What is another word for Half-hearted?
809 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ hˈɑːfhˈɑːtɪd], [ hˈɑːfhˈɑːtɪd], [ h_ˈɑː_f_h_ˈɑː_t_ɪ_d]
The term 'Half-hearted' refers to a lack of enthusiasm, dedication, or effort in performing a particular task. There are many synonyms for this word, including lukewarm, indifferent, lackluster, apathetic, indifferent, ambivalent, unenthusiastic, and tepid. Each of these words describes a person's attitude towards a particular action or project that needs to be completed. A lukewarm approach suggests a lack of passion or enthusiasm while indifference implies apathy and a lack of interest. Lackluster and tepid both refer to a lack of energy and enthusiasm, while ambivalent suggests mixed feelings or uncertainty. Unenthusiastic implies a lack of passion or excitement towards the work at hand.
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Similar words for Half-hearted:
- indifferent (adjective)
- unenthusiastic (adjective)
- vacillant (adjective)
- hesitant (adjective)
- irresolute (adjective)
- lackadaisical (adjective)
- lukewarm (adjective)
- tame (adjective)
- tepid (adjective)
- unsympathetic (adjective)
Synonyms for Half-hearted:
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adj.
• indifferent- apathetic ,
- cold ,
- cool ,
- detached ,
- disinterested ,
- dispassionate ,
- easygoing ,
- impartial ,
- indifferent ,
- insouciant ,
- lukewarm ,
- neutral ,
- nonchalant ,
- passive ,
- perfunctory ,
- uncaring ,
- unconcerned ,
- uninterested ,
- unwilling .
- Delaying ,
- Half-hearted ,
- afraid ,
- averse ,
- backward ,
- dawdling ,
- diffident ,
- disinclined ,
- doubtful ,
- doubting ,
- halting ,
- hanging back ,
- lazy ,
- loath ,
- reluctant ,
- shy ,
- skeptical ,
- slow ,
- tentative ,
- timid ,
- unpredictable .
- fearful ,
- fickle ,
- fluctuating ,
- hot-and-cold ,
- infirm ,
- on-the-fence ,
- shaky ,
- unsettled ,
- unstable ,
- unsteady ,
- waffling ,
- weak-kneed ,
- wimpy ,
- wobbly .
- Languishing ,
- abstracted ,
- daydreaming ,
- dreamy ,
- dull ,
- energyless ,
- enervated ,
- faineant ,
- idle ,
- inattentive ,
- incurious ,
- indolent ,
- inert ,
- languorous ,
- lethargic ,
- moony ,
- romantic ,
- sentimental ,
- slothful ,
- spring fever .
Other synonyms:
- blase ,
- bored ,
- fed up ,
- listless ,
- restless ,
- unenthusiastic ,
- uninspired ,
- world-weary .
