unneurotic

1 9.3

Calm and not easily worried or upset

adjective
/ˌʌnˈjʊəroʊtɪk/

: tranquilo

Their relaxed and unneurotic approach helped create a positive work environment.

Examples

She's surprisingly unneurotic for someone in such a high-pressure job.
He seemed the most unneurotic member of the group, always calm and untroubled.
She seems quite unneurotic for someone in her position.
My therapist described me as unneurotic after our last session.
After years of therapy, she finally felt unneurotic and at peace with herself.
His lifestyle choices and positive thinking contributed to his unneurotic approach to challenges.
The serene environment helped him remain unneurotic, allowing his thoughts to flow calmly.

Synonyms

unworried

vsunneurotic

1 2.3

Someone who feels calm and not upset about problems

is free from chronic excessive anxiety and emotional instability

unhysterical

vsunneurotic

1 6.8

Calm and not showing strong or out of control feelings in a stressful situation

is mentally healthy rather than merely not showing extreme reactions

nerveless

vsunneurotic

Archaic

7.2

Calm and steady in a difficult or dangerous situation

is mentally healthy, not just able to stay calm under pressure

unagitated

vsunneurotic

5.8

Calm and not showing strong feelings

is mentally stable rather than simply appearing calm in the moment

Antonyms

unstable

91 4.4

A person whose mood or behavior changes suddenly

neurotic

63 7.2

Being very worried about small things and unable to relax

How Neurotic

neurotic

63 7.2

unneurotic

1 9.3

even-tempered

3 3.7

Surface Forms

unneurotic positive

unneuroticer comparative

unneuroticest superlative

Morphology

unneurotic = neurotic (transparent) = un + neurotic

The productive negative prefix 'un-' is attached to the adjective 'neurotic', yielding the straightforward meaning 'not neurotic'.

Etymology

Unneurotic starts with un- meaning 'not' and ends with neurotic, which comes from a root meaning 'nerve', like the common word 'nerve'. So, unneurotic means 'not' showing strong nervous feelings and describes someone calm and mentally healthy.