Synonyms for iceberg
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : ahys-burg |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈaɪs bɜrg |
Top 10 synonyms for iceberg Other synonyms for the word iceberg
- aloof
- aloof person
- calm
- cold-blooded
- cold-fish
- collected
- composed
- cool
- cool cat
- couldn't care less
- crystal
- cube ice
- diamonds
- dry ice
- fair
- floe
- glacial mass
- glacier
- glaze
- hail
- hailstone
- ice cube
- ice field
- iceberg
- icecap
- icicle
- impersonal
- imperturbable
- indifferent
- judicial
- just
- laid back
- moderate
- neutral
- nondiscriminatory
- nonpartisan
- objective
- permafrost
- poker-faced
- quiet
- serene
- sleet
- snow slide
- temperate
- tough
- unexcitable
- unexcited
- unfeeling person
- unflappable
- uninvolved
- unmoved
- unprejudiced
- unruffled
Définition of iceberg
Origin :- 1774, partial loan-translation of Dutch ijsberg, literally "ice mountain," from ijs "ice" (see ice (n.)) + berg "mountain" (see barrow (n.2)). An earlier term was sea-hill (1690s). Phrase tip of the iceberg, in a figurative sense, first recorded 1962. Iceberg lettuce attested from 1893.
- As in dispassionate : adj unfeeling, impartial
- As in cold fish : noun unemotional person
- As in glacier : noun mountain of ice, snow
- As in ice : noun frozen water
- There is an iceberg all ready to hand; weve only got to hollow it out.
- Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne
- I cast anchor under her lee—and 'twas like tyin' up to an iceberg at first.
- Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- Then, with Johnson's assistance, he built a resting-place in an iceberg.
- Extract from : « The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras » by Jules Verne
- Does the pine contradict the rose or the lotusland the iceberg?
- Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
- Something would have been hurt, but it would not have been the iceberg.
- Extract from : « Notes on Life and Letters » by Joseph Conrad
- Remote in the north-west hung the gleam of an iceberg; there was nothing else in sight.
- Extract from : « The Frozen Pirate » by W. Clark Russell
- But the iceberg doesn't astonish me, as we are two degrees further north.
- Extract from : « The English at the North Pole » by Jules Verne
- The iceberg, caught up by an undercurrent, rapidly approached the pass.
- Extract from : « The English at the North Pole » by Jules Verne
- They ran up to him, and he pointed to a gun leaning against an iceberg.
- Extract from : « The English at the North Pole » by Jules Verne
- The lee of an iceberg ain't a place one would choose, if one could help it.
- Extract from : « A Final Reckoning » by G. A. Henty
Antonyms for iceberg
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