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cool

adj · name · noun · verb · 38 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: ko͞ol
  • Received-Pronunciation: /kuːl/
  • US: /kul/
  • Scotland: /kʉl/
  • /kjɪul/ Local Dublin
  • /kjuːl/ Local Dublin
  • /kjeul/ working-class
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -uːl
  • homophone: call (fool–fall merger)
  • CMU ARPABET: K UW1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of a mildly low temperature.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I like cool weather the most 'cause it's not too hot to wear a jacket but I won't be too cold in my shorts.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chilly

Antonyms: lukewarm, tepid, warm

2

adj

Meaning 2

Allowing or suggesting heat relief.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Linen has made cool and breathable clothing for millennia.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Of a color, in the range of violet to green.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: warm

4

adj

Meaning 4

Not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Be cool. There's no need to panic.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: distant, phlegmatic, standoffish, unemotional

Antonyms: passionate

5

adj

Meaning 5

Unenthusiastic; lukewarm; skeptical.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • His proposals had a cool reception.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chilly, lukewarm, tepid

Antonyms: warm

6

adj

Meaning 6

Calmly audacious.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adj

Meaning 7

Applied facetiously to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

adj

Meaning 8

Knowing what to do and how to behave; behaving with effortless and enviable style and panache; considered popular by others.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: awkward, uncool

9

adj

Meaning 9

Fashionable; trendy; hip.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

Examples

  • 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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: à la mode, fashionable, in fashion, modish, stylish, happening, hip, in, trendy

Antonyms: démodé, old hat, out, out of fashion

10

adj

Meaning 10

All right; acceptable; good.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

Examples

  • Is it cool if I sleep here tonight?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: acceptable, all right, OK

Antonyms: not cricket, not on, unacceptable

11

adj

Meaning 11

Very interesting or exciting.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

Examples

  • I think astronomy is really cool.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: awesome, neat

Antonyms: none provided

12

adj

Meaning 12

Followed by with: able to tolerate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

Examples

  • I'm completely cool with my girlfriend leaving me.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: easy, fine, not bothered, not fussed

Antonyms: bothered, upset

13

adj

Meaning 13

Of a pair of people, Having good relations.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

Examples

  • We're cool, right?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

name

Meaning 14

Initialism of CLIPS Object-Oriented Language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

name

Meaning 15

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

name

Meaning 16

A surname.

Ellipsis of McCool; a surname from Irish, anglicized form of McCool.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

name

Meaning 17

A town in El Dorado County, California, United States; named for preacher Aaron Cool.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

name

Meaning 18

A town in Parker County, Texas, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

noun

Meaning 19

A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • in the cool of the morning

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

20

noun

Meaning 20

A calm temperament.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: calmness, composure

Antonyms: none provided

21

noun

Meaning 21

The property of being cool, popular or in fashion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

22

verb

Meaning 22

To lose heat, to get colder.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, literally

Examples

  • I like to let my tea cool before drinking it so I don't burn my tongue.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cool down

Antonyms: warm, warm up, heat, heat up

23

verb

Meaning 23

To make cooler, less warm.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: literally, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chill, cool down, refrigerate, deheat

Antonyms: warm, warm up, heat, heat up

24

verb

Meaning 24

To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, intransitive

Examples

  • Relations cooled between the USA and the USSR after 1980.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

25

verb

Meaning 25

To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

26

verb

Meaning 26

To kill, murder.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated, slang, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

27

verb

Meaning 27

To relax, hang out.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, slang

Qualifier: African-American Vernacular

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bool

Antonyms: none provided

28

adjective

Meaning 28

neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a cool autumn day
  • a cool room
  • cool summer dresses
  • cool drinks
  • a cool breeze

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: warm

29

adjective

Meaning 29

psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • relations were cool and polite
  • a cool reception
  • cool to the idea of higher taxes

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: warm

30

adjective

Meaning 30

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • cool greens and blues and violets

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: warm

31

adjective satellite

Meaning 31

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • play it cool
  • keep cool
  • stayed coolheaded in the crisis
  • the most nerveless winner in the history of the tournament

