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
• aloofness
• callousness
• detachment
• 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

But in the era of dating apps − essentially another form of social media − the nonchalance with which so many approach dating has gotten out of hand. — Charles Trepany, USA Today, 29 June 2026

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