Arctic
Meaning of Arctic
- relating to the regions around the North Pole.
an Arctic explorer
- (of weather conditions) very cold.
February brought arctic conditions
the arctic weather of 1981
- the regions around the North Pole.
- a thick waterproof overshoe extending to the ankle or above.
- 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:
Meaning lying or moving in a northward position or direction:
Meaning of the north or northern regions:
Meaning relating to the extreme north:
Meaning (of the weather) very cold, with frost forming on surfaces:
Meaning characteristic of winter, especially in feeling or looking very cold and bleak:
Meaning below 0°C:
Meaning (of a liquid) having turned into ice as a result of extreme cold:
Meaning relating to Siberia or its people:
Meaning having a sharp, pungent taste or smell; not sweet:
Meaning (of insects and certain other animals) able to wound the skin with a sting or fangs:
Meaning having or showing shrewdness or keen intelligence:
Meaning capable of cutting something:
Meaning (of food) not cooked:
Meaning reaching a high or the highest degree; very great:
Meaning relating to the Baltic Sea or the region surrounding it:
Meaning covered with frost:
Arctic antonyms
Meaning relating to the south polar region or Antarctica:
Meaning of, typical of, or peculiar to the tropics:
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