BLASÉ Synonyms: 108 Similar and Opposite Words

Q: How does the adjective 'blasé' differ from other similar words?

The words sophisticated and worldly-wise are common synonyms of blasé . While all three words mean "experienced in the ways of the world," blasé implies a lack of responsiveness to common joys as a result of a real or affected surfeit of experience and cultivation. // blasé travelers who claimed to have been everywhere

Q: When is it sensible to use 'sophisticated' instead of 'blasé'?

The meanings of sophisticated and blasé largely overlap; however, sophisticated often implies refinement, urbanity, cleverness, and cultivation. // guests at her salon were usually rich and sophisticated

Q: When might 'worldly-wise' be a better fit than 'blasé'?

While the synonyms worldly-wise and blasé are close in meaning, worldly-wise suggests a close and practical knowledge of the affairs and manners of society and an inclination toward materialism. // a worldly-wise woman with a philosophy of personal independence

blasé

adjective

variants also blase

Definition of blasé

as in nonchalant

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How does the adjective blasé differ from other similar words?

The words sophisticated and worldly-wise are common synonyms of blasé. While all three words mean "experienced in the ways of the world," blasé implies a lack of responsiveness to common joys as a result of a real or affected surfeit of experience and cultivation.

blasé travelers who claimed to have been everywhere

When is it sensible to use sophisticated instead of blasé?

The meanings of sophisticated and blasé largely overlap; however, sophisticated often implies refinement, urbanity, cleverness, and cultivation.

guests at her salon were usually rich and sophisticated

When might worldly-wise be a better fit than blasé?

While the synonyms worldly-wise and blasé are close in meaning, worldly-wise suggests a close and practical knowledge of the affairs and manners of society and an inclination toward materialism.

a worldly-wise woman with a philosophy of personal independence

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Recent Examples of blasé Finally, after six seasons roaming the NBA wilderness, taking loss after loss after loss after loss, the Spurs have at last found winning to be blase. — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Apr. 2026 His descent from Europa League final saviour to his current status, viewed by some as symbolic of the blase attitude that has led to Tottenham being in a relegation scrap for the first time since the 1990s, is well documented. — Elias Burke, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2026 But that blase attitude doesn’t extend to the more serious matter of dinero. — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 27 June 2025 At midday, with sporadic rain, many residents and visitors interviewed were somewhat blase about the danger. — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2023

Recent Examples of Synonyms for blasé

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The plan is to keep being nonchalant about the whole thing, and hopefully their fan base will continue to grow.

— Julius Miller, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Opting for a baggier jean style immediately reads more nonchalant, giving the overall outfit a cooler look.

— Eva Thomas, InStyle, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of nonchalant

Adjective

No wonder disgusted fans have protested both inside and outside Angel Stadium all summer.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Chris basically split us down the middle and decided who’s gonna be happy about what's happening around him and who’s gonna be kinda disgusted.

— Wisdom Iheanyichukwu, Vanity Fair, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of disgusted

Adjective

Perhaps most viscerally, given the ever-present specter of nuclear annihilation during the Cold War, Capps was appalled by Falwell’s apocalyptic rhetoric and cavalier posture toward global destruction.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2026
What comes off as cavalier risk-taking is really a cover for something much more nihilistic.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of cavalier

Adjective

Issa acts on that notion by encouraging a threesome between herself, Paul Baker, and Anton, who has spent much of the episode getting increasingly annoyed about being left out of everyone else’s scheming.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026
Long enough for the audience to feel annoyed and become squeamish.

— Alex Jovanovich, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of annoyed

Adjective

Rooms have a breezy coastal look and feel, and some come with ocean views and semi-private balconies.

— Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 27 Aug. 2026
The video traded the genre’s typical easy-breezy style for a mashup of clips where flames rose, expletives flew, and Tiedemann flipped the bird toward the camera at every opportunity.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of breezy

Adjective

John Stewart’s exasperated adieu to his alien abductors doubles as a meta acknowledgement of Episode 2’s exposition-heavy plotting.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 23 Aug. 2026
These were voices—complaining, confiding, exasperated, distressed—that had not been heard before, as if the novel were a speaking tube cued to an underground rumble.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of exasperated

Adjective

The flip side of Salinger’s bleak depiction is a childhood full of free expression and natural development, unburdened by the power, rules, and discipline imposed by world-weary adults and those prone to power.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026
This weekend, Peter Parker is back — a little older, more world-weary and facing a far less forgiving market.

— Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026

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