cool

Meaning

Adj

1. Of a mildly low temperature.
2. Allowing or suggesting heat relief.
3. Of a color, in the range of violet to green.
4. Not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.
5. Unenthusiastic; lukewarm; skeptical.
6. Calmly audacious.
7. Applied facetiously to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.
8. (informal) Knowing what to do and how to behave; behaving with effortless and enviable style and panache; considered popular by others.
9. (informal) Fashionable; trendy; hip.
10. (informal) All right; acceptable; good.
11. (informal) Very interesting or exciting.
12. (informal) Followed by with, able to tolerate.
13. (informal) Of a pair of people, Having good relations.

Noun

1. (uncountable) A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.
2. (uncountable) A calm temperament.
3. (uncountable) The property of being cool, popular or in fashion.

Verb

1. (intransitive, literally) To lose heat, to get colder.
2. (literally, transitive) To make cooler, less warm.
3. (figuratively, intransitive) To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
4. (figuratively, transitive) To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
5. (dated, slang, transitive) To kill, murder.
6. (intransitive, slang) To relax, hang out.

Opposite of

lukewarm, tepid, warm, passionate, awkward, uncool, démodé, old hat, out, out of fashion, not cricket, not on, unacceptable, bothered, upset, warm#Verb, warm up, heat#Verb, heat up

Synonyms

cold

🥶

chilly

chill

cool down

fresh

calm

coolness

frigid

refrigerate

stylish

composed

freshness

refreshing

unruffled

indifferent

icy

frosty

great

cool off

heal

poise

become cool

good-looking

freezing

coldness

dispassionate

cure

imperturbable

coolheaded

composure

wet

awesome

make cold

attractive

freeze

sang-froid

cold-blooded

pleasant

refresh

neat

nonchalant

fantastic

patient

calmness

be cold

aplomb

fashionable

lukewarm

callous

apathetic

Translations

frais

refroidir

fresco

abkühlen

fresco

kühl

🆒

cool

🆒

kühlen

🆒

raffreddare

enfriar

🆒

cool

🆒

froid

🥶

koel

🥶

se refroidir

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kuːl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: cool

Inherited from Old English: cōl

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: köil

Cognate with Western Frisian: koel

Cognate with Dutch: koel

Cognate with Limburgish: kool

Cognate with German: kühl

Inherited from Middle English: colen

Inherited from Old English: cōlian

Cognate with Dutch: koelen

Cognate with German: kühlen

Cognate with Swedish: kyla

Inherited from Middle English: kelen

Inherited from Old English: cēlan

In summary

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.

Sentences

At some high hill passes the range provides cool sites appropriate for vineyards .