nonchalant
Looking calm and relaxed, as if you do not care at all.
nonchalant in a sentence
- Milo strolled past the head teacher, quite nonchalant, as if the flour bomb had nothing to do with him.
- The cat looked nonchalant after knocking over the vase, as if nothing at all had happened.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to nonchalant?
- Atense
- Bworried
- Cnervous
- Dcalm
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D: calm. The other three mean the opposite of nonchalant.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to nonchalant?
- Acasual
- Bworried
- Crelaxed
- Dcalm
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B: worried. The other three mean nearly the same as nonchalant.
Words that mean something similar
calm, relaxed, casual
Words that mean the opposite
worried, nervous, tense
More words about behaviour & manners
- nuisance: Someone or something that annoys you or causes trouble.
- nurture: To care for something and help it grow.
- obedient: Doing what you are told without a fuss.
- oblige: To do something helpful that someone has asked you to do.
- obnoxious: Very rude and unpleasant in a way that annoys everyone.
- offend: To upset someone by being rude or unkind.
- oppose: To be against something and try to stop it.
- oppress: To treat people cruelly and unfairly, keeping them under control.
More words to explore
Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test