The Meaning of cool

• (superl.) Moderately cold; between warm and cold; lacking in warmth; producing or promoting coolness.
• (superl.) Not ardent, warm, fond, or passionate; not hasty; deliberate; exercising self-control; self-possessed; dispassionate; indifferent; as, a cool lover; a cool debater.
• (superl.) Not retaining heat; light; as, a cool dress.
• (superl.) Manifesting coldness or dislike; chilling; apathetic; as, a cool manner.
• (superl.) Quietly impudent; negligent of propriety in matters of minor importance, either ignorantly or willfully; presuming and selfish; audacious; as, cool behavior.
• (superl.) Applied facetiously, in a vague sense, to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.
• (n.) A moderate state of cold; coolness; -- said of the temperature of the air between hot and cold; as, the cool of the day; the cool of the morning or evening.
• (v. t.) To make cool or cold; to reduce the temperature of; as, ice cools water.
• (v. t.) To moderate the heat or excitement of; to allay, as passion of any kind; to calm; to moderate.
• (v. i.) To become less hot; to lose heat.
• (v. i.) To lose the heat of excitement or passion; to become more moderate.

Synonyms

aplomb , assuredness , poise , sang-froid , chill , cool down , chill , cool down , cool off , cool down , coolheaded , nerveless

Antonyms

heat , heat , warm , warm , warm

Homophones

coole

Rhymes

abdul , apostolopoul , baiul , bellefeuille , blackpool , boole , boule , bruehl , brule , buehl , buel , buhl , cesspool , claypool , coole , cruel , drogoul , drool , dual , duell , dule , fool , fuel , ghoul , gurule , home-school , hoole , istanbul , jewel , joule , juel , jule , liverpool , luelle , makhoul , mccool , minuscule , misrule , molecule , muehl , mule , overrule , pool , poole , poul , preschool , rahul , rantoul , raoul , raul , retool , reul , reule , rhule , ridicule , ruel , rule , saccule , school , schuele , spool , sproule , sproull , spruell , spruiell , spruill , stool , supercool , thule , tool , toole , tuel , tuell , tulle , tuyle , vestibule , vipul , whirlpool , yuill , yuille , yule