Synonyms of nonchalance

nonchalance

noun

ˌnän-shə-ˈlän(t)s 

as in disregard

lack of interest or concern

with their usual nonchalance they arrived at the wedding ceremony half an hour late

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of nonchalance

Max Cady should be an unsettling interruption, a man who undermines our ideas of right and wrong through his nonchalance about his own wickedness; here, the most unsettling thing about him are those teal contact lenses. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 26 June 2026

Pair it with heeled ballet flats and a raffia tote for maximum summer nonchalance. — Olivia Allen, Vogue, 24 June 2026

Through a slurry of distorted guitars and deadpan singing, the album brushes against grief, addiction, and abandonment through a layer of gauzy nonchalance. — Linnie Greene, Pitchfork, 23 June 2026

Vocals have an offhand nonchalance instead of hogging the spotlight, melodies sneak up on you rather than announce themselves, and the guitars avoid crunchy riffs and overdriven twang in favor of tart rambling and clean supporting chords. — Reed Jackson, SPIN, 19 June 2026