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: coolheaded, nerveless

Antonyms: none provided

32

adjective satellite

Meaning 32

fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or socially adept

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

33

adjective satellite

Meaning 33

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a cool million bucks

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

34

noun

Meaning 34

great coolness and composure under strain

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • keep your cool

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: aplomb, assuredness, poise, sang-froid

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: composure, calm, calmness, equanimity

35

noun

Meaning 35

the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the cool of early morning

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: coldness, cold, low temperature, frigidity, frigidness

36

verb

Meaning 36

loose heat

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chill, cool down

Antonyms: heat

Broader terms: change state, turn

37

verb

Meaning 37

lose intensity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • His enthusiasm cooled considerably

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cool off, cool down

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change

38

verb

Meaning 38

make cool or cooler

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Chill the food

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chill, cool down

Antonyms: heat

Broader terms: change, alter, modify

Narrower terms: quench, ice, refrigerate

History

Etymology

From Middle English cool, from Old English cōl (“cool, cold, tranquil, calm”), from Proto-West Germanic *kōl(ī), from Proto-Germanic *kōluz (“cool”), from *kalaną (“to be cold, to freeze”), Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to be cold, to freeze”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian kool, koul, kuul, kölj, kööl (“cold”), Saterland Frisian köil (“cool”), West Frisian koel (“cool”), Cimbrian khuul (“chilly, cool”), Dutch koel (“cool”), German kühl (“cool”), Low German köhl (“cool”), Luxembourgish kill (“cool”), Vilamovian kił (“cool”); also Latin gelū, gelum, gelus (“frost; chill, cold”), Belarusian хо́лад (xólad, “cold”), Bulgarian хлад (hlad, “chill, coolness”), Czech chlad (“cold”), Macedonian лад (lad, “shade; coolness”), Polish chłód (“cold”), Russian and Ukrainian хо́лод (xólod, “cold”), Serbo-Croatian хла̑д, hlȃd (“shade”), Sanskrit जड (jaḍa, “cold; stiff”), जल (jala, “water”). Related to cold.

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.

