Indifferent

//ɪnˈdɪf.ɹənt//

Synonyms for "indifferent" (477 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (96)

apathetic heedless impartial inferior moderate so so unbiased unconcerned unimportant airy aloof average backward balking balky benumbed betwixt and between blah blase bored

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Adjective(37 words)

cool dispassionate insouciant nonchalant pococurante unconcerned uninterested adiaphroistic airy apathetic apathistical at ease at peace average base blasé blithe c-grade candid carefree

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careless casual chill clinical cold comme ci comme ça contemptible deaf detached devil-may-care disinterested dismissive dull easy-breezy easygoing egal enervated

Adverb(3 words)

acceptably adequately averagely

Adjective(2 words)

apathetic deaf

Strong matches (143)

Adjective(52 words)

equal equitable evenhanded fair-minded fairhanded foolish for the birds frivolous futile gallionic halfhearted happy-go-lucky heartless identical idle ignorable immaterial impartial impassive imprejudicate

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equitable even evenhanded everyday fade fair fair to middling fairish fervorless fifty-fifty flat flavorless flippant forgetful free and easy frigid glacial grudging gruelly half-and-half

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Adverb(8 words)

fairly halfway in a way mackly middlesome middling middlingly moderately

Adjective(2 words)

immaterial inert

Related words (238)

Adjective(83 words)

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neuter neutral nonaligned nonchalant noncommitted nonobservant nonpartisan nonreligious not bad nugatory numb numbed objective oblivious of a kind of a sort of sorts offhand olympian on the fence

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ordinary overindulgent overpermissive pappy passable passionless passive perfunctory permissive phlegmatic pluckless pococurante poor promiscuous pulpy reckless regardless relaxed reluctant remiss remote removed renitent resigned respectable respectless restive rocky ropy sapless savorless slack slight slipshod sloppy slothful slow slow to sluggish so-so soft soporific spiceless spiritless spunkless stale stodgy stoic stoical stolid stony stupefied supine tactless tasteless tedious tepid thin third world third-force third-world thoughtless tolerable torpid trifling trivial uncaring uncommitted uncompassionate undazzled undemonstrative undevout undiplomatic undistinguished undutiful unemotional unenthusiastic unfeeling unflavored unheedful unheeding uninfluenced uninquiring uninquisitive uninspired uninterested uninvolved unjaundiced unmarking unmindful unnoticing unnoting unobservant unobserving unprejudiced unprepared unprepossessed unreactive unready unreligious unremarking unrestrained unsavory unsolicitous unswayed unsympathetic untactful unthinking unzealous vapid washy watered watered down watered-down watery weak wishy washy wishy-washy withdrawn zealless

Adjective(4 words)

neutral so-so unbiased unbiassed

Noun(1 words)

neutrality

Adverb(10 words)

not quite partially passably quite rather reasonably somewhat somewhatly sufficiently tolerably

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

8 relation types

Antonyms

1 entries

caring

Synonyms

3 entries

apathetic so so unbiased

Related terms

4 entries

indifference indifferency indifferentism indifferently

derived

3 entries

indifferentist indifferentness unindifferent

distinct from

2 entries

caring sure

has context

2 entries

chemistry mechanics

related to

23 entries

apathetic apathy bias blase different equilibrium fairly impartial indicate indifference indifferency indifferentism indifferently matching mediocre moderately

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similar

17 entries

heedless impartial inferior moderate ordinary unconcerned unheeding unimportant uninterested unreactive

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Translations

113 translations across 45 languages.

