Meanings
plural nonchalances
- uncountableusuallyIndifference, unconcern; carelessness; coolness; disregard, detachment.
Synonyms: acedia, accedie, apathy, boredom, carefreeness, carelessness, coolness, disinterest
Synonyms & antonyms
nounIndifference, unconcern; carelessness; coolness; disregard, detachment.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchnonchalance
- Frenchnonchalance
- Englishnonchalance
Borrowed from French nonchalance.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian безразличие, безгрижие
- безразличие (bezrazličie)indifference; carelessness; coolness
- безгрижие (bezgrižie)indifference; carelessness; coolness
Catalan indiferència, despreocupació
- indiferènciaindifference; carelessness; coolness
- despreocupacióindifference; carelessness; coolness
Czech nonšalance
- nonšalanceindifference; carelessness; coolness
Danish nonchalance
- nonchalanceindifference; carelessness; coolness
Finnish yliolkaisuus, itsevarmuus
- yliolkaisuusindifference; carelessness; coolness
- itsevarmuusindifference; carelessness; coolness
French nonchalance
- nonchalanceindifference; carelessness; coolness
German Nonchalance, Gelassenheit
- Nonchalanceindifference; carelessness; coolness
- Gelassenheitindifference; carelessness; coolness
- Lässigkeitindifference; carelessness; coolness
- Sprezzaturaindifference; carelessness; coolness
- Unbekümmertheitindifference; carelessness; coolness
- Sorglosigkeitindifference; carelessness; coolness
- Unbeschwertheitindifference; carelessness; coolness
Hungarian fesztelenség, lezserség
- fesztelenségindifference; carelessness; coolness
- lezserségindifference; carelessness; coolness
- nemtörődömségindifference; carelessness; coolness
- nonsalanszindifference; carelessness; coolness
Italian non-chalance
- non-chalanceindifference; carelessness; coolness
Norwegian Bokmål nonchalanse
- nonchalanseindifference; carelessness; coolness
Portuguese indiferença, descontração
- indiferençaindifference; carelessness; coolness
- descontraçãoindifference; carelessness; coolness
Romanian nonșalanță
- nonșalanțăindifference; carelessness; coolness
Russian безразли́чие, беззабо́тность
- безразли́чие (bezrazlíčije)indifference; carelessness; coolness
- беззабо́тность (bezzabótnostʹ)indifference; carelessness; coolness
- небре́жность (nebréžnostʹ)indifference; carelessness; coolness
Spanish indiferente, descuidado
- indiferente, descuidadoindifference; carelessness; coolness
Cite this entry
nonchalance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonchalance
“nonchalance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonchalance. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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