nonchalant
UK/ˈnɒn.ʃəl.ənt//ˌnɑn.ʃəˈlɑnt/
nonchalant adjective: casually calm and relaxed.
Adjective
nonchalant (comparative more nonchalant, superlative most nonchalant)
- Casually calm and relaxed.
- We handled the whole frenetic situation with a nonchalant attitude.
- On the other hand, to arrive after dusk, when the multitude of garish little public-houses are lit up, giving glimpses of crowded jostling bars and taprooms, is an introduction to a fine city well calculated to affect even the most nonchalant.1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 703
- Synonyms:
- carefree
- Indifferent; unconcerned; behaving as if detached.
- He is far too nonchalant about such a serious matter.
- Synonyms:
- blasé
nonchalant meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
nonchalant in Urdu
- بےغرض, بےپرواہ, چپ چاپ, لاتعلق
nonchalant in Bengali
- নির্লিপ্ত, উদাসীন, ভ্রুক্ষেপহীন, উপেক্ষাপূর্ণ
nonchalant in Malayalam
- composed, calm, unconcerned
- ശാന്തമായ, ഉദാസീനമായ, പ്രശാന്തമായ, മനഃസ്ഥെെര്യമുള്ള, സ്വസ്ഥമായ, വ്യാകുലതയില്ലാത്ത
nonchalant in Kannada
- ಅನುದ್ರಿಕ್ತ, ಭಾವಾವೇಶವಿಲ್ಲದ, ಶಾಂತ ಮತ್ತು ನಿರಾಸಕ್ತ, ಸ್ಥಿರ ಮನಸ್ಸಿನ, ಉದಾಸೀನ, ತಾತ್ಸಾರ ಮನೋಭಾವದ
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- nonchalant in Arabic
- غَيْر مُكْتَرِث ḡayr muktariṯ, لَامُبَالٍ lāmubālin, غَيْر مُبَالٍ ḡayr mubālin
- nonchalant in Persian
- بیاعتنا bi-e'tenâ
Examples of nonchalant in a sentence
- The Mexican citizenry was similarly nonchalant.2010, Mary Roach, “You Go First: The Alarming Prospect of Life Without Gravity”, in Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the...
- Undaunted by the occasion, Ruthe went on to become the first 15-year-old to run a sub-four-minute mile, even managing a nonchalant shrug of the shoulders as he crossed the finish line.2025 March 29, George Ramsay and Patrick Snell, “Aged 15, New Zealander Sam Ruthe has already run a four-minute mile. He would ‘love to try...
Synonyms of nonchalant
Antonyms
Forms of nonchalant
| comparative | more nonchalant |
|---|---|
| superlative | most nonchalant |
Origin of nonchalant
Borrowed from French nonchalant, from Old French nonchaloir (“to be unconcerned”), from non- (“not”) + chaloir (“to have concern for”), from Latin non (“not”) + calēre (“to be warm”).
Words formed from nonchalant
Questions about nonchalant
- What does nonchalant mean?
- Nonchalant means casually calm and relaxed.
- What is nonchalant in Urdu?
- Nonchalant in Urdu is بےغرض, بےپرواہ, چپ چاپ. See Nonchalant meaning in Urdu.
- How do you use nonchalant in a sentence?
- The Mexican citizenry was similarly nonchalant.
- What part of speech is nonchalant?
- Nonchalant is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce nonchalant?
- Nonchalant is pronounced /ˈnɒn.ʃəl.ənt/ (UK).
Words near nonchalant in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: nonchalant (page history and authors); nonchalant (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nonchalant (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nonchalant (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); nonchalant (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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