Across languages

Translations

506 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Southern Altai: серӱӱн (serüün) — having a slightly low temperature
  • Arabic: بَارِد (bārid) — having a slightly low temperature
  • Arabic: سقعان (saʔʕān) — having a slightly low temperature
  • Armenian: զով (zov) — having a slightly low temperature
  • Armenian: հով (hov) — having a slightly low temperature
  • Azerbaijani: sərin — having a slightly low temperature
  • Bashkir: һалҡын (halqın) — having a slightly low temperature
  • Belarusian: халаднава́ты (xaladnaváty) — having a slightly low temperature
  • Breton: fresk — having a slightly low temperature
  • Breton: sin — having a slightly low temperature
  • Burmese: အေး (e:) — having a slightly low temperature
  • Catalan: fred — having a slightly low temperature
  • Catalan: fresc — having a slightly low temperature
  • Chinese Cantonese: 涼 /凉 (loeng4) — having a slightly low temperature
  • Chinese Mandarin: 涼快 /凉快 (liángkuài) — having a slightly low temperature
  • Chinese Mandarin: 清涼 /清凉 (qīngliáng) — having a slightly low temperature
  • Czech: chladný — having a slightly low temperature
  • Danish: kølig — having a slightly low temperature
  • Dutch: koel — having a slightly low temperature
  • Dutch: fris — having a slightly low temperature
  • Esperanto: malvarmeta — having a slightly low temperature
  • Finnish: viileä — having a slightly low temperature
  • French: frais — having a slightly low temperature
  • Georgian: გრილი (grili) — having a slightly low temperature
  • German: kühl — having a slightly low temperature
  • Hebrew: צונן (tzonen) — having a slightly low temperature
  • Hebrew: קריר (karir) — having a slightly low temperature
  • Hungarian: hűvös — having a slightly low temperature
  • Icelandic: svalur — having a slightly low temperature
  • Ido: koldeta — having a slightly low temperature
  • Indonesian: sejuk — having a slightly low temperature
  • Ingrian: viiliä — having a slightly low temperature
  • Ingrian: siitiä — having a slightly low temperature
  • Interlingua: fresc — having a slightly low temperature
  • Interlingua: frigide — having a slightly low temperature
  • Italian: fresco — having a slightly low temperature
  • Italian: freddo — having a slightly low temperature
  • Japanese: 涼しい (suzushii) — having a slightly low temperature
  • Kashubian: chłodny — having a slightly low temperature
  • Korean: 쌀쌀하다 (ssalssalhada) — having a slightly low temperature
  • Korean: 시원하다 (siwonhada) — having a slightly low temperature
  • Central Kurdish: فێنک (fênik) — having a slightly low temperature
  • Northern Kurdish: hênik — having a slightly low temperature
  • Northern Kurdish: hîn — having a slightly low temperature
  • Northern Kurdish: fênik — having a slightly low temperature
  • Kyrgyz: серүүн (serüün) — having a slightly low temperature
  • Latin: frigidulus — having a slightly low temperature
  • Latvian: vēss — having a slightly low temperature
  • Māori: mātaotao — having a slightly low temperature
  • Māori: mātao — having a slightly low temperature
  • Māori: kōangi — having a slightly low temperature
  • Māori: hauangi — having a slightly low temperature
  • Māori: pūangiangi — having a slightly low temperature
  • Māori: pūangi — having a slightly low temperature
  • Māori: kōtao — having a slightly low temperature
  • Marathi: थंड (thaṇḍa) — having a slightly low temperature
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kjølig — having a slightly low temperature
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sval — having a slightly low temperature
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kjølig — having a slightly low temperature
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sval — having a slightly low temperature
  • Occitan: fresc — having a slightly low temperature
  • Persian: خنک (xonak) — having a slightly low temperature
  • Polish: chłodny — having a slightly low temperature
  • Portuguese: fresco — having a slightly low temperature
  • Romanian: friguros — having a slightly low temperature
  • Romansh: frestg — having a slightly low temperature
  • Romansh: fraid — having a slightly low temperature
  • Russian: прохла́дный (proxládnyj) — having a slightly low temperature
  • Russian: холоднова́тый (xolodnovátyj) — having a slightly low temperature
  • Scottish Gaelic: fionnar — having a slightly low temperature
  • Slovak: chladný — having a slightly low temperature
  • Slovak: mierne chladný — having a slightly low temperature
  • Slovak: svieži — having a slightly low temperature
  • Lower Sorbian: chłodny — having a slightly low temperature
  • Spanish: fresco — having a slightly low temperature
  • Spanish: friito — having a slightly low temperature
  • Spanish: friecito — having a slightly low temperature
  • Swedish: sval — having a slightly low temperature
  • Thai: เย็น (yen) — having a slightly low temperature
  • Tupinambá: ro'ysang — having a slightly low temperature
  • Turkish: serin — having a slightly low temperature
  • Ottoman Turkish: سرین (serin) — having a slightly low temperature
  • Ottoman Turkish: قریر (karir) — having a slightly low temperature
  • Ukrainian: прохоло́дний (proxolódnyj) — having a slightly low temperature
  • Vietnamese: mát — having a slightly low temperature
  • Vietnamese: mát mẻ — having a slightly low temperature
  • Yiddish: קיל (kil) — having a slightly low temperature
