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.

Related 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
• clammy
• unclubbable
• unemotional
• wintry
• frozen
• unfriendly
• unsympathetic
• uncordial
• soulless
• elevated
• 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

Dissimilar Words

• kind
• emotional
• compassionate
• sympathetic
• expressive
• social
• demonstrative
• happy
• kindhearted
• communicative
• hearty
• expansive
• warm-blooded
• warmhearted
• convivial
• outgoing
• gregarious
• companionable
• clubby
• extroverted
• talkative
• boon
• amiable
• congenial
• hospitable
• folksy
• gracious
• affable
• garrulous
• genial
• warm
• agreeable
• friendly
• comic
• neighborly
• kindly
• unprofessional
• cordial
• clubbable
• sociable
• hysterical
• comical
• light
• ridiculous
• 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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of clinical

Lilly and ​Novo commended the FDA’s confirmation that there is no clinical need to compound these drugs. —Reuters, NBC news, 30 Apr. 2026

The students jumped on a suggestion from Dushan Nikolovski, clinical associate professor of entrepreneurship and director of VU’s Innovation Hub, that Journeyman would be interested in partnering with them. —Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026

Addressing these challenges requires more than clinical care alone. —Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2026

Interview allocation is a program-level decision driven by academic performance, clinical excellence, research productivity, and program-specific priorities. —Sarah Mohiuddin, STAT, 30 Apr. 2026