English adjective: neutral |
1. | neutral having no personal preference |
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| Samples | Impersonal criticism. A neutral observer.
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| Synonyms | impersonal |
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| Similar | nonsubjective, objective |
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| Antonyms | subjective |
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2. | neutral having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive |
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| Samples | Inert matter. An indifferent chemical in a reaction.
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| Synonyms | indifferent, inert |
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| Similar | unreactive |
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| Domain category | chemical science, chemistry |
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| Antonyms | reactive |
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3. | neutral not supporting or favoring either side in a war, dispute, or contest |
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| Similar | nonaligned |
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| Antonyms | aligned |
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4. | neutral possessing no distinctive quality or characteristics |
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| Similar | neutralised, neutralized, viewless |
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| Antonyms | negative, positive |
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5. | neutral having no hue |
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| Samples | Neutral colors like black or white.
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| Synonyms | achromatic |
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| Similar | argent, ash-gray, ash-grey, ashy, black-gray, black-grey, blackish, blackish-gray, blackish-grey, blue-black, blue-gray, blue-grey, blue-white, bluish black, bluish-gray, bluish-grey, bluish-white, brown-black, brown-gray, brown-grey, brownish-black, brownish-gray, brownish-grey, canescent, chalky, charcoal, charcoal-gray, charcoal-grey, coal-black, cool-white, cottony-white, dark-gray, dark-grey, dull-white, ebon, ebony, gray, gray-black, gray-white, grayish, grayish-black, grayish-white, green-white, greenish-gray, greenish-grey, greenish-white, grey, grey-black, grey-white, greyish, greyish-black, greyish-white, hueless, ink-black, inky, inky-black, iron-gray, iron-grey, jet, jet-black, lily-white, milk-white, off-white, olive-gray, olive-grey, oxford-gray, oxford-grey, pearl gray, pearl grey, pearly, pearly-white, pinkish-white, pitchy, purple-black, purple-white, purplish-black, purplish-white, red-gray, red-grey, reddish-gray, reddish-grey, sable, silver, silver-gray, silver-grey, silver-white, silverish, silvery, silvery-gray, silvery-grey, silvery-white, slate-black, slate-gray, slate-grey, slatey, slaty, slaty-gray, slaty-grey, snow-white, snowy, soot-black, sooty, sooty-black, stone-gray, stone-grey, violet-black, white-flowered, whitish, yellow-gray, yellow-grey, yellow-white, yellowish-gray, yellowish-grey, yellowish-white |
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| See also | colorless, colourless |
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| Attribute | chromaticity, hue |
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| Antonyms | chromatic |
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6. | neutral lacking distinguishing quality or characteristics |
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| Samples | A neutral personality that made no impression whatever.
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| Similar | colorless, colourless |
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| Antonyms | colourful, colorful |
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7. | neutral having no net electric charge |
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| Synonyms | electroneutral |
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| Similar | uncharged |
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| Antonyms | charged |
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