Arctic

Meaning of Arctic

adjective
  1. relating to the regions around the North Pole.
    an Arctic explorer
  2. (of weather conditions) very cold.
    February brought arctic conditions
    the arctic weather of 1981
noun, singular proper noun
  1. the regions around the North Pole.
  2. a thick waterproof overshoe extending to the ankle or above.
  3. a drab-coloured hairy butterfly of the arctic and subarctic regions of the New World.

late Middle English: via Old French from Latin arcticus, articus, from Greek arktikos, from arktos ‘bear, Ursa Major, pole star’.

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Hyphenation of Arctic

Arc-tic

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • Arctic is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Arctic synonyms

Meaning frigid:

frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, polar

Meaning galosh:

galosh, golosh, rubber, gumshoe

Meaning situated in the north, or directed towards or facing the north:

northern

Meaning lying or moving in a northward position or direction:

northerly

Meaning of the north or northern regions:

boreal

Meaning relating to the extreme north:

hyperborean

Meaning (of the weather) very cold, with frost forming on surfaces:

frosty

Meaning characteristic of winter, especially in feeling or looking very cold and bleak:

wintry

Meaning below 0°C:

freezing

Meaning (of a liquid) having turned into ice as a result of extreme cold:

frozen

Meaning relating to Siberia or its people:

Siberian

Meaning having a sharp, pungent taste or smell; not sweet:

bitter

Meaning (of insects and certain other animals) able to wound the skin with a sting or fangs:

biting

Meaning having or showing shrewdness or keen intelligence:

piercing

Meaning capable of cutting something:

cutting

Meaning (of food) not cooked:

raw

Meaning reaching a high or the highest degree; very great:

extreme

Meaning relating to the Baltic Sea or the region surrounding it:

Baltic

Meaning covered with frost:

rimy

Arctic antonyms

Meaning relating to the south polar region or Antarctica:

Antarctic

Meaning of, typical of, or peculiar to the tropics:

tropical

Translation of Arctic

Words that rhyme with Arctic

Apotactic, Chemotactic, acatallactic, acetyllactic, adenemphractic, aerotactic, agalactic, aminoethylmercaptolactic, aminolactic, aminophenyllactic, anagalactic, anaphylactic, anemotactic, anticlactic, anticlimactic, antigalactic, aphototactic, aphylactic, apophylactic, apractic, asyntactic, atactic, ataractic, atrolactic, autodidactic, barotactic, benzoyllactic, calciphylactic, catallactic, cataphractic, cataphylactic, chaetotactic, chemiotactic, chemoprophylactic, chemotactic, chiropractic, cinemactic, cistactic, climactic, comicodidactic, cornulactic, cryophylactic, cybotactic, cytotactic, dextrolactic, didactic, diisotactic, dilactic, disyndiotactic, ditactic

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