  • Dutch: koel — allowing or suggesting heat relief
  • Dutch: verkoelend — allowing or suggesting heat relief
  • Dutch: verkwikkend — allowing or suggesting heat relief
  • Esperanto: malvarmiga — allowing or suggesting heat relief
  • Finnish: viileä — allowing or suggesting heat relief
  • Hungarian: hűs — allowing or suggesting heat relief
  • Hungarian: hűsítő — allowing or suggesting heat relief
  • Italian: termico — allowing or suggesting heat relief
  • Italian: fresco — allowing or suggesting heat relief
  • Italian: leggero — allowing or suggesting heat relief
  • Polish: chłodny — allowing or suggesting heat relief
  • Portuguese: frio — allowing or suggesting heat relief
  • Slovak: chladný — allowing or suggesting heat relief
  • Slovak: svieži — allowing or suggesting heat relief
  • Slovak: chladivý — allowing or suggesting heat relief
  • Spanish: frío — allowing or suggesting heat relief
  • Catalan: fred — not showing emotion, calm
  • Chinese Mandarin: 酷 (kù) — not showing emotion, calm
  • Danish: kold — not showing emotion, calm
  • Dutch: kil — not showing emotion, calm
  • Dutch: kalm (pjes) — not showing emotion, calm
  • Dutch: koel (tjes) — not showing emotion, calm
  • Esperanto: trankvila — not showing emotion, calm
  • Esperanto: serena — not showing emotion, calm
  • Esperanto: flegma — not showing emotion, calm
  • Finnish: viileä — not showing emotion, calm
  • Finnish: hillitty — not showing emotion, calm
  • Finnish: rauhallinen — not showing emotion, calm
  • Finnish: kylmähermoinen — not showing emotion, calm
  • Finnish: tyyni — not showing emotion, calm
  • Georgian: გულგრილი (gulgrili) — not showing emotion, calm
  • Georgian: მშვიდი (mšvidi) — not showing emotion, calm
  • German: cool — not showing emotion, calm
  • German: kalt — not showing emotion, calm
  • Hungarian: szenvtelen — not showing emotion, calm
  • Hungarian: nyugodt — not showing emotion, calm
  • Irish: réidh — not showing emotion, calm
  • Italian: tranquillo — not showing emotion, calm
  • Italian: calmo — not showing emotion, calm
  • Italian: imperturbabile — not showing emotion, calm
  • Italian: freddo — not showing emotion, calm
  • Macedonian: ла́ден (láden) — not showing emotion, calm
  • Macedonian: нево́збуден (nevózbuden) — not showing emotion, calm
  • Macedonian: ладно́крвен (ladnókrven) — not showing emotion, calm
  • Norwegian: kald — not showing emotion, calm
  • Norwegian: rolig — not showing emotion, calm
  • Norwegian: behersket — not showing emotion, calm
  • Polish: opanowany — not showing emotion, calm
  • Polish: spokojny — not showing emotion, calm
  • Portuguese: tranquilo — not showing emotion, calm
  • Russian: хладнокро́вный (xladnokróvnyj) — not showing emotion, calm
  • Russian: невозмути́мый (nevozmutímyj) — not showing emotion, calm
  • Scottish Gaelic: fionnar — not showing emotion, calm
  • Serbo-Croatian: kul — not showing emotion, calm
  • Serbo-Croatian: hladan — not showing emotion, calm
  • Slovak: pokojný — not showing emotion, calm
  • Spanish: tranquilo — not showing emotion, calm
  • Spanish: sereno — not showing emotion, calm
  • Swedish: kylig — not showing emotion, calm
  • Swedish: lugn — not showing emotion, calm
  • Turkish: soğukkanlı — not showing emotion, calm
  • Turkish: sakin — not showing emotion, calm
  • Chinese Mandarin: 沉著 /沉着 (chénzhuó) — unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical
  • Danish: kølig — unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical
  • Dutch: kil — unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical
  • Dutch: koel — unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical
  • Dutch: lauw — unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical
  • Dutch: onentoesiast — unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical
  • Esperanto: malvarmeta — unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical
  • Finnish: viileä — unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical
  • Georgian: გულგრილი (gulgrili) — unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical
  • German: kühl — unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical
  • Hungarian: közömbös — unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical
  • Irish: fuarchúiseach — unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical
  • Irish: doicheallach — unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical
  • Italian: distaccato — unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical
  • Italian: indifferente — unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical
  • Italian: scettico — unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical
  • Macedonian: рамно́душен (ramnódušen) — unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical
  • Macedonian: млак (mlak) — unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical
  • Norwegian: kald — unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical
  • Norwegian: behersket — unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical
  • Norwegian: reservert — unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical
  • Polish: chłodny — unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical
  • Portuguese: frio — unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical
  • Russian: прохла́дный (proxládnyj) — unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical
