Academic Dictionary
Home / Thesaurus / Disinterested
Find the word that fits

Disinterested: alternatives and connections

Begin with the reviewed alternatives, then explore broader connections without treating every related word as an automatic substitute.

Try an example: important law show help change happy
26,102 words currently have published synonym-style alternatives
90,593 searchable synonym connections
350,924 published thesaurus relationships of every type
Start with the meaning

Disinterested

Not influenced by regard to personal interest or advantage; free from selfish motive; having no relation of interest or feeling; not biased or prejudiced; as, a disinterested decision or judge.

View the full dictionary entry Compare this word with another →
46 useful connections shown 4 reviewed relationships and 42 broader connections.
Best place to begin

Reviewed alternatives and contrasts

These links were deliberately created. Use the interchangeability score and guidance to judge whether a word will work in your sentence.

Similar meaning 2

Impartial 84% connected

Not partial; not favoring one more than another; treating all alike; unprejudiced; unbiased; disinterested; equitable; fair; just.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Definition Compare both words
Impartial 84% connected

Not partial; not favoring one more than another; treating all alike; unprejudiced; unbiased; disinterested; equitable; fair; just.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Definition Compare both words

Derivationally related 2

Disinterestedness 74% connected

The state or quality of being disinterested; impartiality.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Definition Compare both words
Disinterestedness 74% connected

The state or quality of being disinterested; impartiality.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Definition Compare both words
Explore further

Words connected by meaning

Their definitions overlap or refer to similar ideas. Use these to widen your search, then compare the exact meanings.

-ish unknown · 78% connection

A suffix used to from adjectives from nouns and from adjectives. It denotes relation, resemblance, similarity, and sometimes has a dim…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: influenced, regard, personal, interest, advantage.
Definition Compare
Advantageous adjective · 78% connection

Being of advantage; conferring advantage; gainful; profitable; useful; beneficial; as, an advantageous position; trade is advantageous…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: influenced, regard, personal, interest, advantage.
Definition Compare
Adverse witness noun · 78% connection

a witness whose relationship to the opposing party is such that his or her testimony may be prejudiced against the opposing party; "a…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: influenced, regard, personal, interest, advantage.
Definition Compare
Aridity noun · 78% connection

Fig.: Want of interest of feeling; insensibility; dryness of style or feeling; spiritual drought.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: influenced, regard, personal, interest, advantage.
Definition Compare
Bearing noun · 78% connection

The situation of one object, with respect to another, such situation being supposed to have a connection with the object, or influence…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: influenced, regard, personal, interest, advantage.
Definition Compare
By-end noun · 78% connection

Private end or interest; secret purpose; selfish advantage.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: influenced, regard, personal, interest, advantage.
Definition Compare
Conflict of interest noun · 78% connection

a situation in which a public official's decisions are influenced by the official's personal interests

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: influenced, regard, personal, interest, advantage.
Definition Compare
Conscientious adjective · 78% connection

Influenced by conscience; governed by a strict regard to the dictates of conscience, or by the known or supposed rules of right and wr…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: influenced, regard, personal, interest, advantage.
Definition Compare
Coupon noun · 78% connection

A certificate of interest due, printed at the bottom of transferable bonds (state, railroad, etc.), given for a term of years, designe…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: influenced, regard, personal, interest, advantage.
Definition Compare
Dispassionate adjective · 78% connection

Free from passion; not warped, prejudiced, swerved, or carried away by passion or feeling; judicial; calm; composed.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: influenced, regard, personal, interest, advantage.
Definition Compare
Farad noun · 78% connection

The standard unit of electrical capacity; the capacity of a condenser whose charge, having an electro-motive force of one volt, is equ…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: influenced, regard, personal, interest, advantage.
Definition Compare
Hireling noun · 78% connection

One who is hired, or who serves for wages; esp., one whose motive and interest in serving another are wholly gainful; a mercenary.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: influenced, regard, personal, interest, advantage.
Definition Compare
Hostile witness noun · 78% connection

a witness whose relationship to the opposing party is such that his or her testimony may be prejudiced against the opposing party; "a…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: influenced, regard, personal, interest, advantage.
Definition Compare
Individualism noun · 78% connection

An excessive or exclusive regard to one's personal interest; self-interest; selfishness.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: influenced, regard, personal, interest, advantage.
Definition Compare
Interest noun · 78% connection

Advantage, personal or general; good, regarded as a selfish benefit; profit; benefit.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: influenced, regard, personal, interest, advantage.
Definition Compare
Interested verb · 78% connection

Having an interest; concerned in a cause or in consequences; liable to be affected or prejudiced; as, an interested witness.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: influenced, regard, personal, interest, advantage.
Definition Compare
Jaundiced adjective · 78% connection

Prejudiced; envious; as, a jaundiced judgment.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: influenced, regard, personal, interest, advantage.
Definition Compare
Modesty noun · 78% connection

Natural delicacy or shame regarding personal charms and the sexual relation; purity of thought and manners; due regard for propriety i…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: influenced, regard, personal, interest, advantage.
Definition Compare
All dictionary tools

Explore Academic Dictionary

The same nine destinations available from the header menu are shown here as a clear, fully visible grid.

Dictionary Definitions and meanings Thesaurus Synonyms with nuance Academic writing Evidence and analysis Professional Workplace vocabulary Word origins Etymology and roots Subjects Specialist dictionaries Word clusters Connected vocabulary Word similarity Compare two words Crossword Play with vocabulary