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| Main Entry: | apathetic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncaring, disinterested |
| Synonyms: | blah*, callous, cold, cool, could care less, couldn't care less, don't give a damn, draggy, emotionless, flat, impassive, indifferent, insensible, laid-back*, languid, moony, passive, stoic, stolid, unconcerned, unemotional, unfeeling, uninterested, unmoved, unresponsive, untouched, what the hell, wimpy |
| Antonyms: | caring, concerned, interested, responsive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | callous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cruel, insensitive |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, careless, cold, cold-blooded, hard, hard-boiled, hardened, hardhearted, heartless, impassive, impenitent, indifferent, inflexible, insensate, insensible, insensitive, obdurate, soulless, spiritless, stiff, stony, stubborn, thick-skinned, torpid, tough, unaffected, unbending, uncaring, unconcerned, unfeeling, unresponsive, unsympathetic, blind to, case-hardened, deaf to, hard-bitten, indurated, insentient, inured, toughened, uncompassionate, unimpressionable, unsusceptible |
| Notes: | callus is a hard patch of skin; callous is an adjective meaning 'indifferent to suffering' or 'hardened' |
| Antonyms: | compassionate, feeling, kind, nice, sensitive, sympathetic, tender |
| Main Entry: | comatose |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unconscious |
| Synonyms: | cold, dead, dopey, drowsy, drugged, insensible, lethargic, out, out cold*, senseless, sleepy, sluggish, somnolent, stupefied, stupid, torpid, dead to the world, hebetudinous, inconscious, out to lunch, slumberous, soporose, stuporous, vegged out |
| Antonyms: | alert, awake, conscious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ignorant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unaware, unknowing |
| Synonyms: | dense, green*, illiterate, in the dark, inexperienced, innocent, insensible, mindless, moronic, naive, oblivious, obtuse, shallow, thick, unconscious, uncultivated, uncultured, uneducated, unenlightened, uninformed, uninitiated, unlearned, unmindful, unschooled, unsuspecting, untaught, untrained, unwitting, witless, apprenticed, benighted, birdbrained, blind to, cretinous, imbecilic, misinformed, nescient, unconversant, unintellectual, unknowledgeable, unlettered, unread |
| Antonyms: | aware, competent, educated, intelligent, knowledgeable, literate, talented, wise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impalpable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intangible, unsubstantial |
| Synonyms: | airy, delicate, fine, imperceptible, incorporeal, indiscernible, indistinct, insensible, insubstantial, nebulous, shadowy, tenuous, thin, vague, disembodied, imponderable, imprecise, inappreciable, unapparent, unobservable, unperceivable |
| Antonyms: | palpable, perceptible, substantial, tangible, understandable, believeable |
| Main Entry: | impassive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aloof, cool |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, callous, cold, cold-blooded*, collected, composed, dispassionate, dry, emotionless, hardened, heartless, imperturbable, indifferent, inexpressive, inscrutable, insensible, matter-of-fact, nonchalant, phlegmatic, placid, reserved, reticent, sedate, serene, spiritless, stoic, stolid, taciturn, unconcerned, unemotional, unfeeling, unflappable, unmoved, unruffled, wooden, indurated, inexcitable, insusceptible, passionless, poker-faced*, self-contained, stoical, unexcitable, unimpressible |
| Antonyms: | emotional, feeling, passionate, responsive, sensitive, susceptible, warm |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | imperceptible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hard to sense; faint |
| Synonyms: | ephemeral, evanescent, fine, gradual, impalpable, inaudible, inconspicuous, indiscernible, indistinct, indistinguishable, infinitesimal, insensible, insignificant, invisible, microscopic, minute, momentary, shadowy, slight, small, subtle, tiny, trivial, vague, imponderable, inappreciable, inconsiderable, undetectable, unnoticeable |
| Antonyms: | apparent, conspicuous, distinct, evident, noticeable, obvious, perceptible, striking, seeable, unobscured |
| Main Entry: | intangible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indefinite, obscured |
| Synonyms: | abstract, abstruse, airy, dim, elusive, ethereal, evanescent, evasive, hypothetical, impalpable, imperceptible, incorporeal, indeterminate, insensible, invisible, rare, shadowy, slender, slight, uncertain, unreal, unsubstantial, unsure, vague, eluding, evading, imponderable, inappreciable, unapparent, unobservable |
| Antonyms: | definite, obvious, palpable, perceptible, tangible |
| Main Entry: | invisible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unable to be seen; hidden |
| Synonyms: | concealed, covert, deceptive, disguised, ethereal, gaseous, ghostly, ideal, impalpable, imperceptible, inconspicuous, indiscernible, infinitesimal, insensible, intangible, masked, microscopic, obliterated, occult, out of sight, supernatural, ulterior, undisclosed, unreal, unseen, vaporous, veiled, imponderable, inappreciable, not in sight, obscured, perdu, screened, unapparent, ungraspable, unnoticeable, unobservable, unperceivable, unseeable, unviewable, wraithlike |
| Antonyms: | obvious, visible, detectable, seen |
| Main Entry: | iron |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hard, tough; inflexible |