Other relevant words:
- abandon ,
- abhorrent ,
- abrasive ,
- absent ,
- absentminded ,
- achromatic ,
- act ,
- adynamic ,
- air castle ,
- all right ,
- amatory ,
- amorous ,
- antagonistic ,
- antipathetical ,
- aplomb ,
- arctic ,
- ardent ,
- arduous ,
- aridness ,
- aseptic ,
- ashen ,
- assuredness ,
- asthenic ,
- attenuate ,
- attenuated ,
- available ,
- average ,
- awful ,
- back ,
- backbreaking ,
- backwards ,
- bad ,
- baffling ,
- balmy ,
- barbarous ,
- barrenness ,
- base ,
- baseless ,
- bastardly ,
- bathetic ,
- beggarly ,
- behind ,
- benumb ,
- bit ,
- blanch ,
- blanched ,
- bleached ,
- blench ,
- blunt ,
- bouldered ,
- bouldery ,
- brutal ,
- bully ,
- calloused ,
- careworn ,
- castle in the air ,
- casual ,
- categorically ,
- cauterise ,
- cauterize ,
- cautious ,
- centrist ,
- ceremonious ,
- chair ,
- changeable ,
- chasten ,
- check ,
- chile ,
- chili ,
- chili pepper ,
- chilli ,
- coarse ,
- cold-eyed ,
- coldness ,
- common cold ,
- commonplace ,
- concentrated ,
- conk ,
- contain ,
- control ,
- cool down ,
- cool off ,
- coolheaded ,
- courteously ,
- cowardly ,
- crazy ,
- cripple ,
- crippled ,
- cruddy ,
- cultivate ,
- cunctation ,
- curb ,
- cursory ,
- cushy ,
- cussed ,
- dalliance ,
- damp ,
- dampen ,
- daydream ,
- dead ,
- deadening ,
- deadpan ,
- deaf ,
- debilitated ,
- decelerate ,
- decrepit ,
- degage ,
- dense ,
- detestable ,
- difficult ,
- dilly-dally ,
- dillydally ,
- dilute ,
- dim ,
- dinky ,
- dire ,
- direful ,
- disbelieving ,
- discharge ,
- disgusted ,
- disgustful ,
- disgusting ,
- dispirited ,
- dissonant ,
- distant ,
- distasteful ,
- dog-tired ,
- domesticate ,
- domesticise ,
- domesticize ,
- drag one's feet ,
- drag one's heels ,
- drawn ,
- dread ,
- dreaded ,
- dreadful ,
- drilling ,
- drippy ,
- dubious ,
- dubitable ,
- dumb ,
- dusty ,
- earthbound ,
- easy ,
- electroneutral ,
- elusive ,
- emotionlessness ,
- empty-bellied ,
- entail ,
- established ,
- evacuate ,
- ever-changing ,
- everyday ,
- exanimate ,
- expressionless ,
- exsanguine ,
- exsanguinous ,
- fagged ,
- faint-hearted ,
- fainthearted ,
- fallible ,
- falter ,
- fearsome ,
- feebleminded ,
- fell ,
- filthy ,
- fine ,
- firmly ,
- flat ,
- flavorless ,
- flavourless ,
- flint ,
- flinty ,
- fluctuation ,
- fluid ,
- formal ,
- foul ,
- fragile ,
- frail ,
- free ,
- frightening ,
- frightful ,
- frigidity ,
- frisson ,
- frosty ,
- frozen ,
- fruitlessness ,
- function ,
- futile ,
- game ,
- gelid ,
- gelidity ,
- gimp ,
- gimpy ,
- glacial ,
- gone ,
- goon ,
- granitelike ,
- granitic ,
- groundless ,
- grueling ,
- gruelling ,
- gutless ,
- haggard ,
- half-witted ,
- halt ,
- hapless ,
- hardhearted ,
- hardly ,
- hateful ,
- have in mind ,
- heavily ,
- heavy ,
- hesitation ,
- hitch ,
- ho-hum ,
- hobble ,
- hokey ,
- hold ,
- hold in ,
- hollow ,
- hood ,
- hoodlum ,
- hooligan ,
- horrendous ,
- horrific ,
- hostile ,
- humdrum ,
- hunky-dory ,
- hushed ,
- iciness ,
- immaterial ,
- impassiveness ,
- impassivity ,
- imperfect ,
- impersonal ,
- imply ,
- in question ,
- in-situ ,
- inactive ,
- incertain ,
- incompatible ,
- indeterminate ,
- indisposed ,
- indurate ,
- inefficient ,
- inept ,
- infertile ,
- inhuman ,
- insensate ,
- insubstantial ,
- intemperate ,
