cool
adjective
1. neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
- a cool autumn day
- a cool room
- cool summer dresses
Similar word(s): cold, caller, precooled
2. marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional
- play it cool
- keep cool
- stayed coolheaded in the crisis
Similar word(s): composed, coolheaded, nerveless
3. inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets when referring to color
- cool greens and blues and violets
- the cool sound of rushing water
Similar word(s): cold
4. 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
Similar word(s): unagitated, unemotional, unfriendly, cold, unresponsive
5. being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
Similar word(s): satisfactory, fine, ok, okay
6. used of a quantity or amount (especially of money) for emphasis
- a cool million bucks
Similar word(s): unqualified
7. 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
Similar word(s): fashionable, stylish
Sentences with cool as an adjective:
- a cool grey colour
- His proposals had a cool reception.
- In control as always, he came up with a cool plan.
- Is it cool if I sleep here tonight?
- Ok, that's cool man, but I don't care.
- Cool story bro.
- I'm completely cool about my girlfriend leaving me.
noun
1. the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature
- the cool of early morning
Definition categories: attribute, cold, coldness, frigidity, frigidness
2. great coolness and composure under strain
- keep your cool
Similar word(s): aplomb, assuredness, poise
Definition categories: attribute, calm, calmness, composure, equanimity
Sentences with cool as a noun:
- in the cool of the morning
verb
1. make cool or cooler
Similar word(s): chill
Definition categories: change, alter, modify
2. loose heat
- The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm
Similar word(s): chill
Definition categories: change, turn
3. lose intensity
- His enthusiasm cooled considerably
Definition categories: change
Sentences with cool as a verb:
- I like to let my tea cool before drinking it so I don't burn my tongue.
- Relations cooled between the USA and the USSR after 1980.