Enjoy this bone-chilling collection of over 170 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 compound words
- winter spelling words
There’s also a free printable winter word list for kids with pictures.
Winter Words From A – Z
First, here is a list of winter words in alphabetical order:
A
- Alpine skiing
- arctic animals
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
- deice
- depressing
- dip (referring to a drop in temperature)
- 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 scraper
- ice sculptures
- ice skates
- ice skating
- ice storm
- icicle
- icy
- igloo
- inclement weather
- indoors
- insulated boots
J
- Jack Frost
- jacket
- January
K
- knee-deep
- knee high boots
- knitting
L
- lake-effect snow
- longjohns
- low temperatures
- luge
M
- melt
- minus (temperature)
- mittens (mitts)
N
- New Year
- nippy
- Nordic skiing
- numb
O
- overcast
- overcoat
P
- penguin
- play
- plow
- polar bear
- polar vortex
- pond hockey
- powdery
- puffer jacket
Q
- quilt
R
- red cheeks or rosy cheeks
- reindeer
- rink (skating rink)
- runny nose
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 angel
- snowballs
- snowbird
- snow blower
- snowboard (snowboarding)
- snow day
- snowfall
- snow fence
- snowflake
- snow fort
- snowman
- snowmobile
- snow pants
- snowplow
- snow removal
- snow squall
- snowshoes
- snow shovel
- snowstorm
- snowsuit
- snowy
- snowy owl
- socks
- solstice
- sweater
T
- temperatures
- thaw
- thermal underwear
- toasty warm
- toboggan
- turtleneck
U
- undershirt
- unending
- unpredictable
V
- vacation
- vest
- visibility
- vortex
W
- white
- whiteout
- wind chill factor
- winter
- winter boots
- winter coat (or winter jacket)
- winter holidays or winter break
- Winter Olympics
- winter solstice
- winter storm
- wintertime
- winter tires
- wonderland
- wood stove
- wool
X
- eXtra layers of clothing
- eXtreme cold
Y
- yarn
- year-end
Z
- Zamboni (a machine used to resurface ice rinks)
- zero degrees
Winter Words with Pictures
Here is a free printable winter word list with pictures for kids or English language learners.
It can help English language learners work on vocabulary. And kids can use it as reading practice or a picture dictionary to help them with the spelling of winter words.
The printable has 30 winter images with 32 winter words.
You can choose to print the one page printable in color or black and white. You can download it free below.
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 compound words
- winter spelling words
Winter Weather Words
Here is a list of 35+ winter weather words:
- below zero
- blizzard (also: blizard watch, and blizzard warning)
- cold (also: cold front, cold snap)
- degrees
- flurries
- freezing rain (also freezing rain advisory)
- frigid
- frost (also: frost bite)
- frozen
- ice (also: black ice)
- ice storm (also: ice storm warning)
- icy
- lake effect snowstorm
- low visibility
- melt
- minus
- nippy
- overcast
- polar vortex
- sleet
- slippery
- slushy
- snow (also: blowing snow, heavy snow, and snowdrift)
- snow squall
- snowstorm
- snowy
- temperatures
- thaw
- whiteout
- wind chill factor
- winter precipitation
- winter storm (also: winter storm warning, winter storm watch)
- winter weather advisory
- wintry mix
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 (puffer or down)
- leggings
- longjohns
- mittens
- overcoat
- parka
- scarf
- ski boots
- ski goggles
- slippers
- sweater
- snow pants
- snowsuit
- thermal underwear
- turtleneck
- wool socks
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 when many animals hibernate. Other animals thrive in the winter or even in 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.
Winter Compound Words List
A compound word is a word that is made up of 2 words that form to make a new word.
Here is a list of winter compound words:
- chairlift
- dogsled
- downhill
- earmuffs
- evergreen
- fireplace
- frostbite
- gingerbread
- indoors
- outside
- overcoat
- pinecone
- reindeer
- turtleneck
- undershirt
- whiteout
- wintertime
- wonderland
Winter Themed Open Compound Nouns
Some compound words can be referred to as open compound words. They are also formed with two words, but keep the space between them. The combination of both words creates a new compound word with its own meaning.
Here is a list of winter-themed open compound nouns:
- hot chocolate
- ice fishing
- ice hockey
- ice rink
- ice sculpture
- ice skates
- ice storm
- ski goggles
- ski resort
- sleigh ride
- winter coat
- winter sport
Winter Words List of Open Compound Verbs
And here are some examples of wintry words that are open compound verbs:
- ice scraper
- ice skating
Compound Words with Snow
And here are some compound words with snow in them:
- snowball
- snowbank
- snowbird
- snowboard
- snowdrift
- snowfall
- snowflake
- snowman
- snowmobile
- snowplow
- snowshoe
- snowstorm
- snowsuit
And here are some open compound words with snow:
- snow angel
- snow boots
- snow brush
- snow cone
- snow fort
- snow globe
Winter Spelling Words
Here is a list of winter-themed spelling words that are learned in each elementary grade:
1st Grade Winter Spelling Words
In grade 1, students will learn to spell these winter words during the year:
- hat
- sled
- hill
- pull
- play
- made
- snow
- man
2nd Grade Winter Spelling Words
There are only two 2nd grade spelling words that are winter-related. They are:
- white
- cold
3rd Grade Winter Spelling Words
There are 12 words on the winter themed 3rd grade spelling list:
- snowman
- snowball
- ski
- skates
- skating
- freeze
- winter
- boots
- coat
- slip
- ice
- icy
Here’s a fun printable word search that uses these 3rd grade winter words.
Later on during the year, 3rd graders will also be learning to spell the words:
- vacation (winter vacation)
- holiday (winter holidays)
4th Grade Winter Spelling Words
I could only find 5 winter words on the 4th grade spelling lists:
- zero
- hockey
- melt
- frozen
- season
5th Grade Winter Spelling Words
There are 15 words on the winter themed 5th grade spelling list. They are:
- frost
- gloves
- iceberg
- igloo
- mitten
- penguin
- scarf
- shiver
- shovel
- skiing
- slush
- snowboard
- snowflake
- snowsuit
- solstice
Kids can have fun searching for these 5th grade words with this fun winter word search.
There are 8 other wintertime words 5th graders will learn to spell during the year. They are:
- December
- January
- February
- sweater
- storm
- predict
- conditions
- major
6th Grade Winter Spelling Words
Grade 6 students will learn to spell at least 10 winter words. The theme of one of the 6th grade spelling lists is winter and weather. It has these winter words:
- blizzard
- covered
- forecast
- hibernate
- prediction
- sleigh
- slippery
- temperature
- thermometer
- toboggan
Can you think of anymore wintertime words? Share them in the comments.
