Antonyms of verb heat

2 of 4 senses of heat

Sense 1
heat, heat up -- (make hot or hotter; "the sun heats the oceans"; "heat the water on the stove")
       Antonym of cool (Sense 1)
      => cool, chill, cool down -- (make cool or cooler; "Chill the food")

Sense 4
heat, hot up, heat up -- (gain heat or get hot; "The room heated up quickly")
       Antonym of cool (Sense 2)
      => cool, chill, cool down -- (loose heat; "The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb heat

4 senses of heat

Sense 1
heat, heat up -- (make hot or hotter; "the sun heats the oceans"; "heat the water on the stove")
       => change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")

Sense 2
heat -- (provide with heat; "heat the house")
       => supply, provide, render, furnish -- (give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater")

Sense 3
inflame, stir up, wake, ignite, heat, fire up -- (arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred")
       => arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke -- (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy")

Sense 4
heat, hot up, heat up -- (gain heat or get hot; "The room heated up quickly")
       => change state, turn -- (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election")

Antonyms of adj heated

2 senses of heated

Sense 1
heated, heated up, het, het up -- (made warm or hot (`het' is a dialectal variant of `heated'); "a heated swimming pool"; "wiped his heated-up face with a large bandana"; "he was all het up and sweaty")

INDIRECT (VIA hot) -> cold -- (having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration; "a cold climate"; "a cold room"; "dinner has gotten cold"; "cold fingers"; "if you are cold, turn up the heat"; "a cold beer")

Sense 2
heated -- (marked by emotional heat; vehement; "a heated argument")

INDIRECT (VIA hot) -> cold -- (extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion; "a cold unfriendly nod"; "a cold and unaffectionate person"; "a cold impersonal manner"; "cold logic"; "the concert left me cold")

Similarity of adj heated

2 senses of heated

Sense 1
heated, heated up, het, het up -- (made warm or hot (`het' is a dialectal variant of `heated'); "a heated swimming pool"; "wiped his heated-up face with a large bandana"; "he was all het up and sweaty")
       => hot (vs. cold) -- (used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning; "hot stove"; "hot water"; "a hot August day"; "a hot stuffy room"; "she's hot and tired"; "a hot forehead")

Sense 2
heated -- (marked by emotional heat; vehement; "a heated argument")
       => hot (vs. cold) -- (extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm; "a hot temper"; "a hot topic"; "a hot new book"; "a hot love affair"; "a hot argument")

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