warm en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /wɔːm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /waːm/ (Northumbria)
- /wɔɹm/ (General-American)
- (General-American) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *warmaz Proto-West Germanic *warm Old English wearm Middle English warm English warm From Middle English warm, werm, from Old English wearm, from Proto-West Germanic *warm, from Proto-Germanic *warmaz, from one of: * Proto-Indo-European *wór-mo-s, from *wer- (“to burn”), which is related to Hittite 𒉿𒊏𒀀𒉌 (warāni, “to burn”), Armenian վառել (vaṙel, “to burn, heat, warm”), Old Church Slavonic варити (variti, “to cook, boil”). * Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰor-mo-s, from the root *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”), in which case cognate with Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós) (making perhaps a distant doublet of thermos), Latin formus, Sanskrit घर्म (gharmá). In any case cognate within Germanic to West Frisian waarm, Saterland Frisian woorm, Dutch warm, German warm, Swedish varm, Icelandic varmur.
Meanings
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Of a somewhat high temperature, often but not always connoting that the high temperature is pleasant rather than uncomfortable.
The tea is still warm.
Warm and still is the summer night.
1863, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Herons of Elmwood:While the study doesn’t directly shed light on why, it suggested that maintaining a similar degree of mobility as the climate changed to the warmer and wetter pattern we have today could have imparted additional stress as the mammoth encountered unfamiliar environments or restricted its movement.
2021 August 12, Katie Hunt, “Mammoths were the original ‘ice road truckers,’ traveling vast distances across the Arctic”, in CNN, archived from the original on 14 Apr 2022:Kids jump into Lake Michigan during unseasonably warm conditions in Chicago on February 26, 2024. […] This winter was the warmest on record for the Lower 48, NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information said Friday. Records date to the late 1800s.
2024 March 8, Mary Gilbert, Eric Zerkel, “Winter is over, and it was the warmest on record. Here’s what the US missed out on this season”, in CNN, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2024:It seemed I was too excited for sleep, too warm, too young.
1985, Robert Ferro, Blue Star:This is a very warm room.
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Friendly and with affection.
We have a warm friendship.
- Having a color in the part of the visible electromagnetic spectrum between red and yellow-green.
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(informal) Close to a goal or correct answer.
That was a further clue; and here, indeed, young Mr. Dowse was getting "warm," as children say at blind-man's-buff, although, as a matter-of-fact, she had now been talking of George Miller at all.
1876, William Black, “An Encounter”, in Madcap Violet. […], volume III, London: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 74:Earlier you were way off, but now you're getting warmer.
- Fresh, of a scent; still able to be traced.
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(figuratively) Communicating a sense of comfort, ease, or pleasantness.
a warm piano sound
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(archaic) Ardent, zealous.
To the strength and fierceness of barbarians they added a contempt for life, which was derived from a warm persuasion of the immortality and transmigration of the soul.
1776–1788, Edward Gibbon, chapter I, in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] W[illiam] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell, […], →OCLC:They say he's a warm man and does not care to be made mouths at.
1712 September 21 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “WEDNESDAY, September 11, 1712”, in The Spectator, number 481; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume V, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:a warm debate, with strong words exchanged
Mirth, and youth, and warm desire!
1646 (indicated as 1645), John Milton, “Song on May Morning”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], →OCLC:I had been none of the warmest of partisans.
1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC:
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(dated, informal) Well off as to property, or in good circumstances; prosperous.
That’s right; that’s the way he’s made his bit. He’s a warm man, is Mr. Noakes.
1937, Dorothy L. Sayers, Busman's Honeymoon:Mrs. and the Miss Cathcarts began to be considered as people of some consequence in the circle in which they moved, while he gradually obtained in the city the name of a warm man.
1791, Charlotte Smith, Celestina, Broadview, published 2004, page 258:You shall have a draught upon him, payable at sight: and let me tell you he is as warm a man as any within five miles round him.
1766, [Oliver Goldsmith], The Vicar of Wakefield: […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), Salisbury, Wiltshire: […] B. Collins, for F[rancis] Newbery, […], →OCLC:I know the Stuyvesant family —puff— every one of them —puff— not a more respectable family in the province —puff— old standards —puff— warm householders —puff— none of your upstarts
1824, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], Tales of a Traveller, (please specify |part=1 to 4), Philadelphia, Pa.: H[enry] C[harles] Carey & I[saac] Lea, […], →OCLC:And he'd leave missis the house and enough money to keep it up in style. He was a warm man, it seems.
1905, E. Nesbit, “Molly, the measles, and the missing will”, in Oswald Bastable and Others:
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(archaic) Requiring arduous effort.
The circular iron platform over there is used in the task of tyring the wheels, a warm job, too, by the way.
