Dictionary Definition
warm adj
1 having or producing a comfortable and agreeable
degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat; "a warm body"; "a
warm room"; "a warm climate"; "a warm coat" [ant: cool]
2 psychologically warm; friendly and responsive;
"a warm greeting"; "a warm personality"; "warm support" [ant:
cool]
3 (color) inducing the impression of warmth; used
especially of reds and oranges and yellows; "warm reds and yellows
and orange" [ant: cool]
4 having or displaying warmth or affection;
"affectionate children"; "caring parents"; "a fond embrace"; "fond
of his nephew"; "a tender glance"; "a warm embrace" [syn: affectionate, caring, fond, lovesome, tender]
5 freshly made or left; "a warm trail"; "the
scent is warm" [syn: strong]
6 easily aroused or excited; "a quick temper"; "a
warm temper" [syn: quick]
7 characterized by strong enthusiasm; "ardent
revolutionaries"; "warm support" [syn: ardent]
8 characterized by liveliness or excitement or
disagreement; "a warm debate"
9 uncomfortable because of possible danger or
trouble; "made things warm for the bookies"
10 of a seeker; near to the object sought;
"you're getting warm"; "hot on the trail" [syn: hot] adv : in a warm manner; "warmly
dressed"; "warm-clad skiers" [syn: warmly]
Verb
1 get warm or warmer; "The soup warmed slowly on
the stove" [syn: warm up]
2 make warm or warmer; "The blanket will warm
you"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- (RP): /wɔːm/
- (US): /wɔːrm/
Etymology 1
Old English wearmAdjective
en-adj er- Having a temperature slightly higher
than usual, but still pleasant; a mild temperature.
- The tea is still warm.
- Being something that causes warmth, or the impression thereof.
- This is a very warm room.
- Caring, of relations to
another person.
- We have a warm friendship.
- 1985: Robert Ferro, Blue Star
- It seemed I was too excited for sleep, too warm, too young.
- In the context of "archaic": Ardent, zealous.
- 1776: Edward Gibbon, The History of The Decline and Fall of the
Roman Empire, Chapter 1
- To the strength and fierceness of barbarians they added a contempt for life, which was derived from a warm persuasion of the immortality and transmigration of the soul.
- 1776: Edward Gibbon, The History of The Decline and Fall of the
Roman Empire, Chapter 1
Synonyms
seeTranslations
having a temperature slightly higher than usual
- Arabic: دافئ
- Armenian: ջերմ
- Breton: tomm
- Croatian: topao , topla , toplo
- Czech: teplý
- Danish: varm, lun
- Dutch: warm
- Finnish: lämmin, lämpöinen
- French: chaud, chaude
- German: warm
- Guarani: aku (h-)
- Hebrew: ,
- Hungarian: meleg
- Indonesian: hangat
- Interlingua: calide, calorose
- Irish: te
- Italian: caldo
- Japanese: 暖かい (あたたかい, atatakai)
- Mandarin: 暖和 nuǎnhuó
- Persian: گرم (garm)
- Polish: ciepły
- Portuguese: quente &
- Romanian: cald , caldă
- Russian: тёплый
- Scottish Gaelic: blàth
- Slovak: teplý
- Slovene: topel , topla , toplo
- Spanish: caliente
- Telugu: వెచ్చని (veccani)
- Thai: อุ่น (oon)
- Tupinambá: akub (s-)
being something that causes warmth
- Breton: tomm, klouar
- Croatian: topao , topla , toplo
- Czech: teplý
- Danish: varm
- Dutch: warm
- Finnish: lämmin
- French: chaleureux, chaleureuse, cordial, cordiale
- Hebrew: ,
- Indonesian: hangat
- Interlingua: cordial
- Irish: te
- Italian: caldo, caloroso, cordiale
- Japanese: 暖かい (あたたかい, atatakai), 温かい (atatakai)
- Polish: ciepły
- Portuguese: caloroso , cordial &
- Romanian: cald , caldă
- Russian: тёплый
- Scottish Gaelic: blàth
- Slovak: teplý
- Telugu: వెచ్చని (veccani)
caring, of relation to another person
ardent, zealous
Etymology 2
Old English wermanVerb
Translations
to make or keep warm
to increasingly favour
- Danish: blive interesseret i
- Finnish: lämmetä
- Hebrew: (literally: To open up)
- Italian: accostarsi a, affezionarsi a
- Japanese: 温める (atatameru)
German
Etymology
Old High German warmPronunciation
Adjective
warm (: wärmer, : am wärmsten)- warm, hot
Compounds
Old High German
Adjective
warm- warm
Extensive Definition
Warm is normally used as a subjective measure of
temperature,
commonly used to describe a comfortable temperature. It is strongly
associated with hot, and its antonym is cool. For the AM radio station, see
WARM-AM.