- intemperately ,
- intend ,
- invertebrate ,
- irregular ,
- isolated ,
- jaded ,
- jejune ,
- jobless ,
- kitschy ,
- knockout ,
- knotty ,
- laborious ,
- lacklustre ,
- laze ,
- lead ,
- leaden ,
- leisurely ,
- light ,
- light-headed ,
- lightheaded ,
- livid ,
- loathly ,
- loathsome ,
- long-winded ,
- loose ,
- loth ,
- low temperature ,
- lusterless ,
- lustreless ,
- matter-of-fact ,
- maudlin ,
- mawkish ,
- meager ,
- meagerly ,
- mean value ,
- meaningless ,
- meanspirited ,
- measly ,
- meek ,
- mellow ,
- mentally ill ,
- mercurial ,
- middle of the roader ,
- mince ,
- mingy ,
- miserable ,
- miserly ,
- misfortunate ,
- moderationist ,
- modest ,
- modus operandi ,
- mollify ,
- monotone ,
- monotonic ,
- moonlit ,
- moth-eaten ,
- muffle ,
- muffled ,
- mundane ,
- mushy ,
- mute ,
- naturalise ,
- naturalize ,
- neglectful ,
- negligible ,
- nerveless ,
- nonchalance ,
- numb ,
- number ,
- numbness ,
- obscene ,
- obstinate ,
- obtuse ,
- oil production ,
- ok ,
- okay ,
- on the fence ,
- oneirism ,
- onionskin ,
- open ,
- otiose ,
- out of work ,
- pachydermatous ,
- pall ,
- pallid ,
- parky ,
- pass out ,
- passing ,
- passive voice ,
- pathetic ,
- peaceful ,
- peanut ,
- pedestrian ,
- phlegm ,
- phlegmatical ,
- picket ,
- piteous ,
- pitiable ,
- pitiful ,
- pitiless ,
- planetary ,
- played out ,
- pointless ,
- poise ,
- poker-faced ,
- polar ,
- politic ,
- poor people ,
- precarious ,
- pro forma ,
- probationary ,
- problematic ,
- problematical ,
- procedure ,
- procrastinate ,
- procrastination ,
- prosy ,
- provisional ,
- provisionary ,
- punishing ,
- punk ,
- questioning ,
- quick ,
- quicksilver ,
- quiet ,
- quiver ,
- quixotic ,
- quotidian ,
- raddled ,
- rearward ,
- rearwards ,
- rebarbative ,
- reclaim ,
- regardless ,
- remorseless ,
- repellant ,
- repelling ,
- repulsive ,
- resistant ,
- restrained ,
- retard ,
- reticent ,
- reverie ,
- revery ,
- revolting ,
- rickety ,
- rocklike ,
- rocky ,
- romanticist ,
- romanticistic ,
- rough ,
- roughneck ,
- roughshod ,
- rowdy ,
- ruffian ,
- ruffianly ,
- rugged ,
- runty ,
- ruthless ,
- sang-froid ,
- sapless ,
- sappy ,
- savage ,
- savorless ,
- savourless ,
- scatty ,
- sceptical ,
- schematic ,
- schmaltzy ,
- schmalzy ,
- screwball ,
- scrimpy ,
- season ,
- senseless ,
- separated ,
- set-apart ,
- severe ,
- severely ,
- shadowy ,
- shift ,
- shifty ,
- shiver ,
- shivering ,
- short ,
- shrimpy ,
- shudder ,
- sick ,
- sick of ,
- signify ,
- skanky ,
- slack ,
- slacken ,
- slight ,
- slow down ,
- slow up ,
- slow-witted ,
- slowly ,
- slug ,
- sluggish ,
- slushy ,
- smooth ,
- smutty ,
- so-so ,
- soft ,
- soften ,
- softened ,
- softheaded ,
- soggy ,
- soppy ,
- soupy ,
- spent ,
- spiritlessness ,
- square ,
- stagnate ,
- stale ,
- stall ,
- stand for ,
- stingy ,
- stolidity ,
- stonyhearted ,
- street fighter ,
- strong ,
- strong-armer ,
- sturdy ,
- suave ,
- subdue ,
- subdued ,
- subprogram ,
- subroutine ,
- superficial ,
- superfluous ,
- surd ,
- swoon ,
- swooning ,
- syncope ,
- tamed ,
- tardily ,
- temper ,
- temperamental ,
- tenuous ,
- terrible ,
- thickened ,
- thin ,
- think ,
- think of ,
- thornless ,
- thoughtless ,
- thrill ,
- thudding ,
- thug ,
- tick over ,
- tight ,
- timorous ,
