insensible

insensible

adjective

Definition of INSENSIBLE

1

having lost consciousness <if a choking person is insensible, you should lay them down on their back before performing the Heimlich maneuver>

Synonyms cold, insensible, senseless

Related Words semiconscious; anesthetized; collapsed

Near Antonyms alert, awake, aware, up; resuscitated, revived

Antonyms conscious

2

not perceptible by a sense or by the mind <the fragile glass flowers can be damaged by even the most insensible tremors>

Synonyms impalpable, inappreciable, indistinguishable, insensible

Related Words inaudible, intangible, invisible; inconspicuous, indistinct, unnoticeable, unseeable, unseen; faint, insignificant, liminal, slender, slight, subtle, trivial; buried, concealed, covert, disguised, hidden, obscure, shrouded, unapparent, vague

Near Antonyms audible, observable, recognizable, tangible, visible; clear, conspicuous, evident, eye-catching, manifest, noticeable, obvious, plain, prominent, striking; apparent, distinct, significant, straightforward

Antonyms appreciable, discernible (also discernable), palpable, perceptible, ponderable, sensible

3

having or showing a lack of interest or concern <city hall remains insensible to our complaints about the downtown parking situation>

Synonyms apathetic, casual, complacent, disinterested, incurious, insensible, insouciant, nonchalant, perfunctory, pococurante, unconcerned, uncurious, uninterested

Related Words 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

Near Antonyms attentive, aware, conscientious, heedful, mindful; caring, sensitive, warmhearted; ardent, fervent, keen, passionate, warm, zealous

Antonyms concerned, interested

4

lacking animate awareness or sensation <even the canyon's insensible rocks seemed to mock the stranded climber's utter helplessness>

Synonyms inanimate, insensible, insentient, senseless, unfeeling

Related Words exanimate, lifeless; comatose, unconscious

Near Antonyms aware, cognizant, conscious; animated, lively, vibrant

Antonyms animate, feeling, sensate, sensible, sensitive, sentient

5

lacking in refinement or good taste <married an insensible brute upon whom the niceties of life were completely lost>

Synonyms common, crass, crude, gross, ill-bred, illiberal [archaic], incult, insensible, low, lowbred, lowbrow, raffish, rough, rough-hewn, roughneck, rude, rugged, tasteless, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar

Related Words boorish, churlish, cloddish, clownish, loutish, ungentlemanly; clumsy, lubberly, lumpish, oafish; inconsiderate, indelicate, insensitive, thoughtless; countrified (also countryfied), provincial, rustic (also rustical), unsophisticated; graceless, inelegant, tacky; animallike, barbaric, barbarous, uncivilized; mannerless, unmannered, unmannerly

Near Antonyms aristocratic, courtly, patrician; elegant, graceful, restrained; considerate, gracious, sensitive, thoughtful; citified, sophisticated, urbane

Antonyms civilized, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polished, refined, smooth, tasteful, ultrarefined, well-bred

6

not informed about or aware of something <a scientist who usually is so engrossed in his work that he is quite insensible of the passage of time>

Synonyms clueless, incognizant, innocent, insensible, nescient, oblivious, unacquainted, unaware, unconscious, uninformed, unknowing, unmindful, unwitting

Related Words uneducated, unschooled, untaught; absent, absentminded, abstracted, heedless, inattentive, inconscient

Near Antonyms au courant, hip, plugged-in, up-to-date; educated, knowledgeable, schooled, taught; heedful, observant; sensitive, sentient

Antonyms acquainted, aware, cognizant, conscious, conversant, grounded, informed, knowing, mindful, witting