Synonyms of indifference

indifference

noun

in-ˈdi-f(ə-)rən(t)s 

as in disregard

lack of interest or concern

an alarming indifference toward the well-being of his own children

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disregard
• unconcern
• nonchalance
• apathy
• insouciance
• casualness
• complacence
• disinterestedness
• incuriosity
• torpor
• carelessness
• recklessness
• lukewarmness
• incuriousness
• unawareness
• lethargy
• coldness
• heedlessness
• tepidity
• callousness
• tepidness
• aloofness
• detachment
• dispassion
• impassivity
• stoicism
• insensitivity
• impassiveness
• hardness
• stolidity
• halfheartedness
• listlessness
• callosity
• hard-heartedness
• phlegm
• bloodlessness
• cool

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• concern
• interest
• regard
• awareness
• attention
• curiosity
• sensitivity
• attentiveness
• keenness
• prejudice
• bias
• conscientiousness
• partiality
• desire
• zeal
• warmth
• heedfulness
• vehemence
• ardor
• passion
• warmheartedness
• fervency

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of indifference

Activists fused mourning and militance, fighting against indifference to the lives of gay men and, later, people of color and intravenous drug users. — Robert W. Snyder, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026

Preaching indifference to football, however radical that is, played straight into this sensibility. — Jesse Dougherty, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026

Images that insist, against indifference, that something remains at stake. — Alessia Glaviano, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026

The building at the excavation was previously thought to have served as a prison, due to the shoddiness of its construction and its indifference to aesthetics. — Jim Greer, SPIN, 3 Sep. 2026