| Synonyms: | adamant, cruel, dense, firm, heavy, immovable, implacable, indomitable, inexorable, insensible, obdurate, relentless, rigid, robust, steel, strong, stubborn, thick, unbending, unyielding, adamantine, ferric, ferrous, steely |
| Antonyms: | flexible, soft, weak |
| Main Entry: | numb |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deadened, insensitive |
| Synonyms: | aloof, apathetic, asleep, callous, casual, comatose, dazed, dead, detached, disinterested, frozen, indifferent, insensate, insensible, lethargic, listless, paralyzed, phlegmatic, remote, senseless, stupefied, torpid, unconcerned, unconscious, unfeeling, uninterested, anesthetized, benumbed, immobilized, incurious, insentient, numbed, stuporous, uncurious |
| Antonyms: | lively, responsive, sensitive |
| Main Entry: | oblivious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unaware, ignorant |
| Synonyms: | absent, absentminded, absorbed, abstracted, blind*, careless, deaf*, distracted, dreamy, forgetful, gone, heedless, inattentive, incognizant, insensible, neglectful, negligent, preoccupied, regardless, unacquainted, unconcerned, unconscious, unfamiliar, uninformed, unknowing, unmindful, unobservant, unwitting, zonked*, amnesic, blundering, disregardful, forgetting, inconversant, not all there, out to lunch, overlooking, spacey, strung out, undiscerning, uninstructed, unnoticing, unrecognizing |
| Antonyms: | aware, concerned, conscious, mindful, sensitive, understanding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | paralytic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impaired in movement |
| Synonyms: | disabled, immobile, inactive, incapacitated, insensible, lame, numb, palsied, paralyzed, powerless, diplegic, immobilized, palsified, paraplegic, quadriplegic |
| Antonyms: | healthy, uncrippled |
| Main Entry: | pitiless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without mercy or care |
| Synonyms: | austere, barbarous, brutal, callous, cold*, cruel, cutthroat*, dog-eat-dog*, frigid, hardhearted*, harsh, heartless, implacable, indifferent, inexorable, inhuman, insensible, mean, merciless, obdurate, relentless, remorseless, ruthless, satanic, savage, soulless, stony*, coldblooded, coldhearted, hatchetjob, inhumane, killer instinct |
| Antonyms: | charitable, kind, merciful, sympathetic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unaware |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ignorant |
| Synonyms: | blind, careless, daydreaming, deaf, forgetful, heedless, inattentive, incognizant, insensible, negligent, oblivious, out cold*, unacquainted, unconcerned, unconscious, unenlightened, unfamiliar, uninformed, unknowing, unmindful, unsuspecting, unwitting, caught napping, deaf to, doped, in a daze, inconversant, mooning, nescient, not all there, not cognizant, out of it, out to lunch, spacey, uninstructed |
| Antonyms: | aware, cognizant, informed, knowing, suspicious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unconcerned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | carefree; apathetic |
| Synonyms: | aloof, blind, blithe, callous, careless, cold, cool, deaf, detached, dispassionate, distant, easy, feckless, forgetful, hardened, heedless, impassive, inattentive, indifferent, insensible, insensitive, insouciant, lackadaisical, lukewarm, negligent, neutral, nonchalant, oblivious, phlegmatic, reserved, self-centered, serene, stony, supine, uninterested, unmoved, unperturbed, unruffled, unsympathetic, untroubled, hard-hearted, incurious, relaxed, unbothered, uninvolved, unworried |
| Antonyms: | concerned, curious, interested, caring |
| Main Entry: | unfeeling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hard-hearted, numb |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, asleep, brutal, callous, cantankerous, churlish, cold, cold fish*, cold-blooded, cold-hearted, crotchety, cruel, exacting, hard, hardened, heartless, icy, inanimate, inhuman, insensate, insensible, insensitive, merciless, obdurate, pitiless, ruthless, senseless, severe, stony, surly, thick-skinned*, tough, uncaring, unemotional, unkind, unsympathetic, anesthetized, benumbed, deadened, feelingless, iron-hearted, sensationless, unamiable, uncompassionate, uncordial |
| Antonyms: | concerned, feeling, loving, sensitive, caring |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ungrateful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not appreciative |
| Synonyms: | careless, demanding, dissatisfied, faultfinding, forgetful, grasping, grumbling, heedless, ingrate, insensible, oblivious, self-centered, selfish, thankless, unmindful, unnatural, unappreciative, unthankful |
| Antonyms: | appreciative, grateful, thankful |
| Main Entry: | bloodless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfeeling |
| Synonyms: | anesthetic, cold, dull, impassive, indolent, insensible, insensitive, languid, lazy, lifeless, listless, slow, sluggish, spiritless, torpid, unemotional, unkind, coldhearted, passionless |
| Antonyms: | feeling, sensitive, caring |
| Main Entry: | crude |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vulgar, unpolished in manner |
| Synonyms: | awkward, backward, barnyard*, boorish, cheap, clumsy, coarse, crass, dirty, earthy, filthy, foul, gross*, ignorant, indecent, indelicate, inelegant, insensible, lewd, loud, loutish, oafish, obscene, raunchy*, raw, rough, rude, savage, smutty*, tacky*, tactless, uncouth, unenlightened, ungainly, unskillful, cloddish, grody, ill-bred, loud-mouthed, lowbred |
| Antonyms: | gentle, nice, polished, refined, tasteful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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