  • Russian: холо́дный (xolódnyj) — unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical
  • Russian: равноду́шный (ravnodúšnyj) — unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical
  • Scottish Gaelic: fionnar — unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical
  • Serbo-Croatian: mlak — unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical
  • Serbo-Croatian: ravnodušan — unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical
  • Slovak: chladný — unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical
  • Slovak: vlažný — unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical
  • Spanish: apacible — unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical
  • Swedish: sval — unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical
  • Swedish: kylig — unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical
  • Dutch: stoer — calmly audacious
  • Finnish: rohkea — calmly audacious
  • Hungarian: laza — calmly audacious
  • Hungarian: bevállalós — calmly audacious
  • Italian: intrepido — calmly audacious
  • Italian: fantastico — calmly audacious
  • Macedonian: др́зок (dŕzok) — calmly audacious
  • Navajo: sxih — calmly audacious
  • Russian: де́рзкий (dérzkij) — calmly audacious
  • Serbo-Croatian: drzak — calmly audacious
  • American Sign Language: 5@Chest-ThumbBack Wiggle — colloquial: of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave in any situation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 冷靜 /冷静 (lěngjìng) — colloquial: of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave in any situation
  • Danish: cool — colloquial: of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave in any situation
  • Danish: koldblodig — colloquial: of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave in any situation
  • Dutch: koelbloedig — colloquial: of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave in any situation
  • Dutch: (ijzig) kalm — colloquial: of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave in any situation
  • Dutch: beheerst — colloquial: of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave in any situation
  • Dutch: zelfzeker — colloquial: of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave in any situation
  • Esperanto: mojosa — colloquial: of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave in any situation
  • Esperanto: malaĉa — colloquial: of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave in any situation
  • Finnish: siisti — colloquial: of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave in any situation
  • Finnish: upea — colloquial: of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave in any situation
  • German: cool — colloquial: of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave in any situation
  • Hebrew: מגניב — colloquial: of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave in any situation
  • Hungarian: belevaló — colloquial: of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave in any situation
  • Italian: figo — colloquial: of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave in any situation
  • Italian: disinvolto — colloquial: of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave in any situation
  • Italian: sicuro di se — colloquial: of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave in any situation
  • Italian: in gamba — colloquial: of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave in any situation
  • Norwegian: rolig — colloquial: of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave in any situation
  • Norwegian: behersket — colloquial: of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave in any situation
  • Polish: kozak — colloquial: of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave in any situation
  • Polish: chwat — colloquial: of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave in any situation
  • Portuguese: fixe — colloquial: of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave in any situation
  • Portuguese: legal — colloquial: of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave in any situation
  • Portuguese: massa — colloquial: of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave in any situation
  • Russian: круто́й (krutój) — colloquial: of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave in any situation
  • Serbo-Croatian: kul — colloquial: of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave in any situation
  • Spanish: estupendo — colloquial: of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave in any situation
  • Spanish: genial — colloquial: of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave in any situation