- tingle ,
- tired of ,
- tiresome ,
- toilsome ,
- tone down ,
- torpid ,
- toughened ,
- toughie ,
- trembling ,
- trepid ,
- trifling ,
- turn ,
- unable ,
- unaccented ,
- unaffected ,
- unaffectionate ,
- unattached ,
- unavailing ,
- unbelieving ,
- unbiased ,
- unbiassed ,
- unclear ,
- unconcern ,
- unconditionally ,
- unconvincing ,
- underdone ,
- uneasy ,
- uneffective ,
- unemotionality ,
- unenergetic ,
- unequal ,
- unexpressive ,
- unfertile ,
- unfirm ,
- unfounded ,
- unfriendly ,
- unglamorous ,
- unglamourous ,
- ungratified ,
- unimaginative ,
- unimportant ,
- uninventive ,
- uninvolved ,
- unprejudiced ,
- unremarkable ,
- unrepentant ,
- unsatisfied ,
- unsealed ,
- unsolved ,
- unsound ,
- unstimulating ,
- unthinking ,
- untouched ,
- unused ,
- unvoiced ,
- unwarranted ,
- upstage ,
- vacate ,
- vacillation ,
- vacuous ,
- vague ,
- verbose ,
- vicious ,
- voiceless ,
- void ,
- volatile ,
- wan ,
- wandering ,
- warm up ,
- warmly ,
- washed-out ,
- washy ,
- wasted ,
- watery ,
- waver ,
- weakened ,
- weakly ,
- white ,
- wicked ,
- wild ,
- wild-eyed ,
- wilted ,
- wimpish ,
- windy ,
- wintry ,
- wispy ,
- wonky ,
- woolgathering ,
- wordy ,
- work-shy ,
- workaday ,
- worldly ,
- worn out ,
- worn-out ,
- wretched ,
- yob ,
- yobbo ,
- yobo ,
- yucky .
- Laodicean ,
- Vacillatory ,
- Whey-faced ,
- anaemic ,
- careless ,
- changing ,
- chill ,
- chilly ,
- empty ,
- enfeebled ,
- erratic ,
- exhausted ,
- faint ,
- faltering ,
- feeble ,
- flimsy ,
- frigid ,
- half-baked ,
- halfhearted ,
- hesitant ,
- hesitating ,
- ill-defined ,
- impassive ,
- inadequate ,
- indecisive ,
- ineffective ,
- ineffectual ,
- insignificant ,
- irresolute ,
- lackadaisical ,
- lackluster ,
- laid-back ,
- lame ,
- languid ,
- lifeless ,
- limp ,
- meagre ,
- namby-pamby ,
- of two minds ,
- pale ,
- paltry ,
- phlegmatic ,
- poor ,
- puny ,
- shifting ,
- shilly-shallying ,
- spineless ,
- spiritless ,
- sterile ,
- tame ,
- tepid ,
- tergiversating ,
- uncertain ,
- undecided ,
- undetermined ,
- unmoved ,
- unresolved ,
- unresponsive ,
- unsure ,
- vacillant ,
- vacillating ,
- wavering ,
- weak ,
- wearied ,
- wishy-washy .
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How to use "Half-hearted" in context?
When discussing people, it's important to be fair. To not paint all people with the same brush. In the same way, it's also important not to lump all halves together.Hence, Half-hearted is not a word that accurately describes all people. Some people may exhibit two very different qualities, and yet be seen as half-hearted in the eyes of others.Others may be solely focused on one half of their life, to the exclusion of the other. Once again, this does not accurately describe all people.For example, many people would define a half-heartedhearted person as someone who is only semi-interested in a task.
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Equivalence
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Adjective
lukewarm.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Other Related
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Adjective
bashful, feeble, half, half-baked, half-heartedly, self-conscious, tentative, timid, token.
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