Synonyms and Antonyms of apathetic
1
having or showing a lack of interest or concern
- people of conscience cannot be apathetic about the great suffering in this world
casual, complacent, disinterested, incurious, indifferent, insensible, insouciant, nonchalant, perfunctory, pococurante, unconcerned, uncurious, uninterested
halfhearted, lukewarm, tepid
aloof, cold, numb, remote, unemotional
callous, hard-hearted, insensitive, unfeeling
calm, cool, detached, dispassionate
careless, heedless, mindless
impassive, impervious, phlegmatic, stoic (or stoical), stolid
lethargic, listless
unimpressed
attentive, aware, conscientious, heedful, mindful
caring, sensitive, warmhearted
ardent, fervent, keen, passionate, warm, zealous
2
not feeling or showing emotion
- gave nothing more than an apathetic gaze to his interrogators
affectless, cold-blooded, emotionless, impassible, impassive, numb, passionless, phlegmatic, stoic (or stoical), stolid, undemonstrative, unemotional
cold, cool, dispassionate, unmoved
calm, collected, composed
imperturbable, unflappable
reserved, reticent, taciturn
bland, blank, deadpan, dry, empty, expressionless, inexpressive, stone-faced, straight-faced, vacant, wooden
enigmatic (also enigmatical), impenetrable, inscrutable
aloof, bloodless, detached, indifferent, insensible, unconcerned, unsentimental
impersonal, objective, unresponsive
hard-hearted, pitiless, unfeeling
inconsiderate, thoughtless
blazing, burning, fiery, flaming, glowing, red-hot
ardent, enthusiastic, gung ho, warm-blooded, zealous
gushing, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, sentimental
dramatic, histrionic, melodramatic, overemotional, overheated, perfervid
compassionate, responsive, sympathetic
reactive, sensitive
