Enjoy this bone-chilling collection of over 140 winter words.
There’s winter vocabulary words grouped alphabetically and by theme. There’s winter terms for:
- winter weather
- winter clothing
- winter adjectives
- time vocabulary of winter
- winter activity words
- winter animals
- winter sports
- words for kindergarten and cvc words
Winter Words From A – Z
First, here is a list of winter words in alphabetical order:
A
B
- beanies
- below zero
- bitter cold
- black ice
- blanket
- blizzard
- blowing snow
- boots
- bundle up
C
- cabin fever
- coat
- cold
- cold snap
- chilly
- cross-country skiing
- curling
D
- dark
- December
- depressing
- dog sled
- downhill skiing
E
- earmuffs
- eggnog
- evergreen trees
F
- family
- February
- fireplace
- flannel
- flurries
- fort (snow)
- freeze
- freezing
- freezing rain
- frigid
- frost
- frostbite
- frosty
- frozen
- fur coat
- furnace
G
- gloves
- gray clouds
H
- hat
- heater
- heavy snow
- hibernate
- hockey
- holidays
- hot chocolate (hot cocoa)
I
- ice
- ice fishing
- ice hockey
- ice sculptures
- ice skates
- ice skating
- icicle
- icy
- igloo
- indoors
J
- Jack Frost
- jacket
- January
K
- knee-deep
- knee high boots
- knitting
L
- lake-effect snow
- longjohns
M
- melt
- minus (temperature)
- mittens (mitts)
N
- nippy
- numb
O
- overcast
P
- penguin
- play
- plow
- polar bear
- powdery
Q
- quilt
R
- reindeer
- rink (skating rink)
S
- SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder)
- scarf
- season
- shiver
- shovel
- skates
- skating
- ski
- skiing
- ski pants
- sled
- sledding
- sleet
- sleigh
- slip
- slippers
- slippery
- slopes (ski slopes)
- slush
- snow
- snow angels
- snowballs
- snowbird
- snowboard (snowboarding)
- snowfall
- snowflake
- snowman
- snow pants
- snowplow
- snow removal
- snow squall
- snowshoes
- snowstorm
- snowsuit
- snowy
- snow blower
- snow fence
- snow fort
- socks
- solstice
- sweater
T
- temperatures
- thaw
- toasty warm
- toboggan
- turtleneck
U
- undershirt
- unending
V
- vacation
- visibility
W
- white
- whiteout
- wind chill factor
- winter
- winter solstice
- wintertime
- winter tires
- wood stove
- wool
X
- eXtra layers of clothing
- eXtreme cold
Y
- yarn
Z
- zero degrees
Winter Themed Word Lists
Below you’ll find word lists for these winter themes:
- winter weather
- winter clothing
- winter adjectives
- time vocabulary of winter
- winter activity words
- winter animals
- winter sports
- words for kindergarten and cvc words
Winter Weather Words
Here is a list of winter weather words:
- below zero
- blizzard
- cold
- degrees
- flurries
- freezing rain
- frigid
- frost
- frozen
- icy
- lake effect snowstorm
- low visibility
- minus
- overcast
- sleet
- slippery
- slushy
- snow
- snow squall
- snowstorm
- snowy
- temperatures
- whiteout
- wind chill factor
To help kids learn weather vocabulary including winter weather, check out this printable weather terms for kids glossary.
Winter Clothing Words
What clothes are commonly worn in the winter? Here is a list of winter clothing vocabulary:
- beanies
- boots
- coat
- earmuffs
- flannel
- gloves
- hat
- jacket
- longjohns
- mittens
- scarf
- ski boots
- ski goggles
- slippers
- sweater
- snow pants
- snowsuit
Winter Adjectives
What are some good words to describe the winter season? Here is a list of some winter adjectives. Let me know in the comments below if you think of any others.
- bitter
- bone-chilling
- chilly
- cloudy
- cold
- crunchy
- draft
- dreary
- foggy
- freezing
- frosty
- frozen
- glittering
- heavy
- icy
- melting
- misty
- powdery
- slippery
- slushy
- snowy
- sparkling
- wet
- white
Time Words of Winter
Here is a list of time words associated with winter:
- December
- December Holidays
- January
- February
- season
- winter solstice
- Winter Holidays
Winter Activity Words
Winter is a time for bundling up and enjoying the beautiful winter wonderland outside. Here are some fun winter activities:
- building snow forts
- cross-country skiing
- curling
- dog sledding
- downhill skiing
- drinking hot chocolate
- hockey
- ice fishing
- making a snowman
- skating
- skiing
- sledding
- snow angels
- snowboarding
- throwing snowballs (or a snowball fight)
- tobogganing
If you’re looking for more of an indoor winter activity for kids, print out some of these fun winter activities and word puzzles.
Winter Animal Words
Winter is the season where many animals hibernate. Other animals thrive in the winter or the even the arctic.
Here are some of the animals we associate with the winter months:
- arctic fox
- beluga whale
- Canada goose
- deer
- moose
- musk ox
- narwhal
- orca
- penguin
- polar bear
- reindeer
- snow leopard
- snowshoe rabbit
- snowy owl
- walrus
Here are some fun arctic animals color by number sheets for preschool.
Winter Sports
These are the most common winter sports:
- curling
- dogsledding
- hockey
- skating (including figure skating, freestyle & speed skating)
- skiing (downhill and cross-country, as well as ski jumping)
- snowboarding
Other winter sports that you might see at the Winter Olympics are:
- alpine skiing
- biathlon
- bobsledding
- luge
- nordic combined (combines cross-country with ski jumping)
- skeleton (similar to luge but head first)
Winter Words for Kindergarten
Here are some easy words for kindergarten, including a few winter cvc words:
- boot
- coat
- cold
- fun
- hat
- ice
- mug
- ski
- snow
To practice some of these words, you can download a fun printable winter word search for kindergarten.
Can you think of anymore wintertime words? Share them in the comments.
