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| Main Entry: | aloof |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | remote |
| Synonyms: | above, apart, casual, chilly, cold, cold fish*, cool, detached, distant, forbidding, hard-boiled*, haughty, indifferent, lone wolf*, loner*, reserved, secluded, solitary, standoffish*, supercilious, thick-skinned*, unapproachable, unconcerned, unfriendly, uninterested, unresponsive, unsociable, unsympathetic, uppity*, withdrawn, hard-hearted, incurious, laid back, offish, on ice, putting on airs, stuck up |
| Antonyms: | concerned, friendly, sociable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | apart |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | separate |
| Synonyms: | afar, alone, aloof, aside, away, cut off*, disconnected, distant, distinct, exclusively, freely, independent, independently, individually, isolated, lone wolf*, separated, separately, singly, special, by itself, disassociated, divorced, excluded, to itself, to one side |
| Antonyms: | together |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | aristocratic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | privileged, elegant |
| Synonyms: | aloof, blue-blooded, courtly, dignified, elegant, elite, fine, haughty, noble, patrician, polished, refined, snobbish, stylish, well-bred, upper-class, well-born |
| Antonyms: | poor, vulgar, wanting, low-born, low-life, unprivileged |
| Main Entry: | arrogant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having exaggerated self-opinion |
| Synonyms: | aloof, assuming, audacious, autocratic, bossy, cavalier, cheeky, cocky, conceited, contemptuous, cool*, disdainful, domineering, egotistic, haughty, high and mighty*, high-handed, imperious, insolent, know-it-all*, lordly, overbearing, peremptory, pompous, presumptuous, pretentious, proud, scornful, self-important, smug, snippy*, snooty*, snotty*, supercilious, superior, uppity*, vain, wise guy*, biggety, bragging, cold-shoulder*, on an ego trip, puffed up, smarty, sniffy, stuck up, swaggering |
| Antonyms: | humble, meek, servile, unconceited |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disdainful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | scornful |
| Synonyms: | aloof, antipathetic, arrogant, averse, cavalier, contemptuous, cool, derisive, egotistic, haughty, hoity-toity*, indifferent, insolent, lordly, overbearing, proud, sneering, snooty*, supercilious, superior, unsympathetic, uppity*, contemning, despising, high-and-mighty*, rejecting, repudiating, scouting, toplofty |
| Antonyms: | loving, respectful, esteemable, favoring, praising |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disinterested |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | detached, uninvolved |
| Synonyms: | aloof, candid, casual, dispassionate, equitable, even-handed, impartial, impersonal, indifferent, lackadaisical, negative, neutral, nonpartisan, outside, perfunctory, remote, unbiased, unconcerned, unprejudiced, unselfish, withdrawn, incurious, just watching the clock, not giving a damn, uncurious |
| Notes: | if you are disinterested, you have no stake in the outcome of an event and you are impartial - but if you are uninterested, you simply don't care; disinterested is 'impartial, neutral' and uninterested is 'bored, lacking interest' uninterested means 'having no interest in, being indifferent to'; disinterested means 'having no personal interest or stake in; being unbiased toward' |
| Antonyms: | biased, concerned, interested, involved, passionate, prejudiced |
| Main Entry: | dispassionate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfeeling, impartial |
| Synonyms: | abstract, aloof, calm, candid, cold-blooded, cold-fish, collected, composed, cool, cool cat, couldn't care less, detached, disinterested, fair, iceberg, impersonal, imperturbable, indifferent, judicial, just, laid back, moderate, neutral, nondiscriminatory, nonpartisan, objective, poker-faced*, quiet, serene, sober, temperate, tough, unbiased, unemotional, unexcitable, unexcited, unflappable, uninvolved, unmoved, unprejudiced, unruffled |
| Antonyms: | biased, emotional, excited, feeling, involved, moved, partial, passionate, prejudiced, subjective |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | egotistic/egoistic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thinking very highly of oneself |
| Synonyms: | affected, aloof, autocratic, boastful, boasting, conceited, egocentric, haughty, inflated, intimate, intrinsic, introverted, isolated, narcissistic, opinionated, personal, pompous, proud, self-absorbed, self-centered, self-important, snobbish, stuck-up*, subjective, superior, swollen, vain, vainglorious, bragging, egomaniacal, individualistic, inner-directed, obsessive, prideful, puffed up, self-admiring, stuck on oneself |
| Antonyms: | altruistic, humble, modest, reserved, shy, submissive, timid, unassuming, selfless |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exclusive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unshared, restricted |
| Synonyms: | absolute, aloof, aristocratic, chic, choice, chosen, clannish, classy, closed, complete, confined, country club, elegant, entire, fashionable, full, independent, licensed, limited, narrow, only, particular, peculiar, posh, preferential, private, privileged, prohibitive, restrictive, ritzy, segregated, select, selfish, single, snobbish, sole, total, undivided, unique, whole, circumscribed, cliquish, discriminative, exclusionary, exclusory, socially correct, swank, upper crust |
| Antonyms: | divided, part, partial, shared, unlimited, unrestricted |
| Main Entry: | inaccessible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | out of reach |
| Synonyms: | aloof, away, beyond, distant, elusive, far, faraway, impassable, impervious, impracticable, insurmountable, out-of-the-way*, remote, unapproachable, unavailable, unfeasible, far-off, not at hand, unachievable, unattainable, ungettable, unobtainable, unreachable, unrealizable, unworkable |
