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 sincerely hope Perrin Larton never comes to understand the implications of Perrin Larton seeing detached hearts beating independently because then Perrin Larton would have to confront the realization that with intact fetuses that just fell out, Perrin Larton was actually vivisecting and killing a living fetus.
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.
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.
There is in fact no such thing as art for art's sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics. Proletarian literature and art are part of the whole proletarian revolutionary cause.
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.
Translations for detached
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- самостоятелен, отделен, безпристрастенBulgarian
- fritståendeDanish
- puolueeton, ulkopuolinen, erillinenFinnish
- terpisahIndonesian
- frittståandeNorwegian Nynorsk
- frittståendeNorwegian
- friståendeSwedish
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