Antonyms for detached
dɪˈtætʃtde·tached

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1. detached

   Antonyms:
   abutting, adjacent, adjoining, attached, beside, bordering, close, conterminous, contiguous, coterminous, near, neighboring, next, nigh

   Synonyms:
   disconnected, disjoined, distant, remote, separate

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1. 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"

   Antonyms:
   loving, attached, concerned, connected, joint, fixed

   Synonyms:
   unaffectionate, set-apart, separated, free, uncaring, uninvolved, isolated, degage

2. detached, 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"

   Antonyms:
   joint, concerned, connected, loving, fixed, attached

   Synonyms:
   degage, uninvolved, separated, apart(p), uncaring, stranded, stray, marooned, set-apart, free, dislocated, quarantined, spaced, disjointed, obscure, disjunct, isolated, unaffectionate

3. detached, 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"

   Antonyms:
   fixed, loving, concerned, attached, joint, connected

   Synonyms:
   set-apart, spaced, separated, unaffectionate, free, disjointed, uncaring, uninvolved, isolated, degage, dislocated

4. detachedadjective

   used of buildings; standing apart from others

   "detached houses"; "a detached garage"

   Antonyms:
   attached, concerned, joint, fixed, connected, loving

   Synonyms:
   set-apart, separated, unaffectionate, free, uncaring, uninvolved, isolated, degage

5. detached, unaffectionate, uncaringadjective

   lacking affection or warm feeling

   "an uncaring person"

   Antonyms:
   connected, attached, fixed, joint, concerned, loving

   Synonyms:
   set-apart, unthinking, separated, unaffectionate, free, thoughtless, uncaring, uninvolved, isolated, degage

6. detached, freeadjective

   not fixed in position

   "the detached shutter fell on him"; "he pulled his arm free and ran"

   Antonyms:
   concerned, joint, connected, loving, attached, fixed

   Synonyms:
   degage, uninvolved, separated, isolated, uncaring, gratis(p), costless, set-apart, free, devoid, destitute, loose, gratuitous, liberal, spare, innocent, complimentary, barren, unaffectionate

How to use detached in a sentence?

1. Gareth Price:

   The first round of the Internet is creating a very individualistic, detached experiences, in one way it has even taken us away from social networking. We are still in a box in a room. I think when the Internet becomes this kind of fabric on top of everyday life it will open up new opportunities to reestablish group and commonwealth experiences.

2. Charles Krauthammer:

   The president said that the South Americans are securing their nuclear materials…. I’d been up late nights unable to sleep thinking about the South American nuclear issue, the president is operating in a world that is detached from ours.

3. Pier Carlo Padoan:

   I was neither called nor pushed by politics into UniCredit and I continue to be detached from political pressure.

4. Hanoch Gutfreund:

   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.

5. Savannah Guthrie:

   Remember when my retina was detached because Charley threw the train at my eye ? well, guys it's not over. So apparently after you have that retina reattachment surgery, it's very common to get cataracts, so that happened to me. So I'm actually going to leave in 20 minutes and have cataract surgery.

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