Antonyms for tepid
ˈtɛp ɪdtepid

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1. tepidadjective

   Lukewarm; neither warm nor cool.

   I'm drinking a cup of tepid water.

   Synonyms:
   uninterested, lukewarm

2. tepidadjective

   Uninterested; exhibiting little passion or eagerness.

   He gave me a tepid response to the proposal.

   Synonyms:
   lukewarm, uninterested

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1. lukewarm, tepidadjective

   moderately warm

   "he hates lukewarm coffee"; "tepid bath water"

   Antonyms:
   enthusiastic, cool

   Synonyms:
   halfhearted, lukewarm, half-hearted

2. halfhearted, half-hearted, tepid, lukewarmadjective

   feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm

   "a halfhearted effort"; "gave only lukewarm support to the candidate"

   Antonyms:
   enthusiastic, cool

   Synonyms:
   halfhearted, lukewarm, half-hearted

How to use tepid in a sentence?

1. Paula Broadwell:

   I think a lot of women were watching and wanted to see what his response and what the tone of it was and he's clearly wrestling with how to combat this issue, but I still feel like he wasn't strong enough. That was still a kind of tepid response. He needs to come out in no uncertain terms and say this unacceptable, if you're doing this, we don't want you in the corps.

2. Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf:

   I happen to think we will see a tepid response for the first couple of moves especially. It's just not enough to matter and I don't know what the liquidity is going to be used for.

3. The Aussie:

   This indicates the continued weakness of the manufacturing industry, though the pressure driving the sector's decline has eased, tepid demand is a main factor behind the oversupply of manufacturing and why it has not recovered.

4. The Aussie:

   Tepid demand is a main factor behind the oversupply of manufacturing and why it has not recovered.

5. Mohamed El-Erian:

   While job creation continues at a solid pace, wage growth remains frustratingly tepid, the Federal Reserve will now wait for the next report to decide on a September rate hike.

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