1. (a.) Not engaged on either side; not assisting either of two or more contending parties; neuter; indifferent.

2. (a.) Neither good nor bad; of medium quality; middling; not decided or pronounced.

3. (a.) Neuter. See Neuter.

4. (a.) Having neither acid nor basic properties; unable to turn red litmus blue or blue litmus red; -- said of certain salts or other compounds. Contrasted with acid, and alkaline.

5. (n.) A person or a nation that takes no part in a contest between others; one who is neutral.

Hydromatic Laodicean Olympian abstract achromatic achromic aloof anemic anythingarian apathetic asexual ashen ashy autarchic autarkic automatic transmission autonomous beige bland bled white bloodless broad cadaverous candid castrated centrist changeable chloranemic cogwheel cold collective colorless compromiser conservative contemplative cool dead deadly pale deathly pale detached differential differential gear dim dimmed dingy discolored disinterested dispassionate do-nothing dormant drab dull ecru emasculated equitable etiolated eunuchized even evenhanded exsanguinated exsanguine exsanguineous faded faint fair fallow featureless fence-sitter fervorless fifty-fifty flat free lance free spirit free trader free-spirited freethinker freewheel freewheeling frigid frustrated gear gear train gearbox gearing gearshift gearwheel general generalized generic ghastly gray haggard half-and-half halfhearted high hueless hypochromic idle immobile impartial impersonal impotent inactive indecisive indefinite independent indeterminate indifferent indistinct indistinguishable individualist individualistic inert infirm of purpose infirm of will inner-directed insipid intermediate irresolute isolationist just lackluster laissez-aller laissez-faire latitudinarian leaden liberal libertarian libertine livid lofty low lukewarm lurid lusterless mat mealy meditative middle-of-the-roader midway milk-and-water milky moderate moderationist moderatist motionless muddy mugwump mugwumpian mugwumpish mushy nebulous neuter nonaligned noncommittal noncommitted nonpartisan nonspecific nothingarian objective on the fence overdrive pale pale as death pale-faced pallid paralytic paralyzed passive pasty perfunctory procrastinating quiescent quietist quietistic rack remote removed reverse rugged individualist sallow self-contained self-dependent self-determined self-directing self-governed self-governing self-reliant self-subsistent self-sufficient self-supporting selfless sexless sickly sovereign stagnant stagnating standard transmission standpat static stationary stick shift swing vote synchromesh tallow-faced tasteless tepid third force third world third-force third-world toneless transmission unaffiliated unallied unbiased uncharacterized uncolored uncommitted uncommitted voter undazzled undifferentiated uninfluenced uninvolved unjaundiced unprejudiced unprepossessed unselfish unsexed unsexual unspecified unswayed vague vapid vegetable vegetative wan washed out washed-out watery waxen weak whey-faced white wide wishy-washy withdrawn zealless