| Antonyms: | accessible, approachable, reachable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | indifferent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfeeling, uninterested |
| Synonyms: | aloof, apathetic, blasé, callous, cold, cool, detached, diffident, disinterested, dispassionate, distant, equitable, haughty, heartless, heedless, highbrow, impartial, impervious, inattentive, listless, neutral, nonchalant, nonpartisan, objective, phlegmatic, regardless, scornful, silent, supercilious, superior, unbiased, uncaring, uncommunicative, unconcerned, unemotional, unmoved, unprejudiced, unresponsive, unsympathetic, passionless, stoical, unaroused, unimpressed, uninvolved, unsocial |
| Antonyms: | compassionate, concerned, feeling, interested, involved, sympathetic, caring |
| Main Entry: | nonchalant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | easygoing, laid back |
| Synonyms: | airy, aloof, apathetic, blasé, calm, careless, casual, cold, collected, composed, cool, detached, disinterested, dispassionate, easy, effortless, happy, impassive, imperturbable, indifferent, insouciant, lackadaisical, light, listless, loose, lukewarm, mellow, neglectful, negligent, neutral, offhand, placid, serene, smooth, trifling, uncaring, unconcerned, unemotional, unfeeling, unflappable, unperturbed, unruffled, untroubled, disimpassioned, incurious, unexcited, unimpressible |
| Antonyms: | intense, jumpy, nervous, unnerved |
| Main Entry: | numb |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deadened, insensitive |
| Synonyms: | aloof, apathetic, asleep, callous, casual, comatose, dazed, dead, detached, disinterested, frozen, indifferent, insensate, insensible, lethargic, listless, paralyzed, phlegmatic, remote, senseless, stupefied, torpid, unconcerned, unconscious, unfeeling, uninterested, anesthetized, benumbed, immobilized, incurious, insentient, numbed, stuporous, uncurious |
| Antonyms: | lively, responsive, sensitive |
| Main Entry: | secluded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | isolated, sheltered |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, alone, aloof, cloistered, close, closet, confidential, covert, cut off, deserted, hermetic, hidden, incommunicado, insular, isolate, lonely, lonesome, out-of-the-way*, personal, private, quarantined, quiet, reclusive, remote, removed, reserved, retired, secret, segregated, shy, singular, solitary, unapproachable, uninhabited, unsociable, withdrawn, beleaguered, blockaded, off the beaten track, screened, secluse, seclusive, sequestered, shut off, tucked away, unfrequented |
| Antonyms: | open, public, sociable, joining, mingling, socializing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | snobbish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stuck-up, conceited |
| Synonyms: | aloof, arrogant, condescending, egotistic, haughty, high-flown*, ostentatious, overbearing, patronizing, persnickety*, pompous, pretentious, remote, snippy*, snooty*, snotty*, supercilious, superior, swanky, uppity*, high-and-mighty*, high-hat*, putting on airs, sniffy, tony, uppish |
| Antonyms: | benevolent, friendly, generous, sociable, accepting, welcoming |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | solitary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alone, single; unsociable |
| Synonyms: | aloof, antisocial, cloistered, deserted, desolate, distant, forsaken, friendless, hidden, individual, introverted, isolated, lone, lonely, lonesome, misanthropic, only, out-of-the-way*, particular, reclusive, remote, reserved, retired, secluded, separate, singular, sole, solo, standoffish, unaccompanied, unapproachable, unattended, unique, withdrawn, companionless, eremetic, hermitical, lorn, offish, sequestered, stag, uncompanionable, unfrequented, unsocial |
| Antonyms: | combined, sociable, together, accompanied |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | standoffish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cold, distant |
| Synonyms: | aloof, antisocial, cool, haughty, indifferent, misanthropic, reclusive, remote, reserved, solitary, unapproachable, unsociable, withdrawn, eremitic, uncompanionable |
| Antonyms: | friendly, sociable, warm |
| Main Entry: | stoic/stoical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | philosophic, calm |
| Synonyms: | aloof, apathetic, cool, detached, dispassionate, dry, enduring, impassive, imperturbable, indifferent, indomitable, long-suffering, matter-of-fact, patient, phlegmatic, resigned, sober, stolid, unconcerned, unemotional, unflappable, unmoved, cool as cucumber, rolling with punches, self-controlled |
| Antonyms: | anxious, depressed, upset, stressed |
| Main Entry: | taciturn |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncommunicative |
| Synonyms: | aloof, antisocial, close, cold, curt, distant, dour, dumb, laconic, mum, mute, quiet, reserved, reticent, sententious, silent, sparing, speechless, tight-lipped*, withdrawn, brooding, clammed up, close-mouthed, dried-up, unexpressive, unforthcoming |
| Antonyms: | communicative, fluent, talkative, wordy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unbending |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rigid, tough |
| Synonyms: | aloof, crisp, distant, do or die, dug in, firm, formal, hard as nails, hard-line*, hold one's ground, hold the fort, hold the line, incompliant, inelastic, inexorable, inflexible, intractable, locked in, obdurate, obstinate, relentless, reserved, resolute, set in stone, severe, single-minded, standing one's ground, standing pat, sticking to one's guns, stiff, strict, stubborn, uncompromising, unflexible, unrelenting, unswayable, unyielding, uptight |
| Antonyms: | bending, flexible, pliable, pliant, relaxed, soft |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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