Synonyms for apathetic
ˌæp əˈθɛt ɪkap·a·thet·ic

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1. apatheticadjective

   Synonyms:
   indifferent, impassive

2. apatheticadjective

   Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion; passionless; indifferent.

   Synonyms:
   impassive, indifferent

3. apatheticadjective

   Of, or pertaining to apatheism.

   Synonyms:
   impassive, indifferent

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 3 votes

1. apathetic

   Synonyms:
   calm, careless, cold, cool, dispassionate, frigid, heedless, indifferent, negligent, phlegmatic, purposeless, regardless, stolid, stony, stupid, unconcerned, uninterested, unmindful, unmoved

   Antonyms:
   animated, anxious, ardent, burning, desirous, eager, earnest, enthusiastic, fervent, glowing, hot, impatient, impetuous, importunate, intense, intent, keen, longing, vehement, yearning, zealous

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1. apathetic

   Synonyms:
   unfeeling, stoical, cold, frigid, indifferent, impassive, insensible, insensitive

   Antonyms:
   anxious, careful, sympathetic, sensitive, susceptible

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. apatheticadjective

   showing little or no emotion or animation

   "a woman who became active rather than apathetic as she grew older"

   Synonyms:
   indifferent

   Antonyms:
   spirited, interested

2. apathetic, indifferentadjective

   marked by a lack of interest

   "an apathetic audience"; "the universe is neither hostile nor friendly; it is simply indifferent"

   Synonyms:
   immaterial, inert, neutral, deaf(p), so-so(p), unbiassed, indifferent(p), unbiased, indifferent

   Antonyms:
   spirited, interested

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1. apatheticadjective

   Synonyms:
   unfeeling, passionless, impassible, impassive, platonic, stoical, unimpressible, unsusceptible, insensible, senseless, soulless, phlegmatic, dull, obtuse, cold, sluggish, torpid, tame, lukewarm, indifferent, callous, dead, cold-blooded, without sensibility, destitute of feeling

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1. apatheticadjective

   Synonyms:
   passionless, unfeeling, unconcerned, indifferent

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1. List of paraphrases for "apathetic":

   lethargic, indifferent, apathy

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1. Christine Hallquist:

   This is not a time in American history to sit back and be apathetic, we must be bold in the face of the headwinds from Washington, we must be bold in the face of continuing unpredictability from Congress, and we must be bold in the face of the chaos from the White House.

2. James Scott:

   A single spear-phishing email carrying a slightly altered malware can bypass multi-million dollar enterprise security solutions if an adversary deceives a cyber-hygienically apathetic employee into opening the attachment or clicking a malicious link and thereby compromising the entire network.

3. Paul Greenwood:

   I think it's a huge missed opportunity, a huge proportion of the electorate are disillusioned and apathetic and don't vote, and it's mostly the young ones. They are all spending a lot of their time on social. If someone had one good idea about how to reach out to them and talk to them in a language they understand, how to make politics relevant to them on social, it would be huge. But I'm not seeing that.

4. Carolyn DeWitt:

   There has absolutely been a change in the attitudes and behaviors of young people in recent years, this idea that young people are apathetic and lazy could not be further from the truth. This is an extremely passionate youth generation.

5. Mitesh Patel:

   There's probably 10 % of people who are just vaccine apathetic, they're not against it, but they're not going to go out of their way to get it, and that 10 % could really push us toward herd immunity.