What is another word for detached?
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?
I've never seen an instance when the President is so detached from the reality of what's going on, this has not been treated seriously enough. Some of the things President Donald Trump did and does jeopardize the real national security.
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.
Given what the world looks like right now, this approach seems detached from reality.
While this shameful act may be an isolated incident, what’s not isolated are the almost daily reports that feed the perception that VA leadership are detached from the urgent challenges facing returning veterans, but it’s even more troubling that Ms. Paul’s shockingly poor judgment did not merit immediate firing. She should have been fired the minute such poor judgment was discovered and failing to do so only reinforces VA's track record of failing to hold its employees accountable.
Prices seem detached from their underlying fundamentals.
Translations for detached
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- самостоятелен, отделен, безпристрастенBulgarian
- fritståendeDanish
- puolueeton, ulkopuolinen, erillinenFinnish
- terpisahIndonesian
- frittståandeNorwegian Nynorsk
- frittståendeNorwegian
- friståendeSwedish
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