Synonyms for tepid
ˈtɛp ɪdtepid

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1. tepidadjective

   Lukewarm; neither warm nor cool.

   I'm drinking a cup of tepid water.

   Synonyms:
   uninterested, lukewarm

2. tepidadjective

   Uninterested; exhibiting little passion or eagerness.

   He gave me a tepid response to the proposal.

   Synonyms:
   lukewarm, uninterested

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1. lukewarm, tepidadjective

   moderately warm

   "he hates lukewarm coffee"; "tepid bath water"

   Synonyms:
   halfhearted, lukewarm, half-hearted

   Antonyms:
   enthusiastic, cool

2. halfhearted, half-hearted, tepid, lukewarmadjective

   feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm

   "a halfhearted effort"; "gave only lukewarm support to the candidate"

   Synonyms:
   halfhearted, lukewarm, half-hearted

   Antonyms:
   enthusiastic, cool

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1. tepidadjective

   Synonyms:
   lukewarm, slightly warm

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1. List of paraphrases for "tepid":

   lukewarm, tibia, warm, soured, half-hearted

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How to use tepid in a sentence?

1. Joseph Seneca:

   There’s the income effect, in New Jersey, we’ve had tepid overall economic activity, so it’s not surprising to have tepid growth in traffic volumes.

2. Mike Ingram:

   The growth outlook remains tepid at best and visibility is poor. Sentiment is now very fragile with the instinctive reflexive 'buy on dips' that has served investors well is now being supplanted by ‘sell the rally’, and that is precisely what we are seeing today.

3. Ezra Pound:

   As a bathtub lined with white porcelain, when the hot water gives out or goes tepid, so is the slow cooling of our chivalrous passion, o my much praised but-not-altogether-satisfactory lady.

4. Maurice Carroll:

   Since 'Bridgegate' broke, Christie’s numbers have been tepid at best, it’s hurt him. Bad headlines translate into bad polls.

5. Kyle Tisdel:

   Releasing it on Black Friday after Thanksgiving on one of the slower news cycles of the year is emblematic of what the report said and did, it's certainly a complicated mix of factors but ultimately the result is a tremendously cautious and tepid approach on these issues, and an approach that doesn't follow through on campaign promises that were made.