lukewarmer
lukewarmer is the comparative form of lukewarm.
Meaning of lukewarm
Adjective
lukewarm (comparative lukewarmer or more lukewarm, superlative lukewarmest or most lukewarm)
- Between warm and cool.
- Wash it in lukewarm water.
- Unenthusiastic (about a proposal or an idea).
- The suggestion met with only a lukewarm response.
- Synonyms:
- indifferent, unconcerned, adiaphroistic, apathetic, apathistical, blasé, blithe, deaf, cool, shiftless
Noun
lukewarmer (plural lukewarmers)
- One who believes that climate change is due to human activity but who does not think it is a serious problem.
- Lukewarmers such as me accept that global warming is real, but not that it's entirely man-made or that it's dangerous.2018, Ralph B. Alexander, Science Under Attack: The Age of Unreason, page 114
- Blogs that can be regarded as in the “lukewarmer” camp.2019, Nelya Koteyko, Brigitte Nerlich, Iina Hellsten, Climate Change Communication and the Internet, →ISBN
- Synonyms:
- lukewarmist
Synonyms of lukewarmer
Forms of lukewarmer
| plural | lukewarmers |
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Origin of lukewarmer
From lukewarm + -er.
Questions about lukewarmer
- What does lukewarmer mean?
- Lukewarmer means one who believes that climate change is due to human activity but who does not think it is a serious problem.
- What is lukewarmer the comparative form of?
- Lukewarmer is the comparative form of lukewarm.
- What part of speech is lukewarmer?
- Lukewarmer is a noun.
- What is the plural of lukewarmer?
- The plural of lukewarmer is lukewarmers.
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