neutral
Meanings
Plural: neutrals
Noun
- one who does not side with any party in a war or dispute
- A nonaligned state, or a member of such a state.
- A person who takes no side in a dispute.
- An individual or entity serving as an arbitrator or adjudicator.
- A neutral hue.
- The position of a set of gears in which power cannot be transmitted to the drive mechanism.
- An electrical terminal or conductor which has zero or close to zero voltage with respect to the ground.
Adjective Satellite
- having no personal preference
- "a neutral observer"
- having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive
- not supporting or favoring either side in a war, dispute, or contest
- lacking distinguishing quality or characteristics
- "a neutral personality that made no impression whatever"
- having no net electric charge
Adjective
- possessing no distinctive quality or characteristics
- having no hue
- "neutral colors like black or white"
Adj
- Not taking sides in a conflict such as war; nonaligned.
- Favoring neither the supporting nor opposing viewpoint of a topic of debate; unbiased.
- Neither positive nor negative.
- Neither beneficial nor harmful.
- Having no sex; neuter.
- Having no obvious colour; gray.
- Neither positive nor negative; possessing no charge or equivalent positive and negative charge such that there is no imbalance.
- Having a pH of or near 7, neither acidic nor alkaline.
- Of an alcoholic drink, having been fermented and distilled but with no additives.
- Having an alignment that is situated between two notable possibilities, such as between good and evil, or between chaotic and lawful.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle French neutral (compare modern French neutre), from Latin neutrālis. By surface analysis, neuter + -al.
Synonyms
achromatic, beige, candid, chargeless, clinical, cold, detached, disinterested, dispassionate, egal, electroneutral, equal, equitable, evenhanded, fair-minded, fairhanded, impartial, impersonal, imprejudicate, indifferent, indistinguishing, inert, innocuous, neuter, neutral, nonaligned, nonpartial, nonpartisan, nonpersonal, objective, sexless, unbiased, unbigoted, uncharged, uninterested, unpartial, unpartisan, unprejudiced, unprepossessed
Scrabble Score: 7
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