  • American Sign Language: 5@Chest-ThumbBack Wiggle — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Bengali: জোস (jōs) — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Bulgarian: го́тин (gótin) — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Chinese Mandarin: 酷 (kù) — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Chinese Mandarin: 棒 (bàng) — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Danish: cool — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Dutch: cool — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Esperanto: mojosa — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Esperanto: malaĉa — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Faroese: kulur — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Finnish: siisti — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Finnish: makee — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • French: chouette — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • German: cool — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • German: geil — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Hungarian: menő — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Hungarian: király — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Hungarian: vagány — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Hungarian: baró — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Hungarian: zsír — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Hungarian: klassz — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Hungarian: dögös — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Hungarian: állat — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Indonesian: keren — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Italian: ganzo — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Japanese: クール (kūru) — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Japanese: 素敵 (suteki) — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Japanese: すごい (sugoi) — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Japanese: モテる (moteru) — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Japanese: 格好いい (kakkoii) — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Korean: 멋있다 (meositda) — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Korean: 멋지다 (meotjida) — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Korean: 훌륭하다 (hullyunghada) — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Norwegian: cool — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Norwegian: populær — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Polish: fajny — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Portuguese: bacana — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Portuguese: descolado — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Russian: круто́й (krutój) — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Russian: клёвый (kljóvyj) — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Russian: кла́ссный (klássnyj) — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Russian: потря́сный (potrjásnyj) — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Russian: потряса́ющий (potrjasájuščij) — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Serbo-Croatian: kul — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Spanish: genial — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Spanish: guay — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Spanish: bacán — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Spanish: chévere — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Spanish: cool — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Swedish: cool — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Swedish: poppis — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Swedish: häftig — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Swedish: fet — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Swedish: schysst — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • Thai: เจ๋ง (jěng) — colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others
  • American Sign Language: 5@Chest-ThumbBack Wiggle — colloquial: in fashion
  • Bengali: জোস (jōs) — colloquial: in fashion
  • Catalan: guai — colloquial: in fashion
  • Chinese Mandarin: 酷 (kù) — colloquial: in fashion
  • Chinese Mandarin: 棒 (bàng) — colloquial: in fashion
  • Chinese Mandarin: 厲害 /利害 /厉害 (lìhai) — colloquial: in fashion
  • Czech: skvělý — colloquial: in fashion
  • Dutch: cool — colloquial: in fashion
  • Dutch: in — colloquial: in fashion
  • Dutch: hip — colloquial: in fashion
  • Dutch: blits — colloquial: in fashion
  • Esperanto: mojosa — colloquial: in fashion
  • Esperanto: laŭmoda — colloquial: in fashion
  • Faroese: kulur — colloquial: in fashion
  • Finnish: cool — colloquial: in fashion
  • French: cool — colloquial: in fashion
  • Georgian: მოდური (moduri) — colloquial: in fashion
  • Georgian: ძერსკი (ʒersḳi) — colloquial: in fashion
  • German: cool — colloquial: in fashion
  • Hebrew: מגניב — colloquial: in fashion
  • Hungarian: menő — colloquial: in fashion
  • Hungarian: divatos — colloquial: in fashion
  • Icelandic: töff — colloquial: in fashion
  • Irish: cúl — colloquial: in fashion
  • Irish: cúileach — colloquial: in fashion
  • Irish: fionnuar — colloquial: in fashion
  • Italian: figo — colloquial: in fashion
  • Japanese: クール (kūru) — colloquial: in fashion
  • Japanese: 素敵 (suteki) — colloquial: in fashion
  • Japanese: すごい (sugoi) — colloquial: in fashion
  • Japanese: 格好いい (kakkoii) — colloquial: in fashion
  • Korean: 멋있다 (meositda) — colloquial: in fashion
  • Korean: 쿨하다 (kulhada) — colloquial: in fashion
  • Norwegian: stilig — colloquial: in fashion
  • Norwegian: cool — colloquial: in fashion
  • Norwegian: kul — colloquial: in fashion
  • Portuguese: descolado — colloquial: in fashion
  • Portuguese: bacana — colloquial: in fashion
  • Russian: круто́й (krutój) — colloquial: in fashion
  • Russian: клёвый (kljóvyj) — colloquial: in fashion
  • Russian: кла́ссный (klássnyj) — colloquial: in fashion
  • Russian: потря́сный (potrjásnyj) — colloquial: in fashion
