States and conditions
Synonyms for apathetic
Synonyms for apathetic: listless and indifferent. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for apathetic
Interchangeable with apathetic in this sense
Audited under apathetic's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one apathetic carries in that sense.
- listlessadjective, in the sense "in a state of having little interest, emotion, or concern"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name apathetic as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- indifferentindifferent is an adjective in the sense "marked by a lack of interest"
The first group is filed under apathetic's own sense. The second reaches apathetic from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.
in a state of having little interest, emotion, or concern
Voter turnout dropped as the public grew apathetic about the candidates.
The true synonym
listless
Same sentence, swapped: Voter turnout dropped as the public grew listless about the candidates.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for apathetic in the sentence quoted.
- hostile
- skeptical
- outspoken
Where apathetic turns up in the game
apathetic is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where apathetic is the trap
- despondentadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is heartsick, in the sense "without or almost without hope", with apathetic sitting one tile away.
- insensibleadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is senseless, in the sense "unresponsive to stimulation", with apathetic sitting one tile away.
Play apathetic
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so apathetic reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because states and conditions is the company apathetic keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. apathetic carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.