What are antonyms for the word hot

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1. hotadjective

   Of a person, very physically or sexually attractive.

   That girl is hot!

   Synonyms:
   studly, handsome, hunky, lush, pretty, yummy, foxy, gorgeous, cute, beautiful, sexy, attractive, tasty, fit

2. hotadjective

   Antonyms:
   lifeless

   Synonyms:
   stolen

3. hotadjective

   Of an object, having a high temperature.

   He forgot the frying pan was hot, and dropped it suddenly.

   Antonyms:
   icy, ice-cold, cold, chilly, freezing, frigid, freezing cold, chilled, glacial, cold as ice

   Synonyms:
   heated

4. hotadjective

   Of the weather, causing the air to be hot.

   Antonyms:
   cold, icy, freezing, freezing cold

   Synonyms:
   boiling hot, baking, boiling, sweltering, sultry

5. hotadjective

   Of a person or animal, feeling the sensation of heat, especially to the point of discomfort.

   Antonyms:
   freezing cold, freezing

   Synonyms:
   boiling hot, boiling, baking

6. hotadjective

   Feverish.

   Synonyms:
   feverish, temperature

7. hotadjective

   Of food, spicy.

   Before moving to India, I never ate hot food. The Indians love spicy food.

   Antonyms:
   bland, mild

   Synonyms:
   piquant, tangy, spicy

8. hotadjective

   Electrically charged

   a hot wire

   Antonyms:
   neutral, dead

   Synonyms:
   live

9. hotadjective

   Radioactive.

   Synonyms:
   radioactive

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1. hot

   One is eager who impatiently desires to accomplish some end; one is earnest with a desire that is less impatient, but more deep, resolute, and constant; one is anxious with a desire that foresees rather the pain of disappointment than the delight of attainment. One is eager for the gratification of any appetite or passion; he is earnest in conviction, purpose, or character. Eager usually refers to some specific and immediate satisfaction, earnest to something permanent and enduring; the patriotic soldier is earnest in his devotion to his country, eager for a decisive battle.

   Antonyms:
   apathetic, calm, careless, cold, cool, dispassionate, frigid, heedless, indifferent, negligent, phlegmatic, purposeless, regardless, stolid, stony, stupid, unconcerned, uninterested, unmindful, unmoved

   Synonyms:
   animated, anxious, ardent, burning, desirous, eager, earnest, enthusiastic, fervent, glowing, impatient, impetuous, importunate, intense, intent, keen, longing, vehement, yearning, zealous

   Preposition:
   Eager for (more rarely after) favor, honor, etc.; eager in pursuit.

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1. hotadjective

   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

   «hot stove»; «hot water»; «a hot August day»; «a hot stuffy room»; «she’s hot and tired»; «a hot forehead»

   Antonyms:
   unlucky, stale, heatless, frosty, pleasant, nonviolent, ice-cold, raw, polar, old, frore, passionless, tasteless, bleak, unsexy, unwanted, unheated, slow, icy, uncharged, nonradioactive, acold, far, stone-cold, frigid, unwarmed, cool, emotionless, legal, cutting, chilly, frigorific, cold, shivery, unskilled, gelid, refrigerated, glacial, rimy, arctic, unpopular, algid, crisp, parky, nipping, uneager, inactive, bad, rimed, refrigerating, frozen, nippy, snappy, luckless, refrigerant, wintry

   Synonyms:
   spicy, raging, red-hot, live, blistering

2. hot, ragingadjective

   characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense

   «the fighting became hot and heavy»; «a hot engagement»; «a raging battle»; «the river became a raging torrent»

   Antonyms:
   tasteless, shivery, ice-cold, frore, refrigerated, refrigerant, cutting, inactive, polar, legal, parky, cold, snappy, glacial, unsexy, uncharged, arctic, frigid, stale, nonviolent, nippy, unskilled, frosty, stone-cold, nonradioactive, far, icy, algid, wintry, frigorific, rimy, frozen, bad, refrigerating, luckless, slow, crisp, uneager, unwanted, cool, unpopular, nipping, gelid, pleasant, heatless, old, raw, bleak, chilly, unwarmed, unlucky, rimed, passionless, unheated, emotionless, acold

