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Adjective hot has 22 senses
- hot - used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning; "hot stove"; "hot water"; "a hot August day"; "a hot stuffy room"; "she's hot and tired"; "a hot forehead"
Antonyms: cold, acold, algid, arctic, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, polar, bleak, cutting, raw, crisp, nipping, nippy, snappy, parky, frigorific, frore, frosty, rimed, rimy, ice-cold, refrigerant, refrigerating, shivery, stone-cold, unheated, unwarmed, heatless, refrigerated
- hot, raging - characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense; "the fighting became hot and heavy"; "a hot engagement"; "a raging battle"; "the river became a raging torrent"
Antonym: nonviolent (indirect, via violent)
- hot - extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm; "a hot temper"; "a hot topic"; "a hot new book"; "a hot love affair"; "a hot argument"
Antonyms: cold, emotionless, passionless, frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, icy, wintry
- hot - (color) bold and intense; "hot pink"
Antonym: cool (indirect, via warm)
- hot - sexually excited or exciting; "was hot for her"; "hot pants"
Antonym: unsexy (indirect, via sexy)
- hot - recently stolen or smuggled; "hot merchandise"; "a hot car"
Antonym: legal (indirect, via illegal)
- blistering, hot, red-hot - very fast; "a blistering pace"; "got off to a hot start"; "in hot pursuit"; "a red-hot line drive"
Antonym: slow (indirect, via fast)
- hot - wanted by the police; "a hot suspect"
Antonym: unwanted (indirect, via wanted)
- hot - performed or performing with unusually great skill and daring and energy; "a hot drummer"; "he's hot tonight"
Antonym: unskilled (indirect, via skilled)
- gingery, hot, peppery, spicy - having a piquant burning taste of spices or peppers; "gingery Chinese food"; "hot peppers"; "hot curry"; "corn chips with peppery salsa"; "spicy tomato sauce"
Antonym: bland (indirect, via pungent)
- hot - very popular or successful; "one of the hot young talents"; "cabbage patch dolls were hot last season"
Antonym: unpopular (indirect, via popular)
- hot - very unpleasant or even dangerous; "make it hot for him"; "in the hot seat"; "in hot water"
Antonym: pleasant (indirect, via unpleasant)
- hot, red-hot - newest or most recent; "news hot off the press"; "red-hot information"
Antonym: old (indirect, via new)
- hot - having or bringing unusually good luck; "hot at craps"; "the dice are hot tonight"
Antonyms: unlucky, luckless (indirect, via lucky)
- hot - very good; often used in the negative; "he's hot at math but not so hot at history"
Antonym: bad (indirect, via good)
- hot - newly made; "a hot scent"
Antonym: stale (indirect, via fresh)
- hot - capable of quick response and great speed; "a hot sports car"
Antonym: slow (indirect, via fast)
- hot - having or showing great eagerness or enthusiasm; "hot for travel"
Antonym: uneager (indirect, via eager)
- warm, hot - of a seeker; near to the object sought; "you're getting warm"; "hot on the trail"
Antonym: far (indirect, via near)
- hot - having or dealing with dangerously high levels of radioactivity; "hot fuel rods"; "a hot laboratory"
Antonym: nonradioactive (indirect, via radioactive)
- hot, live - charged or energized with electricity; "a hot wire"; "a live wire"
Antonym: uncharged (indirect, via charged)
- hot - marked by excited activity; "a hot week on the stock market"
Antonym: inactive (indirect, via active)
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