coolness

Other forms of coolness

plural

coolnesses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about coolness

What does coolness mean?

coolness means "calm and unruffled self-assurance". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in coolness?

coolness has 2 syllables: cool-ness. The stress falls on "cool". In IPA it is /ˈkulnəs/.

What is another word for coolness?

Close synonyms include imperturbability, imperturbableness, chilliness, nip, nervelessness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is coolness a common word?

coolness is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.