Standard Lemma guide

unbiased

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • CMU ARPABET: AH2 N B AY1 AH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Not biased.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Impartial or without bias or prejudice.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: disinterested, objective, candid, cold, clinical, detached, egal, equal, equitable, evenhanded, fairhanded, fair-minded, dispassionate, impartial, imprejudicate, indifferent, indistinguishing, neuter, neutral, nonaligned, nonpartial, nonpartisan, nonpersonal, unbiased, unbigoted, uninterested, unpartial, unpartisan, unprejudiced, unprepossessed

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

without bias

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unbiassed

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

characterized by a lack of partiality

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a properly indifferent jury
  • an unbiasgoted account of her family problems

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: indifferent, unbiassed

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English bias English -ed English biased English unbiased From un- + biased.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: непредубеден (nepredubeden) — impartial or without bias or prejudice
  • Bulgarian: безпристрастен (bezpristrasten) — impartial or without bias or prejudice
  • Czech: nezaujatý — impartial or without bias or prejudice
  • Dutch: onbevooroordeeld — impartial or without bias or prejudice
  • Dutch: onpartijdig — impartial or without bias or prejudice
  • Finnish: tasapuolinen — impartial or without bias or prejudice
  • Finnish: puolueeton — impartial or without bias or prejudice
  • Galician: ecuánime — impartial or without bias or prejudice
  • German: unvoreingenommen — impartial or without bias or prejudice
  • German: unbefangen — impartial or without bias or prejudice
  • Greek: αμερόληπτος (ameróliptos) — impartial or without bias or prejudice
  • Gujarati: નિષ્પક્ષ (niṣpakṣ) — impartial or without bias or prejudice
  • Irish: neamhlaofa — impartial or without bias or prejudice
  • Māori: ngākau tapatahi — impartial or without bias or prejudice
  • Māori: matatika — impartial or without bias or prejudice
  • Polish: bezstronny — impartial or without bias or prejudice
  • Russian: беспристра́стный (bespristrástnyj) — impartial or without bias or prejudice
  • Russian: непредвзя́тый (nepredvzjátyj) — impartial or without bias or prejudice
  • Russian: непредубеждённый (nepredubeždjónnyj) — impartial or without bias or prejudice
  • Scottish Gaelic: neo-chlaon — impartial or without bias or prejudice
  • Spanish: ecuánime — impartial or without bias or prejudice
  • Spanish: imparcial — impartial or without bias or prejudice
  • Spanish: objetivo — impartial or without bias or prejudice
  • Spanish: factual — impartial or without bias or prejudice
  • Turkish: tarafsız — impartial or without bias or prejudice
  • Ukrainian: неупере́джений (neuperédženyj) — impartial or without bias or prejudice
  • Ukrainian: безсторо́нній (bezstorónnij) — impartial or without bias or prejudice