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Synonyms for detached
dɪˈtætʃtde·tached
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
detached
Synonyms:
disconnected, disjoined, distant, remote, separateAntonyms:
abutting, adjacent, adjoining, attached, beside, bordering, close, conterminous, contiguous, coterminous, near, neighboring, next, nigh
Princeton's WordNet
degage, detached, uninvolvedadjective
showing lack of emotional involvement
"adopted a degage pose on the arm of the easy chair"- J.S.Perelman; "she may be detached or even unfeeling but at least she's not hypocritically effusive"; "an uninvolved bystander"
Synonyms:
unaffectionate, set-apart, separated, free, uncaring, uninvolved, isolated, degageAntonyms:
loving, attached, concerned, connected, joint, fixeddetached, isolated, separated, set-apartadjective
being or feeling set or kept apart from others
"she felt detached from the group"; "could not remain the isolated figure he had been"- Sherwood Anderson; "thought of herself as alone and separated from the others"; "had a set-apart feeling"
Synonyms:
degage, uninvolved, separated, apart(p), uncaring, stranded, stray, marooned, set-apart, free, dislocated, quarantined, spaced, disjointed, obscure, disjunct, isolated, unaffectionateAntonyms:
joint, concerned, connected, loving, fixed, attacheddetached, separatedadjective
no longer connected or joined
"a detached part"; "on one side of the island was a hugh rock, almost detached"; "the separated spacecraft will return to their home bases"
Synonyms:
set-apart, spaced, separated, unaffectionate, free, disjointed, uncaring, uninvolved, isolated, degage, dislocatedAntonyms:
fixed, loving, concerned, attached, joint, connecteddetachedadjective
used of buildings; standing apart from others
"detached houses"; "a detached garage"
Synonyms:
set-apart, separated, unaffectionate, free, uncaring, uninvolved, isolated, degageAntonyms:
attached, concerned, joint, fixed, connected, lovingdetached, unaffectionate, uncaringadjective
lacking affection or warm feeling
"an uncaring person"
Synonyms:
set-apart, unthinking, separated, unaffectionate, free, thoughtless, uncaring, uninvolved, isolated, degageAntonyms:
connected, attached, fixed, joint, concerned, lovingdetached, freeadjective
not fixed in position
"the detached shutter fell on him"; "he pulled his arm free and ran"
Synonyms:
degage, uninvolved, separated, isolated, uncaring, gratis(p), costless, set-apart, free, devoid, destitute, loose, gratuitous, liberal, spare, innocent, complimentary, barren, unaffectionateAntonyms:
concerned, joint, connected, loving, attached, fixed
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List of paraphrases for "detached":
seconded, disconnected, excised, outposted, unshackled, posted, separated
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#42 | free | |
#247 | posted | |
#1639 | remote | |
#2228 | separate | |
#4110 | liberal | |
#5227 | loose | |
#6173 | spare | |
#6287 | separated | |
#6462 | isolated | |
#7271 | innocent | |
#9085 | distant | |
#9440 | complimentary | |
#10048 | seconded | |
#12087 | detached | |
#13380 | obscure | |
#15931 | spaced | |
#16191 | stranded | |
#18651 | stray | |
#18891 | disconnected | |
#24547 | barren | |
#27252 | devoid | |
#39008 | gratuitous | |
#43391 | destitute | |
#46290 | dislocated | |
#53633 | quarantined | |
#56811 | disjointed | |
#57003 | excised | |
#63892 | thoughtless | |
#83686 | uncaring | |
#87029 | marooned | |
#99058 | unthinking | |
#112393 | uninvolved | |
#119284 | disjunct | |
#151832 | costless | |
#230574 | unshackled |
How to use detached in a sentence?
Whenever I put my Superman costume on as a kid, I didn't have X-ray vision. I had desperately short sight and had to wear big. thick glasses to see, i couldn't leave (glasses) in the phone box like Clark Kent could. That short sight lead me to have a detached retina.
The hand is closed, so the thumb is not detached. We did this to make it easier for little hands to dress and undress the doll.
It felt much more businesslike and detached, and lost some of the wisdom that made it so entertaining.
The creator is both detached and committed, free and yet ensnared, concerned but not too much so. If motivation is too strong the person is blinded if the objective situation is too tightly structured, the person sees none of its alternative possibilities.
Thats rare in scientific persona, einstein already has become a myth detached from his real person, and this myth will perpetuate itself for years to come and I dont see an end to it.
Translations for detached
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- самостоятелен, отделен, безпристрастенBulgarian
- fritståendeDanish
- puolueeton, ulkopuolinen, erillinenFinnish
- terpisahIndonesian
- frittståandeNorwegian Nynorsk
- frittståendeNorwegian
- friståendeSwedish
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