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say it: NOO-truhl
neutral is an adjective and noun meaning "having no personal preference". It carries 8 recorded senses.
having no personal preference
“impersonal criticism”
“a neutral observer”
having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive
“inert matter”
“an indifferent chemical in a reaction”
chemistry
not supporting or favoring either side in a war, dispute, or contest
possessing no distinctive quality or characteristics
having no hue
“neutral colors like black or white”
lacking distinguishing quality or characteristics
“a neutral personality that made no impression whatever”
having no net electric charge
one who does not side with any party in a war or dispute
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for neutral come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.