Synonyms & related words for gelid

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of gelid — including frigid, icy, glacial, arctic, frosty, cold. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to gelid

Explore words related to gelid — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include gelidness, gelidity, iciness, frore, frigidness, frigorific, subfreezing, frigidly. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for gelid

Common synonyms for gelid include frigid, icy, glacial, arctic, frosty, cold, chilly, freezing — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does gelid come from?

The word gelid breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root gel-, from Latin gelu (“frost”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.