Meanings
plural cool media
- Any medium that is relatively poor in sensory data (e.g. a book as opposed to a film) and thus requires significant involvement by the viewer, reader, etc. in order to be consumed.
Antonyms: hot medium
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny medium that is relatively poor in sensory data (e.g. a book as opposed to a film) and thus requires significant involvement by the viewer, reader, etc. in order to be consumed.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna medium that usually, but not always, provides little involvement together with substantial stimulus; includes speech, television, cartoons
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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cool medium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cool%20medium
“cool medium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cool%20medium. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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