Synonyms for nonchalance
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Noun
1. Unconcern — indifference, unconcern; carelessness; coolness; disregard, detachment
unconcern, indifference, insouciance, carelessness, disinterest, apathy, coolness, listlessness, disregard, lethargy, acedia, heedlessness
Definitions
- n. 1
Indifference, unconcern; carelessness; coolness; disregard, detachment.
Forms
- Plural
- nonchalances → unconcerns, indifferences, insouciances, carelessnesses…
Example sentences
- indifference The path to Auschwitz was paved with indifference.
- carelessness The accident was due to the driver's carelessness.
- insouciance The cicada has represented insouciance since antiquity.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| nonchalance | rising | |
| indifference | steady | |
| carelessness | falling | |
| insouciance | rising | |
| unconcern | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- apathy3, acedia
- 8 letters
- coolness2, lethargy3
- 9 letters
- disregard3, unconcern3
- 11 letters
- disinterest4, insouciance4
- 12 letters
- indifference4, carelessness3, listlessness, heedlessness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (apathy3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- nonchalance
- Italiano
- noncuranza
- Deutsch
- Nonchalance