  • Russian: потряса́ющий (potrjasájuščij) — colloquial: in fashion
  • Russian: мо́дный (módnyj) — colloquial: in fashion
  • Serbo-Croatian: kul — colloquial: in fashion
  • Spanish: guay — colloquial: in fashion
  • Spanish: bacán — colloquial: in fashion
  • Spanish: bacano — colloquial: in fashion
  • Spanish: bárbaro — colloquial: in fashion
  • Spanish: bravazo — colloquial: in fashion
  • Spanish: cachilupi — colloquial: in fashion
  • Spanish: chévere — colloquial: in fashion
  • Spanish: chido — colloquial: in fashion
  • Spanish: chilero — colloquial: in fashion
  • Spanish: chilo — colloquial: in fashion
  • Spanish: chiva — colloquial: in fashion
  • Spanish: chivo — colloquial: in fashion
  • Spanish: choro — colloquial: in fashion
  • Spanish: dabuten — colloquial: in fashion
  • Spanish: fetén — colloquial: in fashion
  • Spanish: fino — colloquial: in fashion
  • Spanish: lindo — colloquial: in fashion
  • Spanish: machete — colloquial: in fashion
  • Spanish: mostro — colloquial: in fashion
  • Spanish: nota — colloquial: in fashion
  • Spanish: padre — colloquial: in fashion
  • Spanish: pavo — colloquial: in fashion
  • Spanish: pura vida — colloquial: in fashion
  • Spanish: suave — colloquial: in fashion
  • Spanish: tuanis — colloquial: in fashion
  • Spanish: piola — colloquial: in fashion
  • Spanish: paja — colloquial: in fashion
  • Spanish: cul — colloquial: in fashion
  • Spanish: pulento — colloquial: in fashion
  • Spanish: tuani — colloquial: in fashion
  • Spanish: supicucú — colloquial: in fashion
  • Spanish: supicucu — colloquial: in fashion
  • Spanish: dabute — colloquial: in fashion
  • Spanish: shido — colloquial: in fashion
  • Spanish: cool — colloquial: in fashion
  • Swedish: stilig — colloquial: in fashion
  • American Sign Language: 5@Chest Wiggle — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • Catalan: guai — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • Chinese Mandarin: 很棒 (hěn bàng) — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • Chinese Mandarin: 沒事 /没事 (méishì) — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不錯 /不错 (bùcuò) — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • Czech: v pořádku — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • Czech: ok — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • Danish: ok — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • Danish: fint — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • Dutch: aanvaardbaar — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • Dutch: acceptabel — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • Dutch: in orde — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • Dutch: okee — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • Dutch: patabel — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • Esperanto: en ordo — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • Esperanto: akceptebla — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • Finnish: okei — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • Finnish: ookoo — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • French: cool — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • Georgian: მოსულა (mosula) — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • German: in Ordnung — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • German: ganz Recht — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • German: alles klar — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • German: akzeptabel — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • Hebrew: סבבה (sababa) — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • Hungarian: belefér — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • Hungarian: nem gáz — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • Hungarian: nem gond — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • Indonesian: keren — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • Italian: a posto — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • Italian: accettabile — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • Macedonian: во ред (vo red) — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • Macedonian: може (može) — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • Norwegian: grei — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • Norwegian: ok — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • Polish: fajny — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • Portuguese: aceitável — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • Russian: в поря́дке (v porjádke) — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • Russian: норма́льный (normálʹnyj) — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • Russian: ничего́ (ničevó) — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • Serbo-Croatian: kul — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • Slovak: v poriadku — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • Slovak: okej — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • Swedish: ok — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • Swedish: schysst — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • Swedish: bra — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • Swedish: fin — colloquial: all right, acceptable
  • Catalan: tranqui — colloquial: not upset
  • Chinese Mandarin: 平息 (píngxí) — colloquial: not upset
  • Danish: rolig — colloquial: not upset