   Synonyms:
   spicy, hot, angry, blistering, raging, red-hot, tempestuous, wild, live, furious

3. hotadjective

   extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm

   «a hot temper»; «a hot topic»; «a hot new book»; «a hot love affair»; «a hot argument»

   Antonyms:
   uncharged, passionless, arctic, unskilled, frore, algid, icy, frozen, nonradioactive, unwarmed, glacial, chilly, crisp, cold, parky, unwanted, cool, rimed, bleak, shivery, far, unsexy, polar, frosty, unpopular, raw, acold, pleasant, rimy, nippy, unlucky, tasteless, gelid, refrigerated, refrigerant, nipping, refrigerating, frigid, slow, inactive, snappy, wintry, ice-cold, stale, luckless, uneager, frigorific, nonviolent, old, heatless, stone-cold, emotionless, legal, bad, unheated, cutting

   Synonyms:
   spicy, raging, red-hot, live, blistering

4. hotadjective

   (color) bold and intense

   «hot pink»

   Antonyms:
   stale, tasteless, slow, old, frigorific, refrigerated, nippy, unpopular, cool, nonviolent, nonradioactive, luckless, unheated, uneager, heatless, frosty, refrigerating, chilly, cold, unsexy, far, gelid, emotionless, ice-cold, frozen, parky, unskilled, frore, wintry, unlucky, icy, raw, unwanted, crisp, pleasant, snappy, stone-cold, shivery, arctic, inactive, bad, glacial, cutting, unwarmed, algid, bleak, passionless, acold, frigid, nipping, rimy, rimed, refrigerant, polar, uncharged, legal

   Synonyms:
   spicy, raging, red-hot, live, blistering

5. hotadjective

   sexually excited or exciting

   «was hot for her»; «hot pants»

   Antonyms:
   refrigerated, bleak, unsexy, refrigerating, frore, frosty, shivery, nonradioactive, slow, chilly, unwarmed, cold, inactive, unheated, glacial, polar, unwanted, icy, wintry, stale, crisp, luckless, nipping, ice-cold, parky, emotionless, snappy, rimed, stone-cold, frigid, nonviolent, algid, cutting, arctic, rimy, refrigerant, unlucky, pleasant, gelid, heatless, cool, far, acold, frigorific, unskilled, tasteless, uncharged, frozen, bad, legal, raw, passionless, unpopular, old, nippy, uneager

   Synonyms:
   spicy, raging, red-hot, live, blistering

6. hotadjective

   recently stolen or smuggled

   «hot merchandise»; «a hot car»

   Antonyms:
   algid, nonviolent, frosty, emotionless, luckless, snappy, arctic, slow, tasteless, rimy, stone-cold, unwarmed, bleak, passionless, refrigerant, frigorific, unheated, shivery, far, icy, rimed, parky, glacial, old, bad, unskilled, refrigerated, unpopular, ice-cold, nipping, nippy, inactive, unwanted, crisp, pleasant, frigid, gelid, cutting, raw, unsexy, cool, uncharged, cold, acold, uneager, frozen, chilly, nonradioactive, frore, stale, legal, refrigerating, wintry, polar, unlucky, heatless

   Synonyms:
   spicy, raging, red-hot, live, blistering

7. blistering, hot, red-hotadjective

   very fast; capable of quick response and great speed

   «a hot sports car»; «a blistering pace»; «got off to a hot start»; «in hot pursuit»; «a red-hot line drive»

   Antonyms:
   frigid, raw, refrigerated, bad, stone-cold, old, uneager, polar, snappy, glacial, slow, cutting, inactive, icy, frosty, cold, luckless, ice-cold, passionless, legal, rimed, arctic, nonviolent, rimy, emotionless, stale, crisp, nonradioactive, wintry, nippy, unheated, unlucky, tasteless, far, pleasant, unsexy, refrigerant, nipping, refrigerating, frore, unwanted, bleak, cool, acold, shivery, frigorific, unskilled, unwarmed, algid, gelid, uncharged, parky, frozen, chilly, unpopular, heatless

