Synonyms of coldness

coldness

noun

as in detachment

the absence of emotional involvement

her clinical coldness allows her to function in a job where she sees human misery every day

Synonyms & Similar Words

• detachment
• objectivity
• reasonableness
• dispassion
• calmness
• reasonability
• calm
• cool
• serenity
• quietness
• dispassionateness
• disinterest
• sereneness
• restfulness
• quiet
• impartiality
• indifference
• rationality
• fairness
• disinterestedness
• peacefulness
• equitability
• unresponsiveness
• nonpartisanship
• balance
• peace
• apathy
• quietude
• equitableness
• unbiasedness
• placidity
• reserve
• tranquility
• rationalness
• tranquilness
• repose
• undemonstrativeness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• emotionalism
• prejudice
• bias
• partisanship
• partiality
• favor
• one-sidedness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of coldness

The danger occurs if that ruthlessness veers into institutional coldness. — James McNicholas, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

The music recalled the angst and coldness of Carpenter’s movie scores but with more robust arrangements, buttressed by Davies’ guitar. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2026

Orris adds earthy depth, while a petrichor accord gives the scent an eerie coldness. — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 15 July 2026

In this attitude was a strange commingling of repugnance and desire, alienation and belonging, intimacy and coldness. — Literary Hub, 14 July 2026

Her fierce intelligence helps paper over some of the screenplay’s rougher transitions, and even lends a measure of legibility to Sylvia’s sudden coldness. — Natalia Winkelman, Variety, 16 June 2026

The bureaucratic coldness of Bolshevik Communism and the violent regressions of Fascism were yet worse. — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026

When Charles was set to come face to face with one of the brightest, youngest faces of American politics, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, he was met with only a coldness and reminder of the crimes of British imperialism. — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026

The term implies godlike deftness and speed but also a certain impersonal coldness — skill at the expense of passion. — Justin Davidson, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2026