Synonyms for Glacial | WordToolSet

Synonyms for "glacial" (106 found)

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Closest matches (22)

Adjective(3 words)

algid aloof arcticbelow zerobiting bitterbitterly coldblast-frozen bleak boreal brisk brumal chill chilly coldcold as charitycold as deathcold as ice

Noun(1 words)

antarctic

Strong matches (31)

cold as marblecongealed cool crisp cutting distant emotionless exclusive freezingfreezing coldfrigid frostbitten frostnipped frosty frozenfrozen solidgelid hibernal hiemal hyperborean

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iceice cold

Adjective(8 words)

coldestfreezing ratefrigid frosty frozen gelidgerman eisglaciated

Noun(1 words)

glacial meltwater

Related words (53)

ice-cold ice-encrusted icelike icy icy-cold inaccessible inclement indifferent keen nipping nippy numbing penetrating period piercing pinching quick-frozen raw remote reserved

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Adjective(7 words)

icebound polar ponderous slow-moving sluggish unfriendly wintry

Noun(2 words)

pleistocenevallée glaciaire

Adjective(1 words)

slow

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

3 entries

geology termpersonality traitspeed

More specific

9 entries

aloofness coldnessemotional distanceglacial erraticglacial moraineglacial paceglacial rateglacial retreatglacial tempo

Collocations

6 entries

glacial depositglacial erosionglacial lakeglacial paceglacial periodglacial retreat

Inflections

2 entries

more glacialmost glacial

Derivations

4 entries

glacially glaciate glaciated glaciation

similar

1 entries

cold

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Glacial meltwater is not purer than other types of water.

Source: tatoeba (2677002)

Glacial water gets its colour from rock flour.

Source: tatoeba (2677003)

No one wished it so, but we are the first species to become a geophysical force, altering Earth's climate, a role previously reserved for tectonics, sun flares, and glacial cycles.

Source: tatoeba (5705219)

There are three glacial fjords in Ireland.

Source: tatoeba (6047951)

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