1. Not supporting or favouring either side in a war, dispute, or contest
   "Switzerland remained neutral during World War II"
    
2. Having no personal preference or bias
   "a neutral observer";
   - impersonal
    
3. (chemistry) having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive
   "neutral matter";
   - inert, indifferent
    
4. Having no opinion
   "He remained neutral in the heated debate"
    
5. Having no hue
   "neutral colours like black or white";
   - achromatic
    
6. Lacking distinguishing quality or characteristics
   "a neutral personality that made no impression whatever"
    
7. Having no net electric charge
   "The neutral compound did not react to the electric field";
   - electroneutral

1. One who does not side with any party in a war or dispute
   "Switzerland remained a neutral throughout World War II"
    
2. The state of gears when they are disengaged
   "He shifted the car into neutral before turning off the engine"
    
3. An electrical terminal that is not electrified
   "Make sure to connect the ground wire to the neutral"
    
4. A neutral hue
   "The designer chose a neutral for the walls to complement the colourful furniture"

Derived forms: neutrals

See also: argent, ash-gray [US], ash-grey [Brit, Cdn], ashy, black-gray [US], black-grey [Brit, Cdn], blackish, blackish-gray [US], blackish-grey [Brit, Cdn], blue-black, blue-gray [US], blue-grey [Brit, Cdn], blue-white, bluish black, bluish-gray [US], bluish-grey [Brit, Cdn], bluish-white, brown-black, brown-gray [US], brown-grey [Brit, Cdn], brownish-black, brownish-gray [US], brownish-grey [Brit, Cdn], canescent, chalky, charcoal, charcoal-gray [US], charcoal-grey [Brit, Cdn], chromaticity, coal-black, colorless [US], colourless [Brit, Cdn], cool-white, cottony-white, dark-gray [US], dark-grey [Brit, Cdn], dull-white, ebon, ebony, gray [US], gray-black [US], grayish [US], grayish-black [US], grayish-white [US], gray-white [US], greenish-gray [US], greenish-grey [Brit, Cdn], greenish-white, green-white, grey [Brit, Cdn], grey-black [Brit, Cdn], greyish [Brit, Cdn], greyish-black [Brit, Cdn], greyish-white [Brit, Cdn], grey-white [Brit, Cdn], hue, hueless, ink-black, inky, inky-black, iron-gray [US], iron-grey [Brit, Cdn], jet, jet-black, lily-white, milk-white, neutralised [Brit], neutralized, nigrescent [rare], nonaligned, nonsubjective, objective, off-white, olive-gray [US], olive-grey [Brit, Cdn], oxford-gray [US], oxford-grey [Brit, Cdn], pearl gray [US], pearl grey [Brit, Cdn], pearly, pearly-white, pinkish-white, pitchy, purple-black, purple-white, purplish-black, purplish-white, reddish-gray [US], reddish-grey [Brit, Cdn], red-gray [US], red-grey [Brit, Cdn], sable, silver, silver-gray [US], silver-grey [Brit, Cdn], silverish, silver-white, silvery, silvery-gray [US], silvery-grey [Brit, Cdn], silvery-white, slate-black, slate-gray [US], slate-grey [Brit, Cdn], slatey, slaty, slaty-gray [US], slaty-grey [Brit, Cdn], snow-white, snowy, soot-black, sooty, sooty-black, stone-gray [US], stone-grey [Brit, Cdn], uncharged, unreactive, viewless, violet-black, white-flowered, whitish, yellow-gray [US], yellow-grey [Brit, Cdn], yellowish-gray [US], yellowish-grey [Brit, Cdn], yellowish-white, yellow-white

Type of: actor, doer, worker

Antonym: negative, positive

Encyclopedia: Neutral, Kansas