DETACHED
Dictionary entry overview: What does detached mean?
• DETACHED (adjective)
The adjective DETACHED has 5 senses:
1. showing lack of emotional involvement
2. being or feeling set or kept apart from others
3. no longer connected or joined
4. used of buildings; standing apart from others
5. not fixed in position
Familiarity information: DETACHED used as an adjective is common.
Dictionary entry details
• DETACHED (adjective)
Meaning:
Showing lack of emotional involvement
Synonyms:
detached; degage; uninvolved
Context examples:
adopted a degage pose on the arm of the easy chair / she may be detached or even unfeeling but at least she's not hypocritically effusive / an uninvolved bystander
Similar:
unconcerned (lacking in interest or care or feeling)
Meaning:
Being or feeling set or kept apart from others
Synonyms:
separated; set-apart; detached; isolated
Context examples:
she felt detached from the group / could not remain the isolated figure he had been / thought of herself as alone and separated from the others / had a set-apart feeling
Similar:
separate (independent; not united or joint)
Meaning:
No longer connected or joined
Synonyms:
detached; separated
Context examples:
a detached part / on one side of the island was a hugh rock, almost detached / the separated spacecraft will return to their home bases
Similar:
unconnected (not joined or linked together)
Meaning:
Used of buildings; standing apart from others
Context examples:
detached houses / a detached garage
Similar:
freestanding; separate (standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything)
semidetached (attached on one side only)
Domain category:
architecture (the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings)
Antonym:
attached (used of buildings joined by common sidewalls)
Meaning:
Not fixed in position
Synonyms:
free; detached
Context examples:
the detached shutter fell on him / he pulled his arm free and ran
Similar:
unfixed (not firmly placed or set or fastened)
