Adjective arctic has 3 senses
- north-polar, Arctic - at or near the north pole
Antonym: equatorial (indirect, via polar)
- arctic - of or relating to the Arctic; "Arctic circle"
- arctic, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, polar - extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather"
Antonym: hot (indirect, via cold)
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Noun arctic has 2 senses
- Arctic, Arctic Zone, North Frigid Zone - the regions north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole
--1 is a kind of Frigid Zone, polar zone
- arctic, galosh, golosh, rubber, gumshoe - a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow
--2 is a kind of overshoe
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