Thesaurus:apathetic

Thesaurus

apathetic

English

Adjective

Sense: not susceptible of deep emotion

Synonyms

• adiaphroistic
• apathetic
• apathistical
• blasé
• cool
• dispassionate
• dull
• enervated
• gallionic
• halfhearted
• heartless (rare)
• impassive
• ineffervescible
• insouciant
• indifferent
• insensible
• jaded
• languid
• languorous
• Laodicean (archaic)
• lethargic
• listless
• lackadaisical
• lotophagous
• lukewarm
• mopey
• nonchalant
• nonplussed (chiefly US)
• phlegmatic
• pococurante
• spiritless
• supine
• tepid
• torpid
• torpedinous (archaic)
• unaroused
• uncaring
• unconcerned
• unenthusiastic
• unimpressible
• uninterested
• unlively
• unmoved
• untouched
• unzealous
• world-weary

Antonyms

• furious
• effusive
• emotional
• enthusiastic    [⇒ thesaurus]
• excited
• overwrought
• passionate

Hyponyms

• easygoing
• viscerotonic
• ----
• jaded
• world-weary
• ----
• stoic
• stoical
• ----
• collected
• cool-headed
• even-keeled
• even-tempered
• imperturbable
• unflappable

Coordinate terms

• aloof    [⇒ thesaurus]
• impartial    [⇒ thesaurus]
• stern    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• alexithymic    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• calm    [⇒ thesaurus]
• carefree    [⇒ thesaurus]
• inactive    [⇒ thesaurus]
• lazy    [⇒ thesaurus]
• sleepy    [⇒ thesaurus]
• slow    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:apathy

Further reading

• “823. insensibility” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “apathetic” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.