| ADJECTIVE | all | hot | used of physical heat / heat |
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| all | hot, raging | characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement | |
| all | hot | extended meanings | |
| all | hot | (color) bold and intense | |
| all | hot | sexually excited or exciting | |
| all | hot | recently stolen or smuggled | |
| all | hot, blistering, red-hot | very fast | |
| all | hot | wanted by the police | |
| all | hot, spicy | producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves | |
| all | hot | performed or performing with unusually great skill and daring and energy | |
| all | hot | very popular or successful | |
| all | hot | very unpleasant or even dangerous | |
| all | hot, red-hot | newest or most recent | |
| all | hot | having or bringing unusually good luck | |
| all | hot | very good | |
| all | hot | newly made | |
| all | hot | having or showing great eagerness or enthusiasm | |
| all | hot | of a seeker | |
| all | hot | having or dealing with dangerously high levels of radioactivity | |
| all | hot, live | charged or energized with electricity | |
| all | hot | marked by excited activity |
| Sounds | hhaa't | |
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| Rhymes | aforethought ... yacht: 79 rhymes with aat... | |
| Meaning | Used of physical heat / heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat / heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning. | |
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| Attribute of | temperature | The degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment / environment (corresponding to its molecular activity) |
| Narrower | baking, baking hot | As hot as if in an oven |
| blistering, blistery | Hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters | |
| calefacient, warming | producing the sensation of heat when applied to the body | |
| calefactory, calefactive | Serving to heat / heat | |
| calorifacient | producing heat | |
| calorific | heat-generating | |
| fervent, fervid | Extremely hot | |
| fiery, igneous | like or suggestive of fire | |
| heatable | capable of becoming hot | |
| heated, heated up, het, het up | made warm or hot ('het' is a dialectal variant of 'heated') | |
| hottish | Somewhat hot | |
| overheated | heated beyond a safe or desirable point | |
| red-hot | glowing red with heat / heat | |
| scorching | Hot and dry enough to burn or parch a surface | |
| sizzling | Hot enough to burn with or as if with a hissing sound | |
| sultry, stifling, sulfurous, sulphurous | Characterized by oppressive heat / heat / heat and humidity | |
| sweltering, sweltry | excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness | |
| thermal | Caused by or designed to retain heat / heat | |
| torrid | Extremely hot | |
| tropical, tropic | Of weather or climate | |
| white, white-hot | glowing white with heat | |
| See also | warm | Having or producing a comfortable / comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat |
| Opposite | cold | Having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration |
| Spanish | cálido, caliente, caluroso, muy caliente, tibio | |
| Catalan | calent, calorós | |
| Nouns | hotness | the presence of heat |
| Meaning | Characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense. | |
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| Synonym | raging | |
| Broader | violent | Acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity |
| Meaning | Extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm. | |
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| Attribute of | emotionality, emotionalism | emotional nature or quality |
| Narrower | fiery, flaming | Very intense |
| heated | marked by emotional heat | |
| red-hot, sizzling | Characterized by intense emotion or interest or excitement | |
| sensual, sultry | sexually exciting or gratifying | |
| torrid | emotionally charged and vigorously energetic | |
| white-hot | intensely zealous or fervid | |
| See also | passionate | Having or expressing strong emotions |
| Opposite | cold | Extended meanings |
| Spanish | cálido | |
| Adverbs | hotly | in a heated manner |
| Meaning | (color) bold and intense. | |
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| Example | "hot pink" | |
| Broader | warm | (color) inducing the impression of warmth |
| Meaning | sexually excited or exciting. | |
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| Broader | sexy | marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest |
| Nouns | hotness | a state of sexual arousal |
| Meaning | recently stolen or smuggled. | |
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| Broader | illegal | prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules |
| Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
| Meaning | Very fast; capable of quick response and great speed. | |
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| Synonyms | blistering, red-hot | |
| Broader | fast | Acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly |
| Meaning | Wanted by the police. | |
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| Example | "a hot suspect" | |
| Broader | wanted | desired or wished for or sought |
| Meaning | Producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves. | |
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| Synonym | spicy | |
| Broader | tasty | pleasing to the sense of taste |
| Spanish | picante | |
| Nouns | hotness | a hot spiciness |
| Meaning | Performed or performing with unusually great skill and daring and energy. | |
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| Broader | skilled | Having or showing or requiring special skill |
| Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
| Meaning | Very popular or successful. | |
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| Broader | popular | Regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public |
| Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
| Meaning | Very unpleasant or even dangerous. | |
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| Broader | unpleasant | Disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings |
| Meaning | Newest or most recent. | |
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| Synonym | red-hot | |
| Broader | new | not of long duration |
| Meaning | Having or bringing unusually good luck. | |
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| Broader | lucky | Having or bringing good fortune |
| Meaning | Very good; often used in the negative. | |
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| Example | "he's hot at math but not so hot at history" | |
| Broader | good | Having desirable / desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified |
| Meaning | newly made. | |
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| Example | "a hot scent" | |
| Broader | fresh | recently made, produced, or harvested |
| Spanish | fresco | |
| Meaning | Having or showing great eagerness or enthusiasm. | |
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| Example | "hot for travel" | |
| Broader | eager | Having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy |
| Meaning | Of a seeker; very near to the object / object sought. | |
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| Example | "you are hot" | |
| Broader | near, close, nigh | not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances |
| Meaning | Having or dealing with dangerously high levels of radioactivity. | |
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| Broader | radioactive | Exhibiting or caused by radioactivity |
| Meaning | Charged or energized with electricity. | |
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| Example | "a hot wire" | |
| Synonym | live | |
| Category | electricity | A physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons |
| Broader | charged | Of a particle or body or system |
| Spanish | vivo | |
| Meaning | marked by excited activity. | |
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| Example | "a hot week on the stock market" | |
| Broader | active | Characterized by energetic / energetic activity |
| Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
| Spanish | ajetreado | |
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