icelike
Cold and slick
Resembling ice in appearance, texture, or coldness.
An icelike glare is cold and unwelcoming.
Icelike crystals share the translucent, angular quality of frozen water.
The word appears mainly in descriptive writing where a direct comparison to ice would feel too blunt.
Permitting diffused light passage
- transparentAllowing light through
- glassySmooth and shiny
- crystallineClear, ordered, brilliant
- limpidPerfectly clear, unclouded
pellucid · see-through · vitreous · pristine · lucid · unclouded · pure · diaphanous
Slow-moving ice mass
- icebergFloating glacial fragment
- icecapPermanent polar covering
- tundraFrigid treeless biome
- permafrostPerpetually frozen earth layer
snowpack · hoarfrost · rime · freezer · frostbite · hibernation · cryogenic · solidified
Lacking friction, hard-to-grasp
- glassySmooth and shiny
- smoothWithout roughness or difficulty
- slickSmooth or craftily adept
- polishedSmooth, refined, accomplished
glossy · treacherous · skating · gliding · sliding · skidding · frictionless · sleek
Unable to bend
- solidFirm matter state
- brittleLiable to shatter
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- stiffNot easily bent
dense · inflexible · compact · firm · shatterproof · tempered · impenetrable · rock-hard
frigid
Extremely and intensely cold
freezing · wintry · arctic · polar · gelid · nippy · biting · bitter · numbing · raw
translucent
Permitting diffused light passage
- transparentAllowing light through
- glassySmooth and shiny
- crystallineClear, ordered, brilliant
limpid · pellucid · see-through · vitreous · pristine · lucid · unclouded · pure · diaphanous · gleaming
glacier
Slow-moving ice mass
permafrost · snowpack · hoarfrost · rime · freezer · frostbite · hibernation · cryogenic · solidified
slippery
Lacking friction, hard-to-grasp
polished · glossy · treacherous · skating · gliding · sliding · skidding · frictionless · sleek · wet
rigid
Unable to bend
- solidFirm matter state
- brittleLiable to shatter
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
stiff · dense · inflexible · compact · firm · shatterproof · tempered · impenetrable · rock-hard
faceted
Having multiple flat surfaces
- geometricRelating to mathematical shapes
- latticeOpenwork of crossed strips
- prismaticLight-dispersing, multicolored
fractured · refracted · sparkling · angular · structured · symmetrical · hexagonal · snowflake
icelikewarm
Moderately heated, or friendly
warmhearted · affectionate · loving · tender · friendly
like, ice, iced, icing, likeness, ices, liken, refrigerate, iciness