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
• detachment
• tepidness
• aloofness
• 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

Something natural decay shares with human indifference and brutality—war, waste, and rot, literal and metaphorical. —Literary Hub, 24 Apr. 2026

The doubts, indifference, and loneliness, the grit and decay (The subway is a porno). —Spin Team, SPIN, 20 Apr. 2026

Lamine Yamal and Ferran Torres helped take the fight to Atletico Madrid on their own turf at the Metropolitano, but the Catalans had their own tale of Lady Luck’s indifference. —Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026

The cold indifference of history buried that grandiose tyrant in the oblivion of the desert — a haunting reminder that even the most grandiose of leaders are but fleeting shadows in the long arc of history. —Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026