| Noun | 1. | neutral - one who does not side with any party in a war or disputefence-sitter - a person who won't take sides in a controversy stakeholder - someone entrusted to hold the stakes for two or more persons betting against one another; must deliver the stakes to the winner | |
| Adj. | 1. | neutral - neither moral nor immoral; neither good nor evil, right nor wrongamoral, unmoral - without moral standards or principles; "a completely amoral person" | |
| 2. | neutral - having no personal preference; "impersonal criticism"; "a neutral observer"nonsubjective, objective - undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena; "an objective appraisal"; "objective evidence" | |
| 3. | neutral - having only a limited ability to react chemically; not active; "inert matter"; "an indifferent chemical in a reaction"chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions | |
| 4. | neutral - not supporting or favoring either side in a war, dispute, or contestnonaligned - not affiliated with any faction, party, or cause | |
| 5. | neutral - having no net electric charge; not electrified | |
| 6. | neutral - lacking hue; "neutral colors like back or white" | |
| 7. | neutral - of no distinctive quality or characteristics or typenegative - characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features; "a negative outlook on life"; "a colorless negative personality"; "a negative evaluation"; "a negative reaction to an advertising campaign" positive - characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.; "a positive attitude"; "the reviews were all positive"; "a positive benefit"; "a positive demand" | |
| 8. | neutral - lacking distinguishing quality or characteristics; "a neutral personality that made no impression whatever"colorless, colourless - lacking in variety and interest; "a colorless and unimaginative person"; "a colorless description of the parade" | |