For example, warm water is often described as
around 35 degrees
Celsius,
but a warm day may be around 25 degrees Celsius (depending strongly
on geographical location and other conditions
such as humidity and wind exposure). It of course can be defined
more precisely by the comfort of individuals.
Warm as a verb is used to add heat to something,
for example "warm the food", or "global
warming".
warm in Simple English: Warm
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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affable, affectionate, affluent, afire, amiable, animate, annoy, approaching, approximate, approximating, ardent, arm-in-arm, arouse, awake, awaken, benign, benignant, big-rich,
blood-hot, blood-warm, blow the coals, blow up, boiling, boiling over, breathless, bricky, brotherly, buggy, bugs, burning, burning with
excitement, calid, call
forth, call up, cardinal, carmine, carnation, carnelian, cerise, chafe, cheek-by-jowl, cherry, cherry-colored,
cherry-red, chromatic,
close, cold, colorific, coloring, comfortable, comfy, committed, commodious, compassionate, contented, convenient, cook, cool, cordial, cozy, crimson, cushioned, cushiony, cushy, damask, decent, dedicated, delirious, detectable, determinable, devoted, devout, dichromatic, discernible, disclosable, discoverable, disgustingly
rich, drunk, dynamize, earnest, easeful, easy, electric-heat, electrify, emphatic, energize, enkindle, enliven, enrage, enthusiastic, equatorial, excite, excited, exciting, exhilarate, exposable, exuberant, faithful, fan, fan the fire, fan the flame,
fat, febrile, feed the fire, ferruginous, fervent, fervid, fevered, feverish, fiery, findable, fire, fire up, fire-red, flame, flame-colored, flame-red,
flaming, flush, flushed, foment, fraternal, frenzy, friendly, frightfully rich,
galvanize, gas-heat,
generous, genial, glowing, good, gracious, gules, gung ho, hand-in-hand,
harmonious, hearten, heartfelt, hearty, heat, heated, hectic, henna, het up, homelike, homely, homey, hospitable, hot, hot up, hot-air-heat,
hot-blooded, hot-water-heat, human, humane, impassion, impassioned, in earnest, in
funds, in rut, in the money, incarmined, incarnadine, incense, incite, independent, independently
rich, independently wealthy, inflame, inflamed, infrared, infuriate, intense, intent, intent on, intimate, intoxicated, invigorate, iron-red, jazz
up, keen, key up, kind, kindhearted, kindle, kindly, kindly-disposed,
lake-colored, laky,
lateritious, lather
up, liberal, light the
fuse, light up, lipstick, lived-in, lively, liven, loaded, lobster-red, loving, loyal, luke, lukewarm, lurid, luxurious, madden, madder, made of money,
many-colored, maroon,
matching, medley, mild, miniate, moneyed, monochromatic, monochrome, monochromic, motley, move, mull, near, near the mark, nearing, nearish, neighborly, nice, nigh, nighish, nutty, on fire, oofy, open, openhearted, opulent, outgoing, overexcite, overheat, parti-colored,
passionate, peaceful, pep up, perfervid, perk up, pigmentary, polychromatic, port-wine,
preheat, prismatic, propinque, prosperous, provided for,
provoking, proximal, proximate, puce, quicken, rainbow, receptive, recook, red, red-dyed, red-hot, red-ink,
red-looking, redden,
reddened, reddish, reddish-amber, reheat, relaxing, reposeful, resolute, responsive, restful, rich, rich as Croesus, rolling in
money, room-temperature, roomy, rouge, rouse, rubicund, rubify, rubiginous, rubric, rubricose, ruby, ruby-colored, ruby-red,
ruddied, ruddle, ruddy, rufescent, rufous, rust, rust-red, rusty, scarlet, seething, serious, set astir, set fire to,
set on fire, sexually excited, side-by-side, sincere, snap up, snug, soft, softhearted, spectral, spirited, spottable, stammel, steam, steam up, steaming, steamy, stimulate, stimulating, stir, stir the blood, stir the
embers, stir the feelings, stir up, stirring, stoke up, subtropical, summery, summon up, sunny, sunshiny, superheat, sympathetic, sympathizing, temperate, tender, tenderhearted, tepefy, tepid, thermal, thermic, tile-red, tinctorial, tingent, toasty, toning, tropical, turn on, unfrozen, unrestrained, urgent, variegated, vehement, vermilion, vicinal, vigorous, vinaceous, vitalize, wake, wake up, waken, wallowing in wealth, warm
as toast, warm over, warm the blood, warm up, warmhearted, warmish, wealthy, welcoming, well provided for,
well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-to-do, whip up, white-hot,
wholehearted,
wine, wine-colored,
wine-red, work into, work up, zealous, zip
up