NEUTRAL Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

neutral

adjective

Definition of neutral

as in independent

not favoring or joined to either side in a quarrel, contest, or war Sweden remained neutral during World War II, refusing to join either side in the conflict

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as in boring

lacking in distinctive features or qualities the hero is the novel's only fully fleshed person, all the others being rather neutral characters who are just there to advance the plot

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Recent Examples of neutral With such little heft and a neutral electromagnetic charge, the particles hardly ever interact with other matter. — James Dinneen, Quanta Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026 Are speech policies genuinely content-neutral and consistently enforced? — David Rosowsky, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Sunny yellow French tips add just the right pop of citrus against a sheer neutral base, creating a look that’s fresh, understated, and endlessly wearable. — Amanda Le, InStyle, 7 Aug. 2026 The $450 million carbon-neutral library blends seamlessly into the rolling buttes. — Alicia Underlee Nelson, Midwest Living, 7 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for neutral

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Adjective

Council members anticipate hearing evidence from an independent investigator and other witnesses, said council member LaKeisha Gantt.

— Reed Williams, AJC.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Joe Conti, an independent researcher and physics enthusiast based in Massachusetts, is inviting eclipse observers across Iceland and Spain to capture the optical mystery on their smartphones as part of a citizen science project.

— Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of independent

Adjective

Unfortunately, the group offered amazingly little of that over the course of the night, minimizing the bells and whistles during what could be properly dubbed a fairly boring stage show overall.

— Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026
In valuing and nurturing a sense of life as the adventure of understanding and demonstrating Love’s allness, what might have previously seemed to be a boring gap in activity becomes a spiritually refreshing pause.

— Tony Lobl, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of boring

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Hardware learns signal speeds The approach could be useful in systems that need to process changing data locally, including autonomous vehicles, robots and wearable devices.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Aug. 2026
By contrast, about 90 percent of the distance driven by Perseverance has been autonomous thanks to its (slightly) more modern Vision Compute Element.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 8 Aug. 2026

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The bold color palette of Hathaway’s Aquazzura shoes spoke to a vibrant spin on the cap-toe heels trend, popularized by Chanel’s quintessential black and beige style introduced in 1957.

— Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 10 Aug. 2026
Curled up in a chair on the top floor of The Times’ offices in El Segundo, looking down on the runways of LAX boiling in the late July sun, Williams gives runway fierceness against the beige office walls.

— Maureen Lee Lenker, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of beige

Adjective

Or will Dundon, who has been noncommittal about staying, move the team?

— Esfandiar Baraheni, New York Times, 30 July 2026
Senate Majority Leader John Thune has been noncommittal on the House package that also divides his own GOP majority, with some Republican senators preferring more money for the military and others demanding the costs be offset with cuts elsewhere.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026

Definition of noncommittal

Adjective

Here was a chance to reach Republicans and prove that his company could live up to its nonpartisan aspirations.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Sheila Weinberg is the founder and CEO of Truth in Accounting, a nonpartisan organization dedicated to improving government financial transparency.

— Sheila Weinberg, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of nonpartisan

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The largely featureless landscape is crucial because NASA technicians know exactly how much reflected light satellites’ optical instruments should see in the area.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 3 Aug. 2026
For more than a century, Anna Horan’s gravesite was one of the thousands marked by squat, featureless headstones arranged in uneven rows along the hillside in New Haven’s Blake Street Cemetery.

— John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2026

Definition of featureless

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