Meanings
comparative more impartial · superlative most impartial
- Treating all parties, rivals, or disputants equally; not partial; not biased.
[W]e are to take a ſecond ſurvievv of our Abilities, to ſee if they be confidently fit for that vvhereto our inclination ſvvayeth us: and if upon due impartial examination vve find they are, vve may then follovv the ſvvay of our inclinations.
1621 November 12 (date delivered; Gregorian calendar), Robert Sanderson, “[Ad Populum.] The Fourth Sermon. In St. Pauls Church London. 4. Nov. 1621.”, in XXXIV Sermons. […], 5th edition, London: […] [A. Clark] for A. Seil, and are to be sold by G. Sawbridge, […], published 1671, →OCLC, paragraph 37, page 208Synonyms: neutral, unbiased, fair, candid, cold, clinical, detached, egal · Antonyms: partial, biased, unfair
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveTreating all parties, rivals, or disputants equally; not partial; not biased.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveshowing lack of favoritism
adjectivefree from undue bias or preconceived opinions
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Frenchimpartial
- Englishimpartial
Borrowed from Middle French impartial. See im- + partial.
More words from Middle French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἀδέκαστος
- ἀδέκαστος (adékastos)treating all parties, rivals or disputants equally
Bulgarian безпристрастен, непредубеден
- безпристрастен (bezpristrasten)treating all parties, rivals or disputants equally
- непредубеден (nepredubeden)treating all parties, rivals or disputants equally
Catalan imparcial
- imparcialtreating all parties, rivals or disputants equally
Chinese Mandarin 公正, 公平
- 公正 (gōngzhèng)treating all parties, rivals or disputants equally
- 公平 (gōngpíng)treating all parties, rivals or disputants equally
- 不偏不倚的 (bùpiānbùyǐ de)treating all parties, rivals or disputants equally
Czech nestranný
- nestrannýtreating all parties, rivals or disputants equally
Danish upartisk
- upartisktreating all parties, rivals or disputants equally
Dutch onpartijdig
- onpartijdigtreating all parties, rivals or disputants equally
Estonian erapooletu
- erapooletutreating all parties, rivals or disputants equally
Finnish tasapuolinen, reilu
- tasapuolinentreating all parties, rivals or disputants equally
- reilutreating all parties, rivals or disputants equally
French impartial
- impartialtreating all parties, rivals or disputants equally
German unparteiisch, unparteilich
- unparteiischtreating all parties, rivals or disputants equally
- unparteilichtreating all parties, rivals or disputants equally
Greek αμερόληπτος
- αμερόληπτος (ameróliptos)treating all parties, rivals or disputants equally
Hindi तटस्थ
- तटस्थ (taṭasth)treating all parties, rivals or disputants equally
Hungarian pártatlan, elfogulatlan
- pártatlantreating all parties, rivals or disputants equally
- elfogulatlantreating all parties, rivals or disputants equally
Italian imparziale
- imparzialetreating all parties, rivals or disputants equally
Māori tōkeke, ngākau tapatahi
- tōkeketreating all parties, rivals or disputants equally
- ngākau tapatahitreating all parties, rivals or disputants equally
Norwegian upartisk, objektiv
- upartisktreating all parties, rivals or disputants equally
- objektivtreating all parties, rivals or disputants equally
Persian حقگو
- حقگو (haqgu)treating all parties, rivals or disputants equally
Polish bezstronny
- bezstronnytreating all parties, rivals or disputants equally
Portuguese imparcial
- imparcialtreating all parties, rivals or disputants equally
Romanian imparțial, nepărtinitor
- imparțialtreating all parties, rivals or disputants equally
- nepărtinitortreating all parties, rivals or disputants equally
Russian беспристра́стный, непредвзя́тый
- беспристра́стный (bespristrástnyj)treating all parties, rivals or disputants equally
- непредвзя́тый (nepredvzjátyj)treating all parties, rivals or disputants equally
- непредубеждённый (nepredubeždjónnyj)treating all parties, rivals or disputants equally
Scottish Gaelic cothromach, neo-chlaon
- cothromachtreating all parties, rivals or disputants equally
- neo-chlaontreating all parties, rivals or disputants equally
Spanish imparcial
- imparcialtreating all parties, rivals or disputants equally
Swedish opartisk
- opartisktreating all parties, rivals or disputants equally
Turkish adil, tarafsız
- adiltreating all parties, rivals or disputants equally
- tarafsıztreating all parties, rivals or disputants equally
- yansıztreating all parties, rivals or disputants equally
Ukrainian безсторо́нній, неупере́джений
- безсторо́нній (bezstorónnij)treating all parties, rivals or disputants equally
- неупере́джений (neuperédženyj)treating all parties, rivals or disputants equally
Welsh diragfarn
- diragfarntreating all parties, rivals or disputants equally
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with impartial
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Cite this entry
impartial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impartial
“impartial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impartial. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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