Warm

ahd-5
  • adjective. Somewhat hotter than temperate; having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat; moderately hot.
  • adjective. Having the natural heat of living beings.
  • adjective. Preserving or imparting heat.
  • adjective. Having or causing a sensation of unusually high body heat, as from exercise or hard work; overheated.
  • adjective. Marked by enthusiasm; ardent.
  • adjective. Characterized by liveliness, excitement, or disagreement; heated.
  • adjective. Marked by or revealing friendliness or sincerity; cordial.
  • adjective. Loving; passionate.
  • adjective. Excitable, impetuous, or quick to be aroused.
  • adjective. Predominantly red or yellow in tone.
  • adjective. Recently made; fresh.
  • adjective. Close to discovering, guessing, or finding something, as in certain games.
  • adjective. Uncomfortable because of danger or annoyance.
  • intransitive verb. To raise slightly in temperature; make warm.
  • intransitive verb. To make zealous or ardent; enliven.
  • intransitive verb. To fill with pleasant emotions.
  • intransitive verb. To become warm.
  • intransitive verb. To become ardent, enthusiastic, or animated.
  • intransitive verb. To become kindly disposed or friendly.
  • noun. A warming or heating.
  • phrasal verb. To prepare for an athletic event by exercising, stretching, or practicing for a short time beforehand.
  • phrasal verb. To make or become ready for an event or operation.
  • phrasal verb. To make more enthusiastic, excited, or animated.
  • phrasal verb. To approach a state of confrontation or violence.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To become warm or moderately heated; communicate warmth.
  • To warm one's self.
  • To become ardent, animated, or enthusiastic.
  • To make warm.
  • To heat up; excite ardor or zeal in; interest; animate; enliven; inspirit; give life and color to; flush; cause to glow.
  • To administer castigation to: as, I'll warm him for that piece of mischief.
  • Figuratively, to occupy.
  • Having a moderate degree of heat; not cold: as, warm water; warm milk; warm blood; a warm bath.
  • Heated; having the sensation of heat; exhibiting the effects of being heated to a moderate degree; hence, flushed.
  • Communicating a sensation of warmth, or a moderate degree of heat: as, a warm fire; warm weather.
  • Subject to or characterized by the prevalence of a comparatively high temperature, or of moderate heat: as, a warm climate; warm countries.
  • Intimate; close; fast: as, warm friends.
  • Hearty; earnest: as, a warm welcome; warm thanks.
  • Fresh: said of a scent or trail.
  • Close to something that is sought, as in games involving search or guessing; on the right track; on the way to success, as in searching or hunting for something.
  • Comfortable; well-off; moderately rich; in easy circumstances.
  • Comfortably fixed or placed; at home; acquainted; well adjusted.
  • Undesirable; unpleasant, as on account of unpopularity or obnoxiousness to law, etc.
  • Ardent; earnest; full of zeal, ardor, or affection; enthusiastic; zealous.
  • Animated; brisk; keen; heated; hot: as, a warm engagement.
  • Stirred up; somewhat excited; hot; nettled: as, to become warm when contradicted.
  • Having the ardor of affection or passion.
  • Having too much ardor; coarse; indelicate.
  • Synonyms Sunny, mild, close, oppressive.
  • Earnest, hearty, enthusiastic, eager.—1–6. Warm is distinctly weaker than hot, fervent, fervid, fiery, vehement, passionate.
  • noun. Warmth; heat.
  • Word Usage
    "If it be summer time, the water should be used cold; if it be winter, a dash of warm must be added, so that it may be of the temperature of new milk: but do not, on any account use _very warm_ water."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    arctic  cold  cool  frozen  peace  
    cross-reference
    Equivalent
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    change  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Norm  conform  deform  disinform  dorm  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bad  beautiful  bright  clear  coming  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    verb-form
    warmed  warming  warmness  warms