Definition for Apathy:

• Want of feeling; privation of passion, emotion, or excitement; dispassion; -- applied either to the body or the mind. As applied to the mind, it is a calmness, indolence, or state of indifference, incapable of being ruffled or roused to active interest or exertion by pleasure, pain, or passion.

Synonyms for Apathy:

• n.

  •
  • feelings,
  • lassitude.
  •boredom (noun)
  • dullness,
  • ennui,
  • listlessness,
  • dreariness,
  • tedium,
  • monotony.
  •depression (noun)
  • doldrums.
  •disinterestedness (noun)
  • disinterest,
  • impartiality.
  •disregard (noun)
  • dis respect,
  • the cold shoulders,
  • in-attentions,
  • dis-respect,
  • brush-offs,
  • slightings,
  • over sight,
  • over looking,
  • dis esteem,
  • brush offs,
  • in advertence,
  • dis regard,
  • dis favor,
  • un mindfulnesses,
  • neglectings,
  • over-sight,
  • dis-regard,
  • dis interest,
  • un-mindfulness,
  • in-advertences,
  • in-advertence,
  • in advertences,
  • dis-regards,
  • dis interests,
  • in-attention,
  • brushoffs,
  • dis-interests,
  • dis favors,
  • dis-esteem,
  • unmindfulnesses,
  • overlookings,
  • dis respects,
  • dis regards,
  • dis-interest,
  • dis-favors,
  • dis-esteems,
  • over-looking,
  • un mindfulness,
  • dis esteems,
  • over-sights,
  • in attention,
  • un-mindfulnesses,
  • forgettings,
  • in attentions,
  • dis-respects,
  • insouciances,
  • over sights,
  • dis-favor.
  •doldrums (noun)
  • black mood,
  • dismals,
  • blahs.
  •dullness (noun)
  • dimness,
  • boorishness,
  • benumbedness,
  • drowsiness,
  • slowness,
  • languidness,
  • thick-wittedness,
  • cloddishness,
  • sleepiness,
  • ponderousness,
  • denseness,
  • sluggishness.
  •ennui (noun)
  • dis satisfactions,
  • dis-satisfactions,
  • spiritlessnesses,
  • dis satisfaction,
  • dis-satisfaction.
  •feeling (noun)
  • apathy.
  •hebetude (noun)
  • passivens.
  •ignoring (noun)
  • disregard.
  •inattention (noun)
  • disinterestedness,
  • Incuriosity,
  • lapse,
  • unconsciousness,
  • unconcern,
  • Inobservance,
  • absence,
  • disregardfulness,
  • oversight,
  • detachment,
  • forgetfulness,
  • obliviousness,
  • aloofness,
  • preoccupation,
  • thoughtlessness,
  • absent-mindedness,
  • heedlessness,
  • distraction,
  • befuddlement,
  • inattention,
  • negligence,
  • carelessness,
  • lack of interest,
  • inadvertence.
  •inconsequence (noun)
  • in significances,
  • in-significance,
  • un-importances,
  • in-consequence,
  • in significance,
  • un importances,
  • un importance,
  • in-consequences,
  • in-significances,
  • in consequences,
  • un-importance.
  •inconsequentiality (noun)
  • in consequentiality,
  • in-consequentialities,
  • in-consequentiality,
  • in consequentialities.
  •inconsequentialness (noun)
  • in consequentialnesses,
  • in-consequentialness,
  • in-consequentialnesses,
  • in consequentialness.
  •incuriosity (noun)
  • dispassionateness,
  • Incuriousness.
  •indifference (noun)
  • laxity,
  • lukewarmness,
  • unwillingness,
  • coldness,
  • halfheartedness,
  • Perfunctoriness.
  •inertia (noun)
  • immobility,
  • oscitancy,
  • paralysis,
  • deadness,
  • Paralyses,
  • passivity.
  •inertness (noun)
  • stillness,
  • inactivity,
  • insensibility,
  • languor,
  • stagnancy,
  • dormancy,
  • idleness,
  • catatonia,
  • motionlessness,
  • inertness,
  • coma,
  • hibernation,
  • reposefulness,
  • Inanimation.
  •insensibility (noun)
  • Carus,
  • narcoma.
  •insensitivity (noun)
  • coolness,
  • hardness,
  • heartlessness,
  • insensitivity,
  • passionlessness,
  • dispassion,
  • cold-bloodedness,
  • Stoniness,
  • toughness,
  • bluntness,
  • Objectiveness,
  • callousness,
  • emotionlessness,
  • insensitiveness,
  • hardheartedness,
  • nonchalance,
  • blindness,
  • ruthlessness.
  •insignificancy (noun)
  • in significancy,
  • in-significancy,
  • in-significancies,
  • in significancies.
  •languor (noun)
  • in-action,
  • in-actions.
  •laziness (noun)
  • do-nothingnesses,
  • faineances,
  • faineancies,
  • languorousnesses,
  • torpidnesses,
  • donothingness,
  • torpescences,
  • supinenesses,
  • otiosenesses,
  • do nothingness,
  • otiosities,
  • do nothingnesses,
  • donothingnesses,
  • lackadaisicalnesses,
  • dreaminesses,
  • leisurelinesses,
  • dilatorinesses,
  • neglectfulnesses.
  •lethargy (noun)
  • tiredness,
  • torpor,
  • indolence.
  •stupidity (noun)
  • feeble-mindednesses,
  • doltishnesses,
  • in-capacity,
  • feeble mindedness,
  • in capacities,
  • thick-headednesses,
  • non senses,
  • brainlessnesses,
  • fatuousnesses,
  • obtusenesses,
  • non sense,
  • in-judiciousness,
  • weakmindednesses,
  • weak mindedness,
  • non-sense,
  • feeble mindednesses,
  • in capacity,
  • thick headedness,
  • thickheadednesses,
  • in judiciousnesses,
  • nitwittednesses,
  • asininities,
  • in-capacities,
  • thick headednesses,
  • battinesses,
  • weak mindednesses,
  • weak-mindednesses,
  • in judiciousness,
  • feeblemindednesses,
  • weakmindedness,
  • injudiciousnesses,
  • stupidnesses,
  • in-judiciousnesses,
  • shallownesses.
  •stupor (noun)
  • be wilderments,
  • narcosises,
  • be-wilderments,
  • be wilderment,
  • be-wilderment,
  • swoonings,
  • sopors,
  • petrifactions,
  • Asphyxias,
  • somnolences.
  •thick skin (noun)
  • un-feelingness,
  • un feelingness,
  • rhinoceros hides,
  • un-feelingnesses,
  • formidable defense,
  • thick-skin,
  • thick shells,
  • thick hides,
  • elephant skins,
  • unfeelingnesses,
  • un feelingnesses,
  • hard shells.
  •unconcern (noun)
  • un concerns,
  • un-concern,
  • un-concerns,
  • un concern.
  •unexcitability (noun)
  • impassiveness,
  • placidity,
  • composedness,
  • neutrality,
  • easygoingness,
  • staidness,
  • serenity,
  • self-composedness,
  • reservation,
  • calmness,
  • tranquility.
  •weariness (noun)
  • droopiness,
  • faintness,
  • feebleness,
  • flaccidity,
  • weariness,
  • debilitation,
  • exhaustion,
  • blues,
  • weakness,
  • fatigue,
  • cheerlessness,
  • depression,
  • over-weariness,
  • footsoreness.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • sensation,
  • stolidness,
  • uninterest,
  • ambition,
  • Insensibleness,
  • the doldrums,
  • unresponsiveness,
  • cabin fever.

