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Noun: coolness  kool-nus
  1. Calm and unruffled self-assurance
    "he performed with all the coolness of a veteran";
    - imperturbability, imperturbableness
     
  2. The property of being moderately cold
    "the coolness of early morning";
    - chilliness, nip
     
  3. Fearless self-possession in the face of danger
    - nervelessness
     
  4. A lack of affection or enthusiasm
    "a distressing coolness of tone and manner";
    - coldness, frigidity, frigidness, iciness, chilliness
     
  5. The characteristic of being fashionable and up to date
    - hipness, trendiness

Type of: calmness, cold, coldness, emotionlessness, fearlessness, frigidity, frigidness, low temperature, unemotionality

Encyclopedia: Coolness