Synonyms of clinical

clinical

adjective

as in professional

having or showing a lack of emotion or interest

She spoke to the patient's family in a clinical tone.

Related Words

• professional
• detached
• silent
• serious
• objective
• dispassionate
• impersonal
• distant
• solemn
• distinguished
• businesslike
• reserved
• sober
• hard
• indifferent
• cold
• disinterested
• dry
• apathetic
• uninterested
• antisocial
• unconcerned
• misanthropic
• remote
• glacial
• chill
• aloof
• asocial
• chilly
• brittle
• arctic
• antiseptic
• cool
• incurious
• icy
• standoffish
• unsociable
• standoff
• unbending
• offish
• frosty
• frigid
• clammy
• severe
• unclubbable
• unemotional
• wintry
• frozen
• unfriendly
• unsympathetic
• uncordial
• soulless
• pitiless
• cold-eyed
• cold-blooded
• uncommunicative
• elevated
• taciturn
• earnest
• unresponsive
• gelid
• undemonstrative
• bloodless
• uncaring
• unsmiling
• hard-eyed
• heartless
• reticent
• grave
• coldhearted
• unfeeling
• buttoned-up
• dignified
• no-nonsense
• sedate
• humorless
• uncomic
• hard-hearted
• staid
• serious-minded
• coldish
• weighty
• kindless
• sobersided
• po-faced

Dissimilar Words

• kind
• emotional
• compassionate
• sympathetic
• expressive
• social
• demonstrative
• happy
• kindhearted
• communicative
• hearty
• expansive
• warm-blooded
• warmhearted
• convivial
• outgoing
• gregarious
• companionable
• clubby
• extroverted
• talkative
• boon
• amiable
• congenial
• hospitable
• folksy
• gracious
• affable
• garrulous
• genial
• warm
• agreeable
• friendly
• comic
• neighborly
• kindly
• unprofessional
• cordial
• clubbable
• sociable
• hysterical
• comical
• light
• ridiculous
• farcical
• funny
• ludicrous
• unbusinesslike
• hilarious
• riotous
• frivolous
• playful
• antic
• laughable
• humorous
• goofy
• droll
• lighthearted
• risible
• uproarious
• jocular
• screaming
• flippant
• puerile
• joking
• ludic
• scatterbrained
• flip
• flighty
• harebrained
• facetious
• kittenish
• sidesplitting
• featherbrained
• light-headed
• jesting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of clinical

Finding an answer still requires the painstaking work of formulation, preclinical testing, clinical research, and regulatory review. — Emma Clapp, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026

In the next four years, DSM-6 has a chance to make that expectation explicit by recognizing digital environments as part of the broader clinical context in which eating disorders develop, persist, and recover. — Jessica Scheer, STAT, 2 Sep. 2026

They're not burned out in the clinical sense, just running at a pace that's clearly not sustainable in the long run. — Tony Loyd, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026

For someone whose career depends heavily on making clinical decisions and being present, that was unsettling. — Dr. Jessica Shepherd, Flow Space, 1 Sep. 2026