   Synonyms:
   virulent, blistering, red-hot, sizzling, vitriolic, voluptuous, hot, blistery, acerbic, juicy, sulphurous, caustic, live, acrid, sulfurous, raging, acid, spicy, luscious, bitter, toothsome, acerb

8. hotadjective

   wanted by the police

   «a hot suspect»

   Antonyms:
   nonradioactive, refrigerated, gelid, unwarmed, glacial, frozen, polar, acold, pleasant, rimy, nipping, bad, nonviolent, unsexy, stale, frosty, nippy, snappy, stone-cold, uneager, raw, icy, unskilled, parky, cool, refrigerating, unheated, wintry, inactive, cold, uncharged, shivery, ice-cold, frigid, unwanted, luckless, legal, tasteless, far, algid, unlucky, slow, unpopular, cutting, rimed, chilly, heatless, bleak, arctic, refrigerant, frore, crisp, passionless, frigorific, emotionless, old

   Synonyms:
   spicy, raging, red-hot, live, blistering

9. hot, spicyadjective

   producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves

   «hot salsa»; «jalapeno peppers are very hot»

   Antonyms:
   parky, tasteless, refrigerating, icy, nipping, unskilled, cold, frigid, nonradioactive, chilly, unsexy, unwanted, pleasant, unheated, stale, passionless, luckless, gelid, slow, frozen, stone-cold, frosty, frigorific, uneager, frore, bad, rimy, polar, uncharged, bleak, glacial, wintry, acold, unpopular, heatless, shivery, raw, crisp, emotionless, nippy, cutting, inactive, cool, legal, ice-cold, arctic, nonviolent, unlucky, refrigerant, rimed, unwarmed, far, snappy, old, refrigerated, algid

   Synonyms:
   raging, hot, naughty, live, red-hot, spicy, gamy, juicy, blue, racy, risque, savoury, gamey, piquant, blistering, savory, zesty

10. hotadjective

    performed or performing with unusually great skill and daring and energy

    «a hot drummer»; «he’s hot tonight»

    Antonyms:
    cutting, frigorific, rimed, frosty, uncharged, unpopular, cold, unheated, stale, polar, refrigerated, algid, emotionless, bad, rimy, pleasant, unskilled, refrigerating, nippy, frore, slow, gelid, cool, tasteless, legal, passionless, unsexy, stone-cold, old, glacial, raw, icy, chilly, uneager, bleak, unwanted, wintry, far, unlucky, heatless, parky, ice-cold, acold, nonviolent, crisp, inactive, refrigerant, frigid, arctic, nipping, shivery, frozen, nonradioactive, unwarmed, luckless, snappy

    Synonyms:
    spicy, raging, red-hot, live, blistering

11. hotadjective

    very popular or successful

    «one of the hot young talents»; «cabbage patch dolls were hot last season»

    Antonyms:
    nipping, emotionless, bleak, snappy, acold, icy, unskilled, chilly, uncharged, cold, tasteless, arctic, inactive, unwarmed, slow, shivery, cool, pleasant, old, passionless, far, unpopular, unsexy, frozen, frore, unwanted, wintry, refrigerated, unheated, stale, glacial, polar, frosty, uneager, stone-cold, nonradioactive, nonviolent, rimed, crisp, gelid, algid, nippy, raw, ice-cold, luckless, bad, refrigerant, unlucky, frigorific, legal, refrigerating, cutting, heatless, frigid, rimy, parky

    Synonyms:
    spicy, raging, red-hot, live, blistering

12. hotadjective

    very unpleasant or even dangerous

    «make it hot for him»; «in the hot seat»; «in hot water»

    Antonyms:
    stale, frosty, cutting, gelid, nonviolent, wintry, unwanted, emotionless, frozen, bad, snappy, cold, unheated, cool, frigid, acold, frigorific, refrigerant, icy, unskilled, unsexy, ice-cold, raw, luckless, refrigerated, refrigerating, old, stone-cold, crisp, glacial, bleak, unpopular, rimy, uncharged, inactive, frore, shivery, arctic, nippy, uneager, rimed, algid, far, legal, unlucky, tasteless, passionless, nonradioactive, parky, nipping, unwarmed, pleasant, slow, heatless, chilly, polar

