noun
the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature
Examples
- the cool of early morning
noun
great coolness and composure under strain
Synonyms
Examples
- keep your cool
verb
make cool or cooler
Synonyms
Examples
- Chill the food
verb
loose heat
Synonyms
Examples
- The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm
verb
lose intensity
Synonyms
cool off
cool down
Examples
- His enthusiasm cooled considerably
adjective
neither warm nor very cold
Examples
- giving relief from heat
- a cool autumn day
- a cool room
- cool summer dresses
- cool drinks
- a cool breeze
adjective
marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances)
Synonyms
Examples
- unemotional
- play it cool
- keep cool
- stayed coolheaded in the crisis
- the most nerveless winner in the history of the tournament
adjective
inducing the impression of coolness
Examples
- used especially of greens and blues and violets when referring to color
- cool greens and blues and violets
- the cool sound of rushing water
adjective
psychologically cool and unenthusiastic
Examples
- unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike
- relations were cool and polite
- a cool reception
- cool to the idea of higher taxes
adjective
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
Synonyms
Examples
- an all-right movie
- the passengers were shaken up but are all right
- is everything all right?
- everything's fine
- things are okay
- dinner and the movies had been fine
- another minute I'd have been fine
adjective
used of a quantity or amount (especially of money) for emphasis
Examples
- a cool million bucks
adjective
fashionable and attractive at the time
Examples
- often skilled or socially adept
- 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