cool adj

1 neither warm or very cold; giving relief from heat; "a cool autumn day"; "a cool room"; "cool summer dresses"; "cool drinks"; "a cool breeze" [ant: warm]

2 marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional; "play it cool"; "keep cool"; "stayed coolheaded in the crisis"; "the most nerveless winner in the history of the tournament" [syn: coolheaded, nerveless]

3 (color) inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets; "cool greens and blues and violets" [ant: warm]

4 psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike; "relations were cool and polite"; "a cool reception"; "cool to the idea of higher taxes" [ant: warm]

5 used of a number or sum and meaning without exaggeration or qualification; "a cool million bucks"

6 fashionable and attractive at the time; 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"

1 the quality of being cool; "the cool of early morning"

2 great coolness and composure under strain; "keep your cool" [syn: aplomb, assuredness, poise, sang-froid]

1 make cool or cooler; "Chill the food" [syn: chill, cool down] [ant: heat]

2 loose heat; "The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm" [syn: chill, cool down] [ant: heat]

3 lose intensity; "His enthusiasm cooled considerably" [syn: cool off, cool down]

English

Alternative spellings

• (all nonstandard slang): coo, kewl, kool

Etymology

cōl, cōlian

Pronunciation

• AHD: ko͞ol
• /kuːl/
• SAMPA: /ku:l/
• Rhymes: -uːl

Adjective

en-adj er

1. Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.
2. Of a person, not showing emotion.
3. Unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical.

   His proposals had a cool reception.

4. Of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave in any situation.
5. In fashion.
6. Of an action, all right, acceptable, that does not present a problem.
7. Of a person, not upset by circumstances that might ordinarily be upsetting.

   I'm completely cool about my girlfriend leaving me.

8. Being considered as "popular" by others.

Synonyms

• chilly
• qualifier not showing emotion distant, phlegmatic, standoffish, unemotional
• qualifier in fashion
  • qualifier standard à la mode, fashionable, in fashion, modish, stylish
  • qualifier colloquial or slang happening, hip, in, trendy
• qualifier acceptable acceptable, all right, OK
• qualifier not upset easy, fine, not bothered, not fussed'''

Antonyms

• lukewarm, tepid, warm
• qualifier not showing emotion passionate
• awkward, uncool
• qualifier in fashion démodé, old hat, out, out of fashion
• qualifier acceptable not cricket

Cool may refer to:

• A relatively low temperature
• Cool (aesthetic), an aesthetic of attitude, behavior, comportment, appearance and style

Entertainment

• Cool jazz, a style of music
• Cool (Leonard Bernstein song), a song from the 1957 musical West Side Story
• Cool (song), a song from Gwen Stefani's album Love. Angel. Music. Baby.
• Cool (The Time song), a song from The Time.
• Cool (group), the K-pop group
• Lupe Fiasco's The Cool, a 2007 album by Lupe Fiasco
• Cool Hand Luke, a 1967 film starring Paul Newman
• CoolTV, a Canadian cable television channel
• Cool TV (Central Europe), a Hungarian television channel

People

• An alternative name for Cumhall, a figure in Irish mythology
• Fabien Cool, a French football (soccer) goalkeeper
• Tré Cool, drummer of the American band Green Day
• Cool (producer), born Marcello Valenzano, a producer from Miami, Florida and part of producing duo Cool & Dre

Acronyms

• COOL (CLIPS Object-Oriented Language), an object-oriented computer language incorporated in CLISP for writing expert systems
• Cool (programming language) (Classroom Object-Oriented Language), an object-oriented computer language designed for undergraduate compiler courses
• Country of Origin Labeling, a provision of the U.S. 2002 Farm Bill
• The Coastal Ocean Observation Lab at the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences at Rutgers University in New Jersey (United States)

Other

• Cool, California, a small town in the United States

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