    Synonyms:
    spicy, raging, red-hot, live, blistering

13. hot, red-hotadjective

    newest or most recent

    «news hot off the press»; «red-hot information»

    Antonyms:
    far, cutting, wintry, cold, heatless, algid, refrigerant, unskilled, bleak, shivery, legal, unwanted, frosty, raw, unsexy, icy, chilly, glacial, frozen, unlucky, frigid, stone-cold, old, emotionless, luckless, uncharged, refrigerating, polar, frore, nipping, pleasant, arctic, nippy, unwarmed, refrigerated, gelid, acold, ice-cold, slow, parky, frigorific, passionless, nonradioactive, snappy, crisp, inactive, unheated, uneager, stale, rimy, bad, unpopular, tasteless, cool, nonviolent, rimed

    Synonyms:
    spicy, hot, luscious, blistering, raging, red-hot, sizzling, toothsome, live, juicy, voluptuous

14. hotadjective

    having or bringing unusually good luck

    «hot at craps»; «the dice are hot tonight»

    Antonyms:
    snappy, parky, acold, nonradioactive, frore, bleak, bad, glacial, polar, frigorific, heatless, uncharged, wintry, cutting, frozen, icy, frosty, tasteless, cold, slow, unwanted, ice-cold, pleasant, unpopular, emotionless, cool, arctic, inactive, frigid, algid, old, unlucky, rimed, unsexy, passionless, luckless, nonviolent, crisp, refrigerant, refrigerating, chilly, shivery, raw, nippy, stone-cold, unskilled, gelid, far, nipping, rimy, uneager, unheated, refrigerated, legal, stale, unwarmed

    Synonyms:
    spicy, raging, red-hot, live, blistering

15. hotadjective

    very good; often used in the negative

    «he’s hot at math but not so hot at history»

    Antonyms:
    gelid, uneager, bleak, frosty, emotionless, bad, ice-cold, icy, pleasant, shivery, far, unpopular, refrigerant, frigid, nipping, passionless, acold, unsexy, crisp, unwanted, arctic, refrigerated, unheated, frozen, algid, legal, old, parky, nonradioactive, polar, glacial, chilly, luckless, stone-cold, tasteless, uncharged, cold, unskilled, stale, unlucky, nippy, raw, slow, unwarmed, rimy, frigorific, rimed, heatless, wintry, inactive, frore, cutting, nonviolent, refrigerating, snappy, cool

    Synonyms:
    spicy, raging, red-hot, live, blistering

16. hotadjective

    newly made

    «a hot scent»

    Antonyms:
    ice-cold, snappy, glacial, unpopular, icy, luckless, frigorific, cold, acold, wintry, slow, polar, algid, frigid, frore, frosty, uneager, unwarmed, nippy, unlucky, unheated, pleasant, bleak, nipping, nonviolent, refrigerant, crisp, uncharged, arctic, chilly, rimy, shivery, unsexy, tasteless, passionless, frozen, cool, legal, stone-cold, inactive, old, unwanted, parky, gelid, stale, refrigerated, cutting, heatless, raw, rimed, bad, unskilled, nonradioactive, refrigerating, far, emotionless

    Synonyms:
    spicy, raging, red-hot, live, blistering

17. hotadjective

    having or showing great eagerness or enthusiasm

    «hot for travel»

    Antonyms:
    luckless, arctic, icy, bleak, parky, rimed, cutting, stone-cold, glacial, cool, bad, inactive, frore, unwanted, frosty, frigid, slow, gelid, chilly, cold, legal, far, old, shivery, snappy, wintry, nonviolent, nipping, rimy, unlucky, stale, refrigerating, heatless, frigorific, nonradioactive, passionless, tasteless, emotionless, unheated, ice-cold, uncharged, polar, refrigerated, acold, pleasant, algid, unwarmed, crisp, nippy, unsexy, unpopular, frozen, refrigerant, raw, uneager, unskilled

    Synonyms:
    spicy, raging, red-hot, live, blistering

18. hotadjective

    of a seeker; very near to the object sought

    «you are hot»

