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Synonyms for detached
dɪˈtætʃtde·tached

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English Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. detached

    Synonyms:
    disconnected, disjoined, distant, remote, separate

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

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  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"

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

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

  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"

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

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

  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"

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

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

  4. detachedadjective

    used of buildings; standing apart from others

    "detached houses"; "a detached garage"

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

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

  5. detached, unaffectionate, uncaringadjective

    lacking affection or warm feeling

    "an uncaring person"

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

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

  6. detached, 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, unaffectionate

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

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PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "detached":

    seconded, disconnected, excised, outposted, unshackled, posted, separated

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#9440complimentary
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#13380obscure
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#27252devoid
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#43391destitute
#46290dislocated
#53633quarantined
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#57003excised
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#99058unthinking
#112393uninvolved
#119284disjunct
#151832costless
#230574unshackled

How to use detached in a sentence?

  1. 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.

  2. The ECB:

    Prices seem detached from their underlying fundamentals.

  3. Bob Woodward:

    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.

  4. Mao Zedong:

    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.

  5. Norman Vincent Peale:

    When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self-giving is a personal power-releasing factor.


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