indifferent
Meaning of indifferent
- having no particular interest or sympathy; unconcerned.
he gave an indifferent shrug
most workers were indifferent to foreign affairs
- neither good nor bad; mediocre.
a pair of indifferent watercolours
late Middle English (in the sense ‘having no partiality for or against’): via Old French from Latin indifferent- ‘not making any difference’, from in- ‘not’ + different- ‘differing’ (see different).
Information about indifferent
- It is an adjective.
- The plural form of indifferent is: indifferents.
- Languages in which indifferent is used:
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Hyphenation of indifferent
in-dif-fer-ent
- It consists of 4 syllables and 11 chars.
- indifferent is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
indifferent synonyms
Meaning apathetic:
Meaning deaf:
Meaning immaterial:
Meaning inert:
Meaning unbiased:
Meaning not feeling or showing emotion:
Meaning not influenced by strong emotion, and so able to be rational and impartial:
Meaning not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant:
Meaning showing a casual lack of concern:
Meaning aloof and objective:
Meaning far away in space or time:
Meaning lacking affection or warmth of feeling; unemotional:
Meaning showing no friendliness towards a person or enthusiasm for an idea or project:
Meaning not responsive:
Meaning lacking strong emotion; unemotional:
Meaning not having or showing strong feelings:
Meaning not showing any emotion; unemotional:
Meaning not affected by emotion or excitement:
Meaning unsympathetic, harsh, or callous:
Meaning not feeling, showing, or expressing sympathy:
Meaning showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others:
Meaning indifferent or unconcerned:
Meaning of only average quality; not very good:
Meaning not interesting or exceptional; commonplace:
Meaning not unusual; ordinary:
Meaning mediocre; not very good:
Meaning moderate or average in size, amount, or rank:
Meaning about halfway between two extremes of size or another quality; average:
Meaning average in amount, intensity, quality, or degree:
Meaning happening or used every day; daily:
Meaning not special, unusual, or interesting; ordinary:
Meaning fairly good; mediocre:
Meaning just good enough to be acceptable; satisfactory:
Meaning satisfactory or acceptable in quality or quantity:
Meaning treating people equally without favouritism or discrimination:
Meaning of low standard or quality:
Meaning lacking in imagination or originality:
Meaning lacking distinction; unexceptional:
Meaning not out of the ordinary; usual:
Meaning not exciting; dull:
Meaning not particularly interesting or surprising:
Meaning lacking inspiration or excitement; dull:
Meaning having or using the style or diction of prose as opposed to poetry; lacking imaginativeness or originality:
Meaning easily forgotten, especially through being uninteresting or mediocre:
Meaning engaging or engaged in without payment; non-professional:
Meaning done in an unskilful or inept way:
Meaning satisfactory but not especially good:
indifferent antonyms
Meaning aware of and attentive to:
Meaning displaying kindness and concern for others:
Meaning (of light or colour) very bright:
Translation of indifferent
- Portuguese: indiferente
- Italian: indifferente, menefreghista
- Spanish: indiferente
- German: egal
Words that rhyme with indifferent
rent, Celarent, Parent, apparent, arent, bioparent, birthparent, celarent, coparent, foreparent, godparent, grandparent, houseparent, inapparent, intransparent, midparent, nonapparent, nonparent, nontransparent, omniparent, parent, proparent, protoparent, radioparent, radiotransparent, semitransparent, stepparent, subapparent, subtransparent, transparent, unapparent, untransparent, Brent, brent, subrent, unbrent, ybrent, adrent, drent, headrent, adherent, afferent, belligerent, candlerent, circumferent, cobelligerent, coherent, coinherent, corticoafferent, corticoefferent