Clinical — Meaning, Definition & Synonyms

Clinical (adjective) — Senses, Synonyms & Antonyms

1. having or showing a lack of emotion or interest

   "She spoke to the patient's family in a clinical tone."

   similar: dispassionate, objective, impersonal, professional, businesslike, apathetic, hard, indifferent, unconcerned, disinterested, incurious, uninterested, misanthropic, aloof, antisocial, asocial, buttoned-up, cold, cold-eyed, cool, detached, distant, dry, frosty, offish, remote, standoff, standoffish, unbending, unclubbable, unsociable, antiseptic, arctic, brittle, chill, chilly, clammy, cold-blooded, coldish, frigid, frozen, gelid, glacial, hard-eyed, icy, uncordial, unfriendly, unsympathetic, wintry, reticent, silent, taciturn, uncommunicative, reserved, soulless, undemonstrative, unemotional, unresponsive, bloodless, coldhearted, hard-hearted, heartless, kindless, pitiless, uncaring, unfeeling, earnest, grave, humorless, no-nonsense, po-faced (British), sedate, serious, severe, sober, sobersided, solemn, staid, uncomic, unsmiling, weighty, dignified, distinguished, elevated, serious-minded
   opposite: compassionate, kind, kindhearted, happy, hearty, sympathetic, warm-blooded, warmhearted, demonstrative, emotional, expressive, boon, clubbable, clubby, companionable, convivial, extroverted, gregarious, outgoing, communicative, expansive, garrulous, talkative, affable, folksy, genial, gracious, hospitable, agreeable, amiable, congenial, kindly, neighborly, cordial, friendly, sociable, social, warm, unbusinesslike, unprofessional, antic, comic, comical, droll, farcical, funny, hilarious, hysterical, laughable, light, light-headed, ludicrous, ridiculous, riotous, risible, screaming, sidesplitting, uproarious, featherbrained, flighty, frivolous, goofy, harebrained, lighthearted, puerile, scatterbrained, facetious, flip, flippant, humorous, jesting, jocular, joking, kittenish, ludic, playful