Synonyms and antonyms of Cold weather and periods of cold weather in British Thesaurus

cold (noun)

cold air, or a cold environment

frost (noun)

a period of weather cold enough to form frost

freeze (noun)

a period of time when the weather is extremely cold

cold spell (noun)

a period of cold weather

wind chill (noun)

the fact that the wind makes the air temperature feel colder

cold snap (noun)

a sudden short period of very cold weather

nuclear winter (noun)

a long period of cold and darkness that could follow a nuclear war, during which the sun’s heat and light would be blocked by clouds of dust

a nip in the air ()

if there is a nip in the air, the weather is cold in an unpleasant way

brass monkeys (noun)

Britishvery informal very cold weather

freeze (noun)

a drop in temperature to 0° Celsius or below