Synonyms of chill

chill 1 of 3

adjective

1

as in icy

lacking in friendliness or warmth of feeling

were met with a chill gaze when they arrived home late from the party

Synonyms & Similar Words

• icy
• chilly
• cold
• frigid
• cool
• arctic
• brittle
• frozen
• reserved
• wintry
• frosty
• clammy
• glacial
• wintery
• unfriendly
• detached
• coldish
• gelid
• antiseptic
• unsympathetic
• uncordial
• cold-blooded
• hard-eyed
• cold-eyed
• pitiless
• uncaring
• heartless
• unemotional
• soulless
• unfeeling
• aloof
• unresponsive
• indifferent
• undemonstrative
• bloodless
• coldhearted
• impersonal
• uninterested
• apathetic
• dispassionate
• standoffish
• antisocial
• unenthusiastic
• offish
• unsocial
• kindless
• unsociable
• hard-hearted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• warm
• happy
• sympathetic
• friendly
• cordial
• hearty
• genial
• kind
• emotional
• compassionate
• warm-blooded
• expressive
• warmhearted
• eager
• enthusiastic
• demonstrative
• passionate
• kindhearted

2

as in chilling

uncomfortably cool

this chill weather is making my teeth chatter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chilling
• chilly
• bitter
• bleak
• cold
• frigid
• brisk
• freezing
• icy
• nippy
• raw
• crisp
• sharp
• arctic
• bracing
• nipping
• frosty
• wintry
• ice-cold
• glacial
• numbing
• polar
• rigorous
• wintery
• invigorating
• coolish
• shivery
• frozen
• subzero
• iced
• refrigerated
• snappy
• frosted
• unheated
• subfreezing
• frore

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• warm
• balmy
• lukewarm
• tepid
• heated
• warmed

3

as in freezing

having a low or subnormal temperature

no one should be coatless on a chill night as this

Synonyms & Similar Words

• freezing
• chilly
• cold
• icy
• frigid
• cool
• chilled
• arctic
• frosty
• ice-cold
• wintery
• wintry
• shivery
• numbing
• glacial
• cooled
• brisk
• bitter
• polar
• gelid
• coolish
• nippy
• coldish
• bone-chilling
• algid
• snappy
• crisp
• nipping
• subzero
• cryogenic
• penetrating
• subfreezing
• bracing
• frozen
• ultracold
• iced
• piercing
• cutting
• refrigerated
• keen
• sharp
• rigorous
• frosted
• unheated
• invigorating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hot
• warming
• boiling
• burning
• seething
• sweltering
• fiery
• molten
• igneous
• searing
• ardent
• broiling
• sultry
• fervent
• warm
• sizzling
• torrid
• fervid
• lukewarm
• blazing
• white-hot
• tepid
• red-hot
• glowing
• piping hot
• roasting
• heated
• warmed
• scorching
• scalding
• overheated
• reheated
• ultrahot
• snug
• feverish
• tropical
• inflamed
• steamy
• toasty
• flushed
• muggy
• equatorial
• summery
• enflamed
• canicular

4

as in dark

causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer

the house's design may be cutting-edge, but it has a chill sterility about it that is anything but homey

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dark
• lonely
• bleak
• darkening
• somber
• depressive
• cold
• depressing
• desolate
• lonesome
• grey
• murky
• solemn
• gray
• morbid
• black
• blue
• miserable
• depressed
• sombre
• gloomy
• sullen
• sad
• cheerless
• cloudy
• morose
• wretched
• dreary
• funereal
• oppressive
• sepulchral
• drear
• glum
• melancholy
• disconsolate
• saturnine
• elegiac
• lugubrious
• dismal
• comfortless
• forlorn
• dire
• elegiacal
• plutonian
• desperate
• dreich
• sunless
• Cimmerian
• godforsaken
• tenebrous
• unhappy
• tenebrific
• melancholic
• down
• dull
• negative
• low
• dim
• dejected
• mournful
• discouraging
• hopeless
• menacing
• hangdog
• inconsolable
• grim
• mirthless
• discomfiting
• woebegone
• distressing
• droopy
• despondent
• upsetting
• dispiriting
• disheartening
• woeful
• distressful
• dismaying
• pessimistic
• sorrowful
• plaintive
• threatening
• drab
• lamentable
• colorless
• dour
• lowering
• louring
• loury
• lowery