  • Dutch: kalm — colloquial: not upset
  • Dutch: bedaard — colloquial: not upset
  • Dutch: rustig — colloquial: not upset
  • Dutch: beheerst — colloquial: not upset
  • Esperanto: trankvila — colloquial: not upset
  • Finnish: tyyni — colloquial: not upset
  • German: kühl — colloquial: not upset
  • German: cool — colloquial: not upset
  • Hungarian: nem bánja — colloquial: not upset
  • Hungarian: szent a béke — colloquial: not upset
  • Italian: tranquillo — colloquial: not upset
  • Italian: calmo — colloquial: not upset
  • Italian: imperturbabile — colloquial: not upset
  • Macedonian: спо́коен (spókoen) — colloquial: not upset
  • Macedonian: нево́збуден (nevózbuden) — colloquial: not upset
  • Norwegian: rolig — colloquial: not upset
  • Norwegian: behersket — colloquial: not upset
  • Portuguese: de boa — colloquial: not upset
  • Russian: невозмути́мый (nevozmutímyj) — colloquial: not upset
  • Russian: споко́йный (spokójnyj) — colloquial: not upset
  • Scottish Gaelic: fionnar — colloquial: not upset
  • Serbo-Croatian: kul — colloquial: not upset
  • Serbo-Croatian: hladan — colloquial: not upset
  • Esperanto: malvarmeto — moderate temperature
  • Finnish: viileys — moderate temperature
  • French: frais — moderate temperature
  • Italian: fresco — moderate temperature
  • Latvian: vēsums — moderate temperature
  • Polish: chłód — moderate temperature
  • Russian: прохла́да (proxláda) — moderate temperature
  • Serbo-Croatian: svjež — moderate temperature
  • Bulgarian: хладнокръвие (hladnokrǎvie) — calm temperament
  • Esperanto: flegmo — calm temperament
  • Finnish: tyyneys — calm temperament
  • French: calme — calm temperament
  • French: sang-froid — calm temperament
  • Greek: ψυχραιμία (psychraimía) — calm temperament
  • Italian: posato — calm temperament
  • Italian: calmo — calm temperament
  • Latvian: aukstasinība — calm temperament
  • Russian: хладнокро́вие (xladnokróvije) — calm temperament
  • Serbo-Croatian: hladnokrvnost — calm temperament
  • Arabic: يُبَرِّد (yubarrid) — to make colder (literally)
  • Arabic: يبرد (yebárrad) — to make colder (literally)
  • Bulgarian: изстудявам (izstudjavam) — to make colder (literally)
  • Dutch: afkoelen — to make colder (literally)
  • Dutch: bekoelen — to make colder (literally)
  • Dutch: koelen — to make colder (literally)
  • Dutch: verkoelen — to make colder (literally)
  • Dutch: (mildy) verfrissen — to make colder (literally)
  • Dutch: verkillen — to make colder (literally)
  • Esperanto: malvarmigi — to make colder (literally)
  • Finnish: jäähdyttää — to make colder (literally)
  • French: refroidir — to make colder (literally)
  • French: rafraichir — to make colder (literally)
  • Ancient Greek: ψύγω (psúgō) — to make colder (literally)
  • Irish: fuaraigh — to make colder (literally)
  • Māori: whakamātao — to make colder (literally)
  • Norman: fraidgi — to make colder (literally)
  • Polish: chłodzić — to make colder (literally)
  • Polish: schłodzić — to make colder (literally)
  • Quechua: chiriyachiy — to make colder (literally)
  • Russian: остужа́ть (ostužátʹ) — to make colder (literally)
  • Russian: остуди́ть (ostudítʹ) — to make colder (literally)
  • Scottish Gaelic: fuaraich — to make colder (literally)
  • Slovak: ochladiť — to make colder (literally)
  • Slovak: chladiť — to make colder (literally)
  • Turkish: serinletmek — to make colder (literally)
  • Turkish: soğutmak — to make colder (literally)
  • Turkmen: sowatmak — to make colder (literally)
  • Welsh: oeri — to make colder (literally)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 冷淡 (lěngdàn) — to become less intense, e.g. less amicable
  • Dutch: afkoelen — to become less intense, e.g. less amicable
  • Dutch: bekoelen — to become less intense, e.g. less amicable
  • Dutch: verkoelen — to become less intense, e.g. less amicable
  • Dutch: verkillen — to become less intense, e.g. less amicable
  • Finnish: viilentyä — to become less intense, e.g. less amicable
  • German: abkühlen — to become less intense, e.g. less amicable
  • Norwegian: hardne — to become less intense, e.g. less amicable
  • Russian: остыва́ть (ostyvátʹ) — to become less intense, e.g. less amicable
  • Russian: осты́ть (ostýtʹ) — to become less intense, e.g. less amicable
  • Russian: успока́иваться (uspokáivatʹsja) — to become less intense, e.g. less amicable
  • Russian: успоко́иться (uspokóitʹsja) — to become less intense, e.g. less amicable
  • Russian: охладева́ть (oxladevátʹ) — to become less intense, e.g. less amicable
  • Russian: охладе́ть (oxladétʹ) — to become less intense, e.g. less amicable
  • Slovak: upokojiť sa — to become less intense, e.g. less amicable
  • Slovak: upokojovať sa — to become less intense, e.g. less amicable
  • Swedish: svalna — to become less intense, e.g. less amicable
  • Dutch: afkoelen — to make less intense, e.g. less amicable
  • Dutch: koelen — to make less intense, e.g. less amicable
  • Dutch: verkoelen — to make less intense, e.g. less amicable
  • Dutch: verkillen — to make less intense, e.g. less amicable
  • Finnish: viilentää — to make less intense, e.g. less amicable
  • Russian: охлажда́ть (oxlaždátʹ) — to make less intense, e.g. less amicable
  • Russian: охлади́ть (oxladítʹ) — to make less intense, e.g. less amicable
  • Slovak: upokojiť — to make less intense, e.g. less amicable
  • Slovak: upokojovať — to make less intense, e.g. less amicable