    Antonyms:
    ice-cold, nipping, unwanted, old, stone-cold, cutting, pleasant, stale, icy, crisp, refrigerant, rimed, rimy, tasteless, glacial, unsexy, chilly, shivery, unheated, luckless, uncharged, frosty, far, unlucky, arctic, slow, emotionless, raw, unpopular, algid, wintry, refrigerated, frozen, frigid, parky, snappy, nonradioactive, inactive, acold, unwarmed, heatless, cool, uneager, unskilled, gelid, cold, bad, bleak, frigorific, frore, legal, passionless, polar, nonviolent, nippy, refrigerating

    Synonyms:
    spicy, raging, red-hot, live, blistering

19. hotadjective

    having or dealing with dangerously high levels of radioactivity

    «hot fuel rods»; «a hot laboratory»

    Antonyms:
    luckless, icy, frosty, unheated, uneager, rimy, refrigerated, chilly, emotionless, nonviolent, unsexy, crisp, frigid, heatless, glacial, cold, cutting, gelid, acold, ice-cold, polar, snappy, legal, refrigerating, stale, pleasant, unskilled, tasteless, passionless, frozen, nippy, unlucky, wintry, stone-cold, inactive, bad, bleak, old, nipping, cool, parky, unwanted, frore, rimed, slow, nonradioactive, raw, algid, refrigerant, arctic, unpopular, uncharged, unwarmed, far, shivery, frigorific

    Synonyms:
    spicy, raging, red-hot, live, blistering

20. hot, liveadjective

    charged or energized with electricity

    «a hot wire»; «a live wire»

    Antonyms:
    unlucky, heatless, frosty, frigorific, uneager, unskilled, old, unheated, icy, unsexy, tasteless, ice-cold, glacial, refrigerated, cold, nipping, unwanted, legal, gelid, algid, frore, slow, acold, bad, unpopular, pleasant, rimed, unwarmed, far, stale, crisp, chilly, raw, frigid, nippy, arctic, parky, snappy, refrigerant, stone-cold, cool, shivery, nonviolent, inactive, cutting, emotionless, luckless, refrigerating, bleak, nonradioactive, frozen, polar, uncharged, passionless, wintry, rimy

    Synonyms:
    alive(p), hot, live(a), bouncy, blistering, raging, springy, red-hot, unrecorded, spicy, live, lively, alive, resilient

21. hotadjective

    marked by excited activity

    «a hot week on the stock market»

    Antonyms:
    icy, rimy, unpopular, uncharged, bad, parky, nipping, acold, unheated, arctic, cool, frigid, chilly, uneager, far, stone-cold, frosty, old, pleasant, cutting, cold, legal, luckless, refrigerating, snappy, glacial, frore, unskilled, bleak, nonviolent, nonradioactive, algid, emotionless, frozen, refrigerant, tasteless, wintry, heatless, gelid, frigorific, unsexy, rimed, refrigerated, unwarmed, passionless, shivery, ice-cold, unwanted, raw, polar, nippy, inactive, crisp, unlucky, stale, slow

    Synonyms:
    spicy, raging, red-hot, live, blistering

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1. hotadjective

   Synonyms:
   torrid, sultry, fiery, scalding, scorching, grilling, broiling, tropical, candent, vehement, passionate, irascible, fervid, ardent, piquant, pungent, acrid, spicy

How to use Hot in a sentence?

1. President Trump:

   As you know, Europe was just designated as the hot spot right now and we closed it.

2. Sun Qin:

   The merger of SNPTC and CPI is not hot air — the State Council has not yet formally approved it but the two sides intend to go through with it — but other mergers haven’t been put on the agenda yet.

3. Jeb Bush:

   I think there’s lots to do, and we’re beginning to realize the ‘reset button’ didn’t turn out so hot.

4. Charles Gerba:

   When you do your towels with a cold water wash it’s hard to get them really clean because they’re so thick, you’ve got to use hot water wash and dry it really well.

5. Caryn Dutton:

   We know that diet, sleep and exercise have a huge role, not only in most chronic illnesses but in helping to minimize symptoms around menopause transition. For example, exercise can reduce the severity of hot flashes.

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