Synonyms of clinical

clinical

adjective

as in professional

having or showing a lack of emotion or interest

She spoke to the patient's family in a clinical tone.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• professional
• detached
• silent
• serious
• objective
• dispassionate
• impersonal
• distant
• solemn
• distinguished
• reserved
• businesslike
• hard
• sober
• cold
• indifferent
• disinterested
• dry
• apathetic
• uninterested
• antisocial
• unconcerned
• misanthropic
• remote
• chill
• glacial
• chilly
• brittle
• cool
• aloof
• asocial
• arctic
• antiseptic
• incurious
• icy
• standoffish
• unsociable
• standoff
• unbending
• offish
• frigid
• frosty
• severe
• wintery
• clammy
• unclubbable
• unemotional
• wintry
• frozen
• unfriendly
• unsympathetic
• uncordial
• elevated
• soulless
• pitiless
• cold-eyed
• cold-blooded
• uncommunicative
• earnest
• taciturn
• unresponsive
• gelid
• undemonstrative
• bloodless
• uncaring
• unsmiling
• hard-eyed
• grave
• heartless
• reticent
• coldhearted
• unfeeling
• buttoned-up
• dignified
• no-nonsense
• sedate
• humorless
• uncomic
• hard-hearted
• staid
• serious-minded
• coldish
• weighty
• kindless
• sobersided
• po-faced

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• kind
• emotional
• compassionate
• sympathetic
• expressive
• social
• demonstrative
• happy
• kindhearted
• communicative
• hearty
• expansive
• warm-blooded
• warmhearted
• convivial
• outgoing
• gregarious
• companionable
• clubby
• extroverted
• talkative
• extraverted
• boon
• amiable
• congenial
• hospitable
• folksy
• gracious
• affable
• garrulous
• genial
• warm
• agreeable
• friendly
• comic
• neighborly
• kindly
• unprofessional
• clubable
• cordial
• clubbable
• sociable
• hysterical
• comical
• light
• ridiculous
• hysteric
• farcical
• funny
• ludicrous
• unbusinesslike
• hilarious
• riotous
• frivolous
• playful
• antic
• laughable
• humorous
• goofy
• droll
• lighthearted
• risible
• uproarious
• jocular
• screaming
• flippant
• puerile
• joking
• ludic
• scatterbrained
• flip
• flighty
• harebrained
• facetious
• kittenish
• sidesplitting
• featherbrained
• light-headed
• jesting

Examples of clinical in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Those include pulmonary renal, clinical decision, mother and baby, orthopedics, general surgery, medical telemetry, oncology, labor delivery and emergency unit. —Lou Ponsi, Orange County Register, 31 Oct. 2024

First, menopause is a clinical diagnosis that’s made when someone has not had a period in the prior 12 months. —Katia Hetter, CNN, 30 Oct. 2024

Hospitals need to develop comprehensive training programs that focus on the effective use of AI tools in clinical decision making. —Bhushan Jayeshkumar Patel, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024

Drug dealers use fentanyl as a cheap way to amp up the power of other drugs, Tom Doub, chief clinical and compliance officer at addiction treatment company American Addiction Centers, previously told The Tennessean, part of the USA TODAY Network. —Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2024