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Synonyms & Antonyms of clinical
having or showing a lack of emotion or interest
- She spoke to the patient's family in a clinical tone.
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for clinical
- aloof,
- antisocial,
- asocial,
- buttoned-up,
- cold,
- cold-eyed,
- cool,
- detached,
- distant,
- dry,
- frosty,
- offish,
- remote,
- standoff,
- standoffish,
- unbending,
- unclubbable,
- unsociable
- antiseptic,
- arctic,
- brittle,
- chill,
- chilly,
- clammy,
- cold-blooded,
- coldish,
- frigid,
- frozen,
- gelid,
- glacial,
- hard-eyed,
- icy,
- uncordial,
- unfriendly,
- unsympathetic,
- wintry
- (also wintery)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for clinical
- boon,
- clubbable
- (also clubable),
- clubby,
- companionable,
- convivial,
- extroverted
- (also extraverted),
- gregarious,
- outgoing
- antic,
- comic,
- comical,
- droll,
- farcical,
- funny,
- hilarious,
- hysterical
- (also hysteric),
- laughable,
- light,
- light-headed,
- ludicrous,
- ridiculous,
- riotous,
- risible,
- screaming,
- sidesplitting,
- uproarious
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“Clinical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clinical. Accessed 2 Dec. 2021.
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The first known use of clinical was circa 1728
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