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
• reserved
• businesslike
• hard
• sober
• cold
• indifferent
• disinterested
• dry
• apathetic
• uninterested
• antisocial
• unconcerned
• misanthropic
• remote
• chill
• glacial
• chilly
• brittle
• cool
• aloof
• asocial
• arctic
• antiseptic
• incurious
• icy
• standoffish
• unsociable
• standoff
• unbending
• offish
• frigid
• frosty
• severe
• clammy
• unclubbable
• unemotional
• wintry
• frozen
• unfriendly
• unsympathetic
• uncordial
• soulless
• elevated
• pitiless
• cold-eyed
• cold-blooded
• uncommunicative
• earnest
• taciturn
• unresponsive
• gelid
• undemonstrative
• bloodless
• uncaring
• unsmiling
• hard-eyed
• grave
• heartless
• reticent
• 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

The platform has since expanded into daily wellness formulas, virtual coaching with Doctors of Chinese Medicine, and early clinical research, including work focused on fibroids. — Tanya Akim, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

The World Health Organization says that this is possible — that with moderate drinking, even after long periods of abstinence, there are lots of people who find success of clinical significance and life improvement. — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2026

Hasselbeck’s participation is just a small part of a study that Michael Alosco, co-director of clinical research at the Boston University CTE Center, hopes will expand to hundreds of participants in multiple locations. — David Brandt, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026

Andreas Hauskrecht, a clinical professor of business economics at Indiana University, flagged heightened energy prices as a concern for months to come, as much of those higher costs could filter through other areas of the economy. — Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026