What is another word for phlegmatic?
Pronunciation:
[ flɛɡmˈatɪk], [ flɛɡmˈatɪk], [ f_l_ɛ_ɡ_m_ˈa_t_ɪ_k]
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Similar words for phlegmatic:
- cold (adjective)
- cool (adjective)
- dense (adjective)
- dry (adjective)
- incurious (adjective)
- indifferent (adjective)
- inert (adjective)
- lethargic (adjective)
- numb (adjective)
- passive (adjective)
- slow (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- impassive (adjective)
- languid (adjective)
- listless (adjective)
- lukewarm (adjective)
- matter-of-fact (adjective)
- serene (adjective)
- slow-footed (adjective)
- slow-going (adjective)
- slow-paced (adjective)
- sluggish (adjective)
- stoic (adjective)
- stolid (adjective)
- stuporous (adjective)
- unconcerned (adjective)
- unemotional (adjective)
Synonyms for Phlegmatic:
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adj.
• cold • cool • dense • dry- draggy ,
- dull as dishwater ,
- ho hum ,
- inelaborate ,
- draggier ,
- draggiest ,
- in elaborate ,
- in sipid ,
- in-elaborate ,
- in-sipid ,
- more inelaborate ,
- most inelaborate .
- apathetic ,
- benumbed ,
- dopey ,
- drooping ,
- drugged ,
- dull ,
- having spring fever ,
- indolent ,
- insensible ,
- lackadaisical ,
- lazy ,
- leaden ,
- leisurely ,
- lifeless ,
- lumpish ,
- out of it ,
- slothful ,
- stretchy ,
- tired ,
- torpid ,
- unhurried ,
- laggard ,
- somnolent .
- going through motions ,
- hands off ,
- non-resistant ,
- non-violent ,
- nonresistant ,
- unassertive ,
- unresisting ,
- walking through it .
- Delaying ,
- Loitering ,
- Trudging ,
- crawling ,
- creeping ,
- dawdling ,
- dragging ,
- lingering ,
- plodding ,
- poky ,
- retarded ,
- slow-footed ,
- slow-going ,
- slow-moving ,
- slow-paced ,
- slowpoke ,
- snaillike ,
- tortoiselike ,
- gradual ,
- slowest .
- in excitable ,
- in expressive ,
- in scrutable ,
- in sensible ,
- in susceptible ,
- in-excitable ,
- in-expressive ,
- in-scrutable ,
- in-sensible ,
- in-susceptible ,
- more indurated ,
- more inexcitable ,
- more poker faced ,
- more poker-faced ,
- more unexcitable ,
- more unimpressible ,
- most indurated ,
- most inexcitable ,
- most poker faced ,
- most poker-faced ,
- most unexcitable ,
- most unimpressible ,
- poker faced ,
- self contained ,
- self-contained ,
- selfcontained ,
- un excitable ,
- un impressible ,
- un-excitable ,
- un-impressible .
- blahser ,
- blahsest ,
- in firmer ,
- in firmest ,
- in-firmer ,
- in-firmest ,
- laidback ,
- more energyless ,
- more nebbish ,
- more pining ,
- more sleepyhead ,
- most energyless ,
- most nebbish ,
- most pining ,
- most sleepyhead ,
- snoozier ,
- snooziest ,
- un hurried ,
- un interested ,
- un-hurried ,
- un-interested ,
- wimpier ,
- wimpiest .
- Half-hearted ,
- half hearted ,
- in decisive ,
- in-decisive ,
- un committed ,
- un decided ,
- un resolved ,
- un-committed ,
- un-decided ,
- un-resolved ,
- wishy washy ,
- wishy-washy ,
- wishywashy .
- hard boiled ,
- matter-of-fact ,
- more unidealistic ,
- more unsentimental ,
- most unidealistic ,
- most unsentimental ,
- prosier ,
- prosiest ,
- prosy ,
- un affected ,
- un idealistic ,
- un imaginative ,
- un sentimental ,
- un varnished ,
- un-idealistic ,
- un-imaginative ,
- un-sentimental ,
- un-varnished .
- hard hearted ,
- in sensitive ,
- in-sensitive ,
- more hard hearted ,
- more hard-hearted ,
- more unbothered ,
- more unworried ,
- most hard hearted ,
- most hard-hearted ,
- most unbothered ,
- most unworried ,
- self centered ,
- selfcentered ,
- un bothered ,
- un concerned ,
- un perturbed ,
- un worried ,
- un-bothered ,
- un-concerned ,
- un-perturbed ,
- un-worried ,
- unbothered .
Other synonyms:
- calm ,
- indifferent .
- incurious .
- detached .
Other relevant words:
- Hard-hearted ,
- Inexcitable ,
- Mooney ,
- Mopish ,
- Unimpressible ,
- along for the ride ,
- at peace ,
- blahs ,
- coldhearted ,
- cool ,
- cool as a cucumber ,
- cool as cucumber ,
- dense ,
- dry ,
- energyless ,
- going with the flow ,
- hardboiled ,
- in firm ,
- laid back ,
- languid ,
- languorous ,
- lethargic ,
- listless ,
- lukewarm ,
- lymphatic ,
- matter of fact ,
- numb ,
- passive ,
- poker-faced ,
- rolling with punches ,
- rolling with the punches ,
- serene ,
- sleepyhead ,
- sleepyheaded ,
- slow ,
- slowgoing ,
- sluggish ,
- snoozy ,
- stoical ,
- unconcerned ,
- unemotional ,
- unexcitable ,
- unidealistic ,
- unsentimental ,
- unworried ,
- wimpy .
- anodyne ,
- bat ,
- belie ,
- bite ,
- blank ,
- blink ,
- bloodless ,
- clinical ,
- clinically ,
- cold-eyed ,
- coldly ,
- cripple ,
- detachment ,
- dissimulate ,
- dissimulation ,
- distant ,
- distantly ,
- emptiness ,
- evenly ,
- expressionless ,
- glaze ,
- hard-bitten ,
- icy ,
- immune ,
- impenitent ,
- inexpressive ,
- inscrutable ,
- internalize ,
- numbness ,
- po-faced ,
- reserve ,
- reserved ,
- robot ,
- sphinx-like ,
- stiff upper lip ,
- stoicism ,
- stone-faced ,
- stony-faced ,
- straight face ,
- straight-faced ,
- turn ,
- unmoved ,
- wooden ,
- woodenly .
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How to use "Phlegmatic" in context?
personality
People who have a phlegmatic personality are usually calm, collected and thoughtful. They are not easily upset or animated, and don't have a great deal of energy. They may seem apathetic or lethargic, but in reality these people are very deep and introspective. They are not often drawn to the excitement and chaos of life, preferring to live at a slower pace and observe. People with a phlegmatic personality are usually good at managing stress and keeping emotions in check, which can make them very successful in fields like law or business.
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