Qualities
Synonyms for indifferent
Synonyms for indifferent: apathetic, deaf and unbiased. 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 3 synonyms for indifferent
Interchangeable with indifferent in this sense
Audited under indifferent's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one indifferent carries in that sense.
- apatheticadjective, in the sense "marked by a lack of interest"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name indifferent as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
one of these comes from indifferent's own entry in the bank, and two were audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
marked by a lack of interest
The universe is neither hostile nor friendly; it is simply indifferent.
The true synonym
apathetic
Same sentence, swapped: The universe is neither hostile nor friendly; it is simply apathetic.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- immaterial
- unbiased
- icy
Where indifferent turns up in the game
indifferent is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in six other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 6 puzzles where indifferent is the trap
- ashamedadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is guilty, in the sense "feeling embarrassment or guilt over one's actions", with indifferent sitting one tile away.
- gullibleadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is naive, in the sense "easily deceived or tricked due to being too trusting", and indifferent is one of the three tiles that lose.
- hopefuladjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is optimistic, in the sense "feeling or expressing optimism about a future outcome", so indifferent is there to be ruled out.
- jubilantadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is triumphant, in the sense "feeling or expressing great happiness, especially over a success", so indifferent is there to be ruled out.
Play indifferent
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so indifferent reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other qualities words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. indifferent carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.