| Main Entry: | insouciant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | easygoing, casual |
Synonyms: |
airy, breezy, buoyant, carefree, careless, free and easy, gay, happy-go-lucky, heedless, jaunty, lighthearted, nonchalant, sunny*, thoughtless, unconcerned, untroubled, unworried |
Antonyms: |
anxious, high-strung, nervous |
| Main Entry: | carefree |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lighthearted, untroubled |
Synonyms: |
airy, at ease, blithe, breezy, buoyant, calm, careless, cheerful, cheery, cool, easy, easy-going, feelgood, happy, happy-go-lucky, insouciant, jaunty, jovial, laid back, radiant, secure, sunny, unanxious, unbothered |
| Notes: | carefree means free of trouble and worry and care while careless means marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful |
Antonyms: |
anxious, heavyhearted, troubled, worried |
| Main Entry: | casual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nonchalant, relaxed in manner |
Synonyms: |
aloof, apathetic, blasé, breezy, cool*, cursory, detached, down home, easygoing, folksy, homey, incurious, indifferent, informal, insouciant, lackadaisical, laid-back*, loose*, low-pressure, mellow, offhand, perfunctory, pococurante, purposeless, remote, unconcerned, unfussy, uninterested, withdrawn |
Antonyms: |
formal, serious |
| Main Entry: | easygoing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | complacent, permissive |
Synonyms: |
amenable, breezy, calm, carefree, casual, collected, complaisant, composed, devil-may-care, even-tempered, flexible, free and easy, hang-loose, happy-go-lucky, indolent, indulgent, informal, insouciant, laid-back*, lazy, lenient, liberal, low-pressure, mild, moderate, nonchalant, offhand, outgiving, patient, placid, poised, relaxed, self-possessed, serene, tolerant, tranquil, unconcerned, uncritical, undemanding, unhurried, uninhibited |
Antonyms: |
agitated, critical, demanding, hurried, hyped, intolerant, nervous, strict, upset, worried |
| Main Entry: | gay |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happy |
Synonyms: |
alert, animate, animated, blithe, blithesome, bouncy, brash, carefree, cheerful, cheery, chipper, chirpy, confident, convivial, devil-may-care, festive, forward, frivolous, frolicsome, fun-loving, gamesome, glad, gleeful, hilarious, insouciant, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, keen, lighthearted, lively, merry, mirthful, playful, pleasure-seeking, presuming, pushy, rollicking, self-assertive, sparkling, spirited, sportive, sprightly, sunny, vivacious, wild, zippy |
Antonyms: |
depressed, discouraged, sad, unhappy, upset, worried |
| Main Entry: | happy-go-lucky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | blithely unconcerned |
Synonyms: |
blithe, carefree, carefree and untroubled, casual, cheerful, content, cool, devil-may-care, easy, easygoing, feckless, free and easy, free-minded, heedless, improvident, insouciant, irresponsible, lackadaisical*, lighthearted, living the life of Riley, nonchalant, reckless, unconcerned, untroubled, without care |
Antonyms: |
disconsolate, discontented, dissatisfied, distressed, troubled, upset, worried |
| Main Entry: | lighthearted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | carefree, untroubled |
Synonyms: |
blithe, blithesome, bright, buoyant, cheerful, effervescent, expansive, feelgood, frolicsome, gay, glad, gleeful, happy, happy-go-lucky, high-spirited, insouciant, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, laid-back, lightsome, lively, merry, playful, resilient, spirited, sprightly, sunny, upbeat, vivacious, volatile |
Antonyms: |
depressed, heavy-hearted, troubled, upset, worried |
| Main Entry: | listless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | spiritless, without energy |
Synonyms: |
absent, abstracted, apathetic, blah*, bored, careless, dormant, dreamy, drowsy, dull, easygoing, energyless, enervated, faint, heavy, heedless, impassive, inanimate, inattentive, indifferent, indolent, inert, insouciant, lackadaisical, lagging, laid-back*, languid, languishing, languorous, leaden, lethargic, lifeless, limp, lukewarm, lymphatic, mopish, neutral, out of it, passive, phlegmatic, slack, sleepy, slow, sluggish, stupid, supine, thoughtless, torpid, uninterested, vacant |
Antonyms: |
active, alert, attentive, energetic, lively, untired |
| Main Entry: | nonchalant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | easygoing, laid back |
Synonyms: |
airy, aloof, apathetic, blasé, calm, careless, casual, cold, collected, composed, cool, detached, disimpassioned, disinterested, dispassionate, easy, effortless, happy, impassive, imperturbable, incurious, indifferent, insouciant, lackadaisical, light, listless, loose, lukewarm, mellow, neglectful, negligent, neutral, offhand, placid, serene, smooth, trifling, uncaring, unconcerned, unemotional, unexcited, unfeeling, unflappable, unimpressible, unperturbed, unruffled, untroubled |
Antonyms: |
intense, jumpy, nervous, unnerved |
| 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, hard-hearted, hardened, heedless, impassive, inattentive, incurious, indifferent, insensible, insensitive, insouciant, lackadaisical, lukewarm, negligent, neutral, nonchalant, oblivious, phlegmatic, relaxed, reserved, self-centered, serene, stony, supine, unbothered, uninterested, uninvolved, unmoved, unperturbed, unruffled, unsympathetic, untroubled, unworried |
Antonyms: |
caring, concerned, curious, interested |