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• friendly
• bright
• cheerful
• festive
• comforting
• gay
• cordial
• cheery
• sunshiny
• merry
• jolly
• gay
• joyous
• buoyant
• joyful
• blithe
• mirthful
• encouraging
• optimistic
• cheering
• hopeful
• heartwarming
• blithesome
• jocund
• lighthearted
• lightsome

chill

2 of 3

noun

ˈchil 

as in chilliness

an uncomfortable degree of coolness

there's a chill in the air, so you'd better wear a sweater

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chilliness
• bitterness
• cold
• coldness
• bite
• bleakness
• nip
• crispness
• freeze
• rawness
• sharpness
• nippiness
• briskness
• iciness
• frigidity
• frigidness
• frostiness
• wintriness
• gelidity
• snap

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• warmth
• warmness
• heat
• balminess
• hotness
• sultriness

chill

3 of 3

verb

1

as in to freeze

to cause to lose heat

chill the gelatin for two hours, until it sets

Synonyms & Similar Words

• freeze
• cool
• refrigerate
• frost
• ice
• ventilate
• quick-freeze
• air-condition
• supercool

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• heat
• warm
• steam
• toast
• bake
• boil
• temper
• microwave
• broil
• heat-treat

2

as in to relax

to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety

you want to hang out with us and just chill this weekend?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• relax
• rest
• unwind
• decompress
• wind down
• chill out
• loosen up
• hang loose
• mellow (out)
• bask
• de-stress
• compose
• settle
• calm
• lounge
• cool
• unbend
• comfort
• repose
• laze
• bum
• alleviate
• relieve
• idle
• vegetate
• loll
• hang (around or out)
• kick back
• quiet
• ease
• hack (around)
• dawdle
• goof (off)
• drone
• loaf
• veg out
• zone out
• footle
• dillydally
• dally

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tense (up)

3

as in to discourage

to lessen the courage or confidence of

investors chilled by the floundering economy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• discourage
• frustrate
• intimidate
• scare
• daunt
• frighten
• unnerve
• worry
• dishearten
• bother
• throw cold water on
• demoralize
• dispirit
• trouble
• dismay
• try
• cow
• unman
• weigh
• afflict
• distress
• horrify
• browbeat
• bully
• damp
• depress
• weaken
• deaden
• dampen
• undermine
• sadden
• debilitate
• irk
• vex
• enfeeble

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nerve
• steel
• encourage
• cheer
• enforce
• strengthen
• reinforce
• enliven
• hearten
• assure
• embolden
• animate
• fortify
• stir
• reassure
• stimulate
• gladden
• invigorate
• lift
• buoy (up)
• provoke
• inspire
• energize
• excite
• boost
• quicken
• reenforce
• rally
• galvanize

4

as in to lazy

to spend time doing nothing

instead of going out tonight, let's stay in and chill

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lazy
• relax
• lounge
• rest
• laze
• bum
• stroll
• idle
• play
• kill time
• hack (around)
• hang (around or out)
• goof (off)
• dawdle
• veg out
• kick back
• loaf
• loll
• poke
• drone
• hang about
• dillydally
• linger
• muck
• footle
• mess
• twiddle one's thumbs
• kick around
• hibernate
• dally
• fool
• trifle
• aestivate
• doze
• loiter
• estivate
• monkey
• piddle
• fiddle (around)
• saunter
• potter (around)
• putter (around)
• amble
• lag
• mosey
• swan
• tarry
• malinger
• goldbrick
• truant
• furlough

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• work
• sweat
• slave
• grind
• hustle
• labor
• plow
• toil
• plug
• plod
• apply
• buckle (down)
• hump
• grub
• peg
• exert
• put out
• drudge
• travail
• moil

Examples of chill in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

There’s a whole subgenre of movies and TV that is designed to be as chill as humanly possible: the cozy mystery. —Bethy Squires, Vulture, 2 Feb. 2024

An Easygoing Star Olive Oil Baked Salmon This salmon is arguably the chillest guest at the table, down for pretty much whatever. —Tanya Sichynsky, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024

Noun

These templates set the twin standards for everything else the franchise has given us: Filmmakers either set the dial to creepy-crawly chills or breakneck thrills. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2024

The new research suggests the spiders’ chill attitude might facilitate their East Coast trek to domination. —Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2024

Verb

To chill or not to chill, that is the question | COMMENTARY In Maryland Senate race, the more debates the better | STAFF COMMENTARY Armstrong Williams: Does life begin at conception? —Baltimore Sun, 7 Aug. 2024

Neither candidate is going to do anything but chill the consumer, as one candidate gets nasty and the other has to hold her tongue. —Jim Cramer, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2024

Phrases Containing chill

• chill out