Cape Dezhnev is 30 miles south of the Arctic Circle.
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Arctic
//ˈɑː(k)tɪk//
Synonyms for "arctic" (171 found)
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Closest matches (35)
Strong matches (51)
Related words (85)
north frigid zonenorth polarnorthboundnortheastnortheasterlynortheasternnortherlynorthernnorthernmostnorthwestnorthwesterlynorthwesternnumbingobjectiveobtuseoccidentalorientalout of seasonout of touchpassionless
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Adjective(2 words)
Noun(1 words)
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1 entriesat location
2 entriesderived
27 entriesShowing 16 of 27 words.
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4 entriesis a
4 entriesrelated to
16 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
153 translations across 71 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- Arktika name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Albanian
1 entries- Arktik name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Arabic
3 entries- قُطْبِيّ شَمَالِيّ adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
- أَرْكِتِيك name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
- القُطْب الشَمَالِيّ name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Armenian
2 entries- բևեռային adj (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic)
- Արկտիկա name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- Arktika name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Belarusian
2 entries- аркты́чны adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
- А́рктыка name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Bengali
1 entries- সুমেরু অঞ্চল name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Bulgarian
3 entries- аркти́чен adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
- аркти́чен adj (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic)
- А́рктика name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Burmese
2 entries- အာတိတ် adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
- အာတိတ် name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Catalan
3 entries- àrtic adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
- Àrtic name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
- Àrtida name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 北極 /北极 name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Chukchi
1 entries- Эйгысӄын name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Czech
2 entries- arktický adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
- Arktida name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Danish
3 entries- arktisk adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
- arktisk adj (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic)
- Arktis name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Dutch
4 entries- Arctisch adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
- arctisch adj (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic)
- Arctica name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
- Noordpoolgebied name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Esperanto
2 entries- arkta adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
- Arkto name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Estonian
1 entries- Arktika name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Finnish
4 entries- arktinen adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
- arktinen adj (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic)
- jääkylmä adj (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic)
- arktinen alue name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
French
3 entries- arctique adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
- arctique adj (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic)
- Arctique name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Galician
1 entries- ártico adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
Georgian
4 entries- არქტიკის adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
- არქტიკული adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
- არქტიკული adj (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic)
- არქტიკა name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
German
3 entries- arktisch adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
- arktisch adj (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic)
- Arktis name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Greek
2 entries- αρκτικός adj (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic)
- Αρκτική name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Greenlandic
2 entries- issittoq adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
- Issittoq name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Hebrew
1 entries- האזור הארקטי name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Hindi
1 entries- आर्कटिक name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Hungarian
1 entries- Arktisz name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Icelandic
4 entries- arktískur adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
- hánorrænn adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
- norðurheimskauts adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
- norðurpóls adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
Ido
1 entries- arktiko name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Indonesian
2 entries- Arktika adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
- Arktik name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Irish
3 entries- Artach adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
- Artach adj (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic)
- Artach name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Italian
3 entries- artico adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
- Artico name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
- Artide name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Japanese
1 entries- 北極 name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Kazakh
1 entries- Арктика name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Khmer
2 entries- អាកទិក adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
- អាកទិក name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Korean
1 entries- 북극 name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- Арктика name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Lao
3 entries- ອາກຕິກ adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
- ອາກຕິກ name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
- ແຖບຂົ້ວໂລກເຫນືອ name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Latvian
1 entries- Arktika name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Lithuanian
1 entries- Arktis name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Macedonian
2 entries- арктички adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
- А́рктик name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Malay
2 entries- artik adj (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic)
- Artik name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Manx
3 entries- arctagh adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
- arctagh adj (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic)
- Yn Arctagh name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Mongolian
2 entries- Арктик name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
- хойд туйл name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Māori
1 entries- mātaratara adj (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic)
Northern Sami
1 entries- arktalaš adj (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- arktisk adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
- Arktis name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- arktisk adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
- Arktis name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Persian
1 entries- شمالگان name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Polish
3 entries- arktyczny adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
- arktyczny adj (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic)
- Arktyka name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Portuguese
4 entries- glacial adj (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic)
- ártico adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
- ártico adj (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic)
- ártico name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Romanian
3 entries- arctic adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
- arctic adj (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic)
- Arctica name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Russian
3 entries- аркти́ческий adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
- аркти́ческий adj (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic)
- А́рктика name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- àrktičkī adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
- а̀рктичкӣ adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
- Arktik name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
- Арктик name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Sicilian
2 entries- àrticu adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
- àrticu adj (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic)
Slovak
2 entries- arktický adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
- Arktída name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Slovene
2 entries- arktičen adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
- Arktika name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Spanish
4 entries- glacial adj (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic)
- árctico adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
- árctico adj (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic)
- ártico adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
Swahili
1 entries- Aktiki name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Swedish
3 entries- arktisk adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
- arktisk adj (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic)
- Arktis name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Tagalog
2 entries- Artiko adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
- Artiko name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Tajik
1 entries- Арктика name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Thai
2 entries- อาร์กติก adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
- อาร์กติก name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Tigrinya
1 entries- ኣርክቲክ name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Tongan
1 entries- ʻĀketika name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Turkish
4 entries- Kuzey Kutbu adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
- arktik adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
- buzul adj (cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic)
- Arktika name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Turkmen
1 entries- Arktika name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Ukrainian
2 entries- аркти́чний adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
- А́рктика name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Uzbek
1 entries- Arktika name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Vietnamese
3 entries- vùng Bắc Cực adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
- phương bắc name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
- vùng Bắc Cực name (continental region north of the Arctic Circle)
Welsh
1 entries- Arctig adj (pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
Polar bears live in the Arctic.
Source: tatoeba (52486)
This is why birds like the pigeon or the Arctic tern can find their way around the world.
Source: tatoeba (62400)
Have you heard of a bird called the Arctic Tern?
Source: tatoeba (70129)
Showing 4 of 16 available sentences.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.