane, up-to-the-minute, voguish (informal), trendsetting, QL (S.M.S.) He was trying to be really cool and trendy.

7. excellent, good, mean (slang), great, choice, brilliant, cracking (Brit. informal), crucial (slang), outstanding, superb, superior, first-class, mega (slang), dope (slang), world-class, admirable, first-rate, def (slang), superlative, top-notch (informal), brill (informal), bodacious (slang, chiefly U.S.), boffo (slang), bitchin’ (U.S. slang), chillin’ (U.S. slang), QL (S.M.S.) this summer’s coolest film

verb

1. lose heat, cool off Drain the meat and allow it to cool.
lose heat heat (up), warm (up), thaw

3. calm (down), lessen, abate Within a few minutes their tempers had cooled.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

cool

adjective

1. Marked by a low temperature:

2. Not easily excited, even under pressure:

calm, collected, composed, cool-headed, detached, even, even-tempered, imperturbable, nonchalant, possessed, unflappable, unruffled.

3. Not friendly, sociable, or warm in manner:

aloof, chill, chilly, distant, offish, remote, reserved, reticent, solitary, standoffish, unapproachable, uncommunicative, undemonstrative, withdrawn.

4. Slang. Particularly excellent:

divine, fabulous, fantastic, fantastical, glorious, marvelous, sensational, splendid, superb, terrific, wonderful.

verb

To bring one’s emotions under control:

noun

Slang. A stable, calm state of the emotions:

aplomb, balance, collectedness, composure, coolness, equanimity, imperturbability, imperturbableness, nonchalance, poise, sang-froid, self-possession, unflappability.

The American Heritage® Roget’s Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Translations

chladnýcoolklidnýochladitochladnout

koldkølekøle afkøligkølighed

malvarmetamojosa

viileäsiisti

drzakhladankul

állati jócsillapodik

sejuk

fálegur, kuldalegurkælaminnkarólegur, kaldursvali

かっこいい涼しい

멋진서늘한

abejingasabejingumasataušintiatauštiatšalti

atdzesētatdzistatvēsinātatvēstdzestrs

friguroasăfriguros

ochladiť saochladnúť

doberhladenkulmirenprivlačen

coolkyligoksvalsvalna

เย็นทันสมัย

mát mẻsành điệu

cool

[kuːl]

A. ADJ (cooler (compar) (coolest (superl)))

2. (= light, comfortable) [dress, fabric] → fresco

3. (= pale) [colour, shade, blue] → fresco

7. (= trendy, stylish) [object, person] → guay (Sp)
hey, (that’s really) cool!¡ala, qué guay!¡ala, cómo mola! (Sp)
it’s cool to say you like computersqueda muy bien decir que te gustan los ordenadores

8. (= acceptable) don’t worry, it’s cooltranqui, no pasa nada
he’s cooles un tipo legal (Sp)

C. VT

2. (= dampen) [+ emotions, feelings] → enfriar
cool it!¡tranquilo!

cool down

A. VT + ADV

2. (= make calmer) to cool sb downcalmar a algn

B. VI + ADV

2. (= become calmer) [person, situation] → calmarse
cool down!¡cálmese!

Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

cool

[ˈkuːl]

adj

[place] → frais(fraîche); [drink] → frais(fraîche)
to keep sth cool → garder qch au frais, conserver qch au frais

[clothes, fabric] → léger/ère

(= unfriendly) → froid(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

cool

adj (+er)

(= unenthusiastic, unfriendly) greeting, reception, lookkühl; to be cool to(wards) somebodysich jdm gegenüber kühl verhalten; play it cool!immer mit der Ruhe!; she decided to play it coolsie entschied sich, ganz auf kühl zu machen

(inf, with numbers etc) → glatt (inf); he earns a cool thirty thousand a yearer verdient glatte dreißigtausend im Jahr (inf)

(inf: = great, smart) idea, disco, pub, dress etcstark (inf), → cool (sl); dressstylish (inf); to act coolsich cool geben (sl); to look coolcool aussehen (sl)

n

(lit, fig)Kühle f; in the cool of the eveningin der Abendkühle; to keep something in the cooletw kühl aufbewahren


cool

:

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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

cool

(kuːl) adjective

1. slightly cold. cool weather.

2. calm or not excitable. He’s very cool in a crisis.

3. not very friendly. He was very cool towards me.

4. (slang) great; terrific; fantastic. Wow, that’s really cool!; You look cool in those jeans!

verb

1. to make or become less warm. The jelly will cool better in the refrigerator; She cooled her hands in the stream.

2. to become less strong. His affection for her has cooled; Her anger cooled.

noun

cool air or atmosphere. the cool of the evening.

ˈcoolly adverbˈcoolness nouncool-ˈheaded adjective

able to act calmly.

cool down

1. to make or become less warm. Let your food cool down a bit!

2. to make or become less excited or less emotional. He was very angry but he’s cooled down now.

keep one’s cool

not to become over-excited or confused. If you keep your cool you won’t fail.

lose one’s cool

not to keep one’s cool.

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

cool

أَنِيق, بارِد chladný, cool kold, sej cool, kühl δροσερός, στυλάτος chulo, fresco, genial siisti, viileä cool, frais drzak, hladan figo, fresco かっこいい, 涼しい 멋진, 서늘한 cool, koel avkjølt, kul chłodny, fajny bacana, fixe, fresco прохладный, стильный cool, kylig เย็น, ทันสมัย havalı, serin mát mẻ, sành điệu 凉爽的, 时尚的

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

cool

a. fresco-a; refrescado-a;

___ headedsereno-a, calmado-a;

[weather] it is ___hace fresco;

[body temperature] he, she, it is ___está fresco-a.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

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