Paraphrases for Apathy:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    indifference.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    inertia, inactivity.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    apathetic.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    lethargy, passivity, inaction, disregard, complacency, stagnation.

Antonyms for Apathy:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    distress, agitation, keenness, turbulence, awareness, alarm, prejudice, attention, compassion, violence, responsiveness, storm, fury, attentiveness, melodrama, feeling, sensibility, zeal, hysteria, receptivity, excitement, bias, receptiveness, sympathy, solicitude, pity, eagerness, sensitiveness, conscientiousness, tenderness, vehemence, histrionics, hysterics, sensitivity, interest, regard, understanding, empathy, disturbance, heedfulness, susceptibility, warmheartedness, frenzy.

Apathy Sentence Examples:

• It is, therefore, easy to understand the apathy of government.

• Whatever came in his way, the tragedy or comedy of his daily life, his moods of passion and apathy, the aspirations of his better moments, all underwent the same disintegrating process.

Homophones for Apathy:

• afoot, apatite, abut, aphid, aphididae, apt, abet, about, avidity, appetite, abode, aft, apidae, abbot, abate, aviate, apodidae, abwatt, a bit, au fait, avoid, abide, abaft, avid, apoidea, aphidoidea, aptitude, avowed.

Hypernym for Apathy:

• n.

  • feeling
    impassivity, lassitude, languor, impassiveness, indifference, unemotionality, stolidity, listlessness, emotionlessness, phlegm.

Hyponym for Apathy:

• n.

  • feeling
    feeling.