1929, The Listener, numbers 41-50, page 552:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| warmer | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| warmest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| warme | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Antonyms
cool (antonym(s) of “caring”) · frozen (antonym(s) of “caring”) · cold (antonym(s) of “caring”) · cold (antonym(s) of “mild temperature”) · frozen (antonym(s) of “mild temperature”) · cool (antonym(s) of “mild temperature”) · Arctic (antonym(s) of “mild temperature”) · Arctic (antonym(s) of “caring”)
Coordinates
Deriveds
warm fuzzy · cold hands, warm heart · warm-blooded · warm hatch · warm carl · warm line · warmish · warm antibody · warm-hearted · warm wallet · warm up · warm bank · warm-up · warm hub · warm-bloodedness · warmhearted · warm as toast · warm transfer · warm dark matter · warm store · milk-warm · warm boot · wet and warm · warm working · warm-hot intergalactic medium · warm storage · muffin-warm · warmly · warm body · warm ionized medium · warm hose · warm space · warm regards · warm prop · Warm Springs · lukewarm · warm-water port · warm front · warm as life · piss-warm · warm-down
Hyponyms
underwarm · overwarm · lukewarm
Relateds
heated · steamy · tepid · hot · temperature
Synonyms
Translations (311)
vec calt (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · sh то̏пао (caring, of relation to another person) · ko 따뜻하다 (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · gl morno (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · mi mahana (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · ia calorose (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · ca calent (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · he חָמִים (being something that causes warmth) · ja 暖かい (being something that causes warmth) · zea waerm (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · ca cordial (caring, of relation to another person) · ca calorós (caring, of relation to another person) · pl żarliwy (ardent, zealous) · sh то̏пао (being something that causes warmth) · ia cordial (being something that causes warmth) · sq i ngrohtë (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · fr enflammé (ardent, zealous) · sc callente (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · frr wārem (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · el ζεστός (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · lo ອຸ່ນ (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · lv silts (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · ro cald (being something that causes warmth) · pt cordial (caring, of relation to another person) · mn дулаахан (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · uz iliq (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · sc caente (being something that causes warmth) · hi गरम (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · grc θερμός (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · br tomm (being something that causes warmth) · sk teplý (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · my နွေး (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · ang wearm (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · nrn øni (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · eo varma (caring, of relation to another person) · tpn akub (s-) (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · uz issiq (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · gl quente (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · rup caldu (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · ja 温かい (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · gug aku (h-) (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · he חמימה (being something that causes warmth) · eo fervora (ardent, zealous) · ja 温かい (being something that causes warmth) · ka თბილი (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · he חמימה (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · fr chaud (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · pt morno (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · sc caldu (being something that causes warmth) · dsb śopły (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · fr chaude (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · txb tāpce (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · bg разгореще́н (ardent, zealous) · it caloroso (caring, of relation to another person) · sk teplý (being something that causes warmth) · uk те́плий (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · bg сърде́чен (caring, of relation to another person) · eo varmiga (being something that causes warmth) · atv чылыг (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · it ardente (ardent, zealous) · lt šiltas (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · fur čhald (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · ur گَرْم (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · tly گرم (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · jv anget (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · ja 熱烈な (caring, of relation to another person) · kaw hangĕt (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · mi āhuru (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · izh sooja (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · ta இதமான (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · ms suam (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · fi palava (ardent, zealous) · ja 温かい (caring, of relation to another person) · et soe (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · sm mafanafana (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · sl topel (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · kk жылы (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · kea kenti (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · ug ئىلمان (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · fi lämmin (being something that causes warmth) · rap hana (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · xal дулан (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · udm шуныт (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · ky жылуу (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · bg стра́стен (ardent, zealous) · sro basca (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · zh 燒烙 /烧烙 (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · te సాదరమైన (caring, of relation to another person) · csb cepły (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · eo varma (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · scn càudu (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · ta இதமாக (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · zh 溫暖 /温暖 (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · hy տաք (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · hu meleg (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · lad kayente (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · id hangat (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · lt šilta (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · inh мела (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · vi ấm (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · fi lämpöinen (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · ml ഊഷ്മളം (caring, of relation to another person) · sro callenti (being something that causes warmth) · ro cald (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · sc buddiu (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · sh tȍpao (caring, of relation to another person) · tft sahu (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · es cálido (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · or ଗରମ (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · cv ӑшӑ (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · tg гарм (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · it caldo (being something that causes warmth) · km កក់ក្ដៅ (caring, of relation to another person) · mba madagadang (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · pt morno (being something that causes warmth) · se liekkas (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · sdc caldu (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · kaw panas (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · ru тёплый (being something that causes warmth) · it caloroso (being something that causes warmth) · hy ջերմ (caring, of relation to another person) · hy տաք (being something that causes warmth) · ota ایصی (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · mk топол (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · es calientito (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · mww kub (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · sk horúci (ardent, zealous) · br tomm (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · hsb ćopły (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · tr ılık (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · nl warm (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · ceb alimuot (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · zko phal (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · nl warm (being something that causes warmth) · txb emalle (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · he חמה (caring, of relation to another person) · gd blàth (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · mi pūwera (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · te సాదరంగా (caring, of relation to another person) · mhr шокшо (caring, of relation to another person) · he חָמִים (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · mns-nor лоньсиӈ (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · ms panas (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · av хинаб (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · lus