NEUTRAL
Dictionary entry overview: What does neutral mean?
• NEUTRAL (noun)
The noun NEUTRAL has 1 sense:
1. one who does not side with any party in a war or dispute
Familiarity information: NEUTRAL used as a noun is very rare.
• NEUTRAL (adjective)
The adjective NEUTRAL has 8 senses:
1. neither moral nor immoral; neither good nor evil, right nor wrong
2. having no personal preference
3. having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive
4. not supporting or favoring either side in a war, dispute, or contest
5. having no net electric charge; not electrified
6. of something that is lacking hue
7. possessing no distinctive quality or characteristics
8. lacking distinguishing quality or characteristics
Familiarity information: NEUTRAL used as an adjective is common.
Dictionary entry details
• NEUTRAL (noun)
Meaning:
One who does not side with any party in a war or dispute
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("neutral" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "neutral"):
fence-sitter (a person who won't take sides in a controversy)
stakeholder (someone entrusted to hold the stakes for two or more persons betting against one another; must deliver the stakes to the winner)
• NEUTRAL (adjective)
Meaning:
Neither moral nor immoral; neither good nor evil, right nor wrong
Similar:
amoral; unmoral (lacking any sense of moral standards or principles)
Meaning:
Having no personal preference
Synonyms:
neutral; impersonal
Context examples:
impersonal criticism / a neutral observer
Similar:
nonsubjective; objective (undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena)
Meaning:
Having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive
Synonyms:
inert; neutral; indifferent
Context examples:
inert matter / an indifferent chemical in a reaction
Similar:
unreactive (not reacting chemically)
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
Meaning:
Not supporting or favoring either side in a war, dispute, or contest
Similar:
nonaligned (not affiliated with any faction, party, or cause)
Meaning:
Having no net electric charge; not electrified
Synonyms:
electroneutral; neutral
Attribute:
polarity; sign (having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges))
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physical science; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
Antonym:
negative (having a negative electric charge)
positive (having a positive electric charge)
Meaning:
Of something that is lacking hue
Context example:
neutral colors like back or white
Similar:
achromatic (having no hue)
Meaning:
Possessing no distinctive quality or characteristics
Similar:
viewless (not having or expressing opinions or views)
neutralised; neutralized (made neutral in some respect; deprived of distinctive characteristics)
Antonym:
negative (characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features)
positive (characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.)
Meaning:
Lacking distinguishing quality or characteristics
Context example:
a neutral personality that made no impression whatever
Similar:
colorless; colourless (lacking in variety and interest)
