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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1. Justin Wolfers:

   I do think it more likely that the bad news on inflation is more transitory than the good news on jobs, and if you went back two years ago and offered me the choice of whether to risk somewhat overheating the economy, as we did this time, or undershooting and creating a long, slow, tepid recovery, as we did in 2008, I would have chosen the risk of overheating.

2. Michael Maduell:

   One can assume Gulf parliaments are putting pressure on the performance of such sovereign vehicles as the gravy train slows, if oil prices remain low and investment performance is tepid/negative, I would suspect more MP investigations.

3. Maxim Jacobs:

   New York-based Pfizer desperately needs a large acquisition and the resulting synergies to reinvigorate its tepid earnings growth rate, also Allergan would help New York-based Pfizer escape the uncompetitive U.S. corporate tax rate, which has led company after company to domicile away from its shores.

4. The Aussie:

   This indicates the continued weakness of the manufacturing industry, though the pressure driving the sector's decline has eased, tepid demand is a main factor behind the oversupply of manufacturing and why it has not recovered.

5. Wang Xufeng:

   Tepid demand and the week-long Lunar New Year holiday have limited the rise in imports.