lum (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · id panas (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · mhr шӱман (caring, of relation to another person) · th อุ่น (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · la formus (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · lv silts (being something that causes warmth) · ota صیجاق (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · ru серде́чный (caring, of relation to another person) · mi pūāhuru (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · sdc caldu (being something that causes warmth) · os хъарм (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · evn няма (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · orv теплъ (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · su warm (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · ota صیجاق (being something that causes warmth) · es caluroso (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · it caldo (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · la caleo (being something that causes warmth) · ar دَفِيء (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · kmr germ (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · ota حرارتلو (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · ru тёплый (caring, of relation to another person) · da lun (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · sh žȃrkī (ardent, zealous) · pl ciepły (being something that causes warmth) · de warmherzig (caring, of relation to another person) · cs teplý (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · tk ýyly (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · te వెచ్చని (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · sro basca (being something that causes warmth) · raw lø̀m (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · sh tȍpao (being something that causes warmth) · he חַם (caring, of relation to another person) · qu q’uñi (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · ga te (being something that causes warmth) · la caleō (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · lb wuarm (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · sh tȍpao (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · mns-nor ма̄лтып (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · mfe so (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · lb wuarm (being something that causes warmth) · lb waarm (caring, of relation to another person) · ca càlid (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · sk srdečný (caring, of relation to another person) · to māfana (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · cs vřelý (caring, of relation to another person) · bn গরম (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · cy cynnes (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · ba йылы (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · mn дулаан (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · sc caente (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · te వెచ్చని (being something that causes warmth) · sk vrelý (caring, of relation to another person) · sro buddiu (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · lb wuarm (caring, of relation to another person) · hy ջերմ (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · ota ایصی (being something that causes warmth) · gd blàth (being something that causes warmth) · pap kayente (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · mhn bòrm (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · izh lämmää (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · es calentito (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · ca calorós (being something that causes warmth) · lb waarm (being something that causes warmth) · sc buddiu (being something that causes warmth) · lv silts (caring, of relation to another person) · atv чылу (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · mi pūwerawera (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · ko 열렬하다 (caring, of relation to another person) · rap hana (being something that causes warmth) · ja 暖かい (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · sro callenti (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · nb varm (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · da varm (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · tet manas (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · lb waarm (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · pl ciepły (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · ca càlid (being something that causes warmth) · az ilıq (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · ka თბილი (caring, of relation to another person) · myv лембе (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · ru стра́стный (ardent, zealous) · mww sov (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · rsk цепли (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · lo ອົບອຸ່ນ (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · cu топлъ (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · de fürsorglich (caring, of relation to another person) · my ပူ (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · as গৰম (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · bg то́пъл (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · id hangat (being something that causes warmth) · sa उष्ण (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · nrf caûd (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · zza germ (diq) (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · sc caldu (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · ht cho (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · ml ഊഷ്മള (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · ia calide (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · sv varm (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · sh жа̑ркӣ (ardent, zealous) · fr chaleureuse (being something that causes warmth) · zh 暖和 (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · alt јылу (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · la calidus (being something that causes warmth) · lmo cald (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · ga te (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · fi lämmin (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · ro caldă (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · la calidus (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · ltg sylts (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · pt quente (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · sc callente (being something that causes warmth) · fi lämmin (caring, of relation to another person) · kac lum (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · fr enflammée (ardent, zealous) · rm chaud (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · is hlýr (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · tl mainit (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · ms hangat (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · yi וואַרעם (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · fa گَرْم (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · br klouar (being something that causes warmth) · fr cordiale (caring, of relation to another person) · ckb گەرم (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · rom tato (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · ja ホカホカ (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · ug ئىسسىق (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · ar دَافِئ (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · km ក្ដៅ (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · nl warm (caring, of relation to another person) · ium siouv (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · fr chaleureux (being something that causes warmth) · hy ջերմ (being something that causes warmth) · fr cordial (caring, of relation to another person) · la calidus (caring, of relation to another person) · ota حرارتلو (being something that causes warmth) · da varm (caring, of relation to another person) · pt caloroso (caring, of relation to another person) · be цёплы (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · zko fal (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · it cordiale (being something that causes warmth) · gld няма (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · sro buddiu (being something that causes warmth) · ru тёплый (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · eve ням (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · ce мела (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · tt җылы (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · oc caud (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · da varm (being something that causes warmth) · yue 暖 (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · sk vrúcny (caring, of relation to another person) · ca ardent (ardent, zealous) · vro lämmi (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · pl ciepły (caring, of relation to another person) · tvo sahu (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · mi pūmahana (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · fur cjalt (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · cs teplý (being something that causes warmth) · hi गर्म (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · fy waarm (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · de warm (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · mnc ᠪᡠᠯᡠᡴᠠᠨ (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · ro caldă (being something that causes warmth) · ceb igang (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · ro apropiat (caring, of relation to another person) · bua дулаан (having a temperature slightly higher than usual) · sh то̏пао (having a temperature slightly higher than usual)