American Sign Language

1 entries

1@Nose-FingerBack 1@FromNose-FingerForward adj (not caring)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ἄτρεπτος adj (not caring)

Armenian

1 entries

անտարբեր adj (not caring)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

biganə adj (not caring)
laqeyd adj (not caring)

Belarusian

3 entries

абыя́кавы adj (not caring)
безува́жны adj (not caring)
раўнаду́шны adj (not caring)

Bulgarian

4 entries

безпристра́стен adj (having no preference)
безразли́чен adj (not caring)
безучастен adj (not caring)
незначи́телен adj (mediocre, usually used negatively)

Catalan

3 entries

indiferent adj (not caring)
indiferent adj (having no preference)
mediocre adj (mediocre, usually used negatively)

Chinese

1 entries

冷淡 adj (not caring)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

冷淡 adj (not caring)
冷漠 adj (not caring)

Czech

1 entries

lhostejný adj (not caring)

Danish

3 entries

ligeglad adj (not caring)
ligeglad adj (having no preference)
ligegyldig adj (not significant)

Dutch

1 entries

onverschillig adj (not caring)

Finnish

4 entries

indifferentti adj (mechanics: being in neutral equilibrium)
keskinkertainen adj (mediocre, usually used negatively)
merkityksetön adj (not significant)
mitätön adj (not significant)

French

1 entries

indifférent adj (not caring)

Galician

2 entries

indiferente adj (not caring)
indiferente adj (having no preference)

German

2 entries

gleichgültig adj (not caring)
teilnahmslos adj (not caring)

Greek

2 entries

αδιάφορος adj (not caring)
μέτριος adj (mediocre, usually used negatively)

Hebrew

1 entries

אָדִישׁ adj (not caring)

Hindi

1 entries

रूखा adj (not caring)

Hungarian

4 entries

közepes adj (mediocre, usually used negatively)
középszerű adj (mediocre, usually used negatively)
közömbös adj (not caring)
közömbös adj (having no preference)

Irish

2 entries

fuarchúiseach adj (not caring)
lagmheasartha adj (mediocre, usually used negatively)

Italian

1 entries

indifferente adj (not caring)

Japanese

3 entries

どこ吹く風の adj (not caring)
冷淡な adj (not caring)
無関心な adj (not caring)

Korean

1 entries

무관심하다 adj (not caring)

Latin

3 entries

incūriōsus adj (not caring)
indifferens adj (not caring)
mediocris adj (mediocre, usually used negatively)

Lithuanian

1 entries

abejingas adj (not caring)

Macedonian

1 entries

рамнодушен adj (not caring)

Māori

4 entries

arokore adj (not caring)
haumaruru adj (not caring)
ngākau kore adj (not caring)
ngākau tapatahi adj (having no preference)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

likegyldig adj (not caring)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

likesæl adj (not caring)

Polish

3 entries

marny adj (mediocre, usually used negatively)
mierny adj (mediocre, usually used negatively)
obojętny adj (not caring)

Portuguese

1 entries

indiferente adj (not caring)

Romanian

3 entries

apatic adj (not caring)
indiferent adj (not caring)
indiferent adj (mechanics: being in neutral equilibrium)

Russian

4 entries

безразли́чный adj (not caring)
безуча́стный adj (not caring)
индиффере́нтный adj (not caring)
посре́дственный adj (mediocre, usually used negatively)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

coma adj (not caring)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

ravnòdušan adj (not caring)
равно̀душан adj (not caring)

Slovak

1 entries

ľahostajný adj (not caring)

Southern Kurdish

1 entries

خەمسەرد adj (not caring)

Spanish

4 entries

apático adj (not caring)
desganado adj (not caring)
indiferente adj (not caring)
ni le viene ni le va adj (not caring)

Swedish

1 entries

likgiltig adj (not caring)

Tagalog

1 entries

malatuba adj (not caring)

Tatar

2 entries

битараф adj (not caring)
уртача adj (mediocre, usually used negatively)

Turkish

4 entries

ilgisiz adj (not caring)
kararsız adj (having no preference)
kayıtsız adj (not caring)
umursamaz adj (not caring)

Ukrainian

4 entries

байду́жий adj (not caring)
байду́жливий adj (not caring)
байду́жний adj (not caring)
рівноду́шний adj (not caring)

Uzbek

1 entries

beparvo adj (not caring)

Sample sentences

36 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

How can you be so indifferent to your wife's trouble?

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The figure indicates approximately two thirds of the freshmen are indifferent to politics.

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Susan is indifferent to politics.

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However, Beth seems to be indifferent to Chris's grief.

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