Word Type

Adjective

Adjective

Noun

The word "chilly" can be used as adjective, adjective and noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

warm

Coordinate Terms

bone-chilling damp frosty nippy

Derived Terms

chillily chilliness chilly bin chilly climate chillybin lay chilly unchilly

Derived From

chill chilliness chilling

Distinct From

warm

Etymologically Related To

chili

Inflected/Variant Forms

chili

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

hot pepper

Related Terms

chill chillax chiller chilling chillingly chillness cold-sensitive

Related Terms

adjective cold cold term coldness cool cool cold cool temperature discomfort distant feeling food kinda kinda cold mexican mexican food nippy penguin pretty pretty cold shivery shivery cold slightly slightly cold temperature term uncomfortably unfriendly very very cold

Similar Terms

cold unemotional unemotional unfriendly unfriendly

Synonym Network

chili drafty parky

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.