What is another word for aloof?
3216 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɐlˈuːf], [ ɐlˈuːf], [ ɐ_l_ˈuː_f]
Aloof is a term that refers to someone who is detached, cold, or unapproachable. There are many synonyms for this word, including distant, reserved, cool, detached, indifferent, unresponsive, standoffish, remote, unsociable, and withdrawn. These words all describe people who are emotionally distant, or who keep others at arm's length. Other synonyms for aloof include uncommunicative, reticent, introverted, and antisocial. These words suggest that the person is not interested in socializing or engaging with others. Regardless of the word used, all of these synonyms suggest a certain sense of distance or removal from others.
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Similar words for aloof:
- calm (adjective)
- disinterested (adjective)
- inaccessible (adjective)
- inattentive (adjective)
- incurious (adjective)
- insensitive (adjective)
- just (adjective)
- prideful (adjective)
- secluded (adjective)
- self-involved (adjective)
- senseless (adjective)
- taciturn (adjective)
- uncommunicative (adjective)
- unexcitable (adjective)
- uppish (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- aristocratic (adjective)
- arrogant (adjective)
- casual (adjective)
- disdainful (adjective)
- dispassionate (adjective)
- egotistic (adjective)
- egotistic/egoistic (adjective)
- exclusive (adjective)
- formal (adjective)
- frigid (adjective)
- glacial (adjective)
- inapproachable (adjective)
- incommunicable (adjective)
- incommunicative (adjective)
- indifferent (adjective)
- insusceptible (adjective)
- neutral (adjective)
- nonchalant (adjective)
- numb (adjective)
- offish (adjective)
- passionless (adjective)
- remote (adjective)
- removed (adjective)
- reserved (adjective)
- self-controlled (adjective)
- self-restrained (adjective)
- self-seeking (adjective)
- self-serving (adjective)
- snobbish (adjective)
- solitary (adjective)
- stoic/stoical (adjective)
- swellheaded (adjective)
- tightlipped (adjective)
- unaffected (adjective)
- unattainable (adjective)
- unbending (adjective)
- unbiased (adjective)
- uncaring (adjective)
- uncommunicable (adjective)
- uncompassionate (adjective)
- unconcerned (adjective)
- undemonstrative (adjective)
- unfriendly (adjective)
- uninterested (adjective)
- uninvolved (adjective)
- unpitying (adjective)
- unreachable (adjective)
- unsociable (adjective)
- unstirred (adjective)
- unsympathetic (adjective)
- withdrawn (adjective)
- apart (adverb)
- aside
- detached
- distant
- egotistic
- introverted
- noun
- unfriendly
- other relevant words (adjective)
- other relevant words (adverb)
- other relevant words (verb)
Synonyms for Aloof:
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adj.
• calm • disinterested • inaccessible • inattentive- Absent-minded ,
- Disregardful ,
- Ignoring ,
- absent ,
- befuddled ,
- detached ,
- distracted ,
- dreamy ,
- faraway ,
- heedless ,
- inadvertent ,
- inattentive ,
- napping ,
- negligent ,
- oblivious ,
- preoccupied ,
- thoughtless ,
- unconscious ,
- unheedful ,
- uninterested ,
- unmindful ,
- wandering .
- Imperceptive ,
- anesthetized ,
- apathetic ,
- blunt ,
- callous ,
- cold-blooded ,
- coldhearted ,
- cool ,
- emotionless ,
- feelingless ,
- hard ,
- hard as nails ,
- hard-boiled ,
- hardboiled ,
- hardened ,
- hardhearted ,
- heartless ,
- objective ,
- passive ,
- ruthless ,
- stony ,
- tough ,
- unemotional ,
- unfeeling .
- Banished ,
- Blackballed ,
- Deported ,
- Disbarred ,
- Ejected ,
- Eliminated ,
- Excluded ,
- Excommunicated ,
- Exiled ,
- Expatriated ,
- Extirpated ,
- Extradited ,
- Ostracized ,
- Screened ,
- alienated ,
- alone ,
- anonymous ,
- antisocial ,
- blacklisted ,
- blockaded ,
- boycott ,
- cloistered ,
- closeted ,
- confined ,
- cordoned ,
- hermitic ,
- isolated ,
- lonely ,
- maverick ,
- misanthropic ,
- off beaten track ,
- off the beaten track ,
- outcast ,
- reclusive ,
- secluse ,
- segregated ,
- separated ,
- sequestered ,
- solitary ,
- tucked away ,
- xenophobic .
- wrapped up in oneself ,
- self involved ,
- selfinvolved ,
- wrapped in oneself ,
- wrapped oneself ,
- wrapped up oneself .
- blacked out ,
- comatose ,
- dead ,
- dull ,
- faint ,
- insensible ,
- insentient ,
- narcotic ,
- senseless ,
- soporific ,
- stupid ,
- swooning ,
- trance-like ,
- unperceptive .
- composed ,
- controlled ,
- deadpan ,
- demure ,
- easygoing ,
- even-tempered ,
- frigid ,
- impassive ,
- imperturbable ,
- inscrutable ,
- level-headed ,
- meek ,
- mild ,
- moderate ,
- placid ,
- self-composed ,
- serene ,
- staid ,
- steady ,
- stoic ,
- stolid ,
- tranquil ,
- unflappable ,
- unhurried .
- blue blooded ,
- blueblooded ,
- more upper class ,
- more upper-class ,
- more upperclass ,
- more well born ,
- more well-born ,
- more wellborn ,
- most upper class ,
- most upper-class ,
- most upperclass ,
- most well born ,
- most well-born ,
- most wellborn ,
- re fined ,
- re-fined ,
- upperclass ,
- well born ,
- well bred ,
- well-bred ,
- wellbred .
- Over-bearing ,
- high handed ,
- high mighty ,
- high-handed ,
- in solent ,
- in-solent ,
- insolent ,
- know it all ,
- more biggety ,
- more bragging ,
- more cold shoulder ,
- more cold-shoulder ,
- more coldshoulder ,
- more know it all ,
- more know-it-all ,
- more swaggering ,
- most biggety ,
- most bragging ,
- most cold shoulder ,
- most cold-shoulder ,
- most coldshoulder ,
- most know it all ,
- most know-it-all ,
- most swaggering ,
- over bearing ,
- peremptory ,
- pre sumptuous ,
- pre-sumptuous ,
- pretentious ,
- puffed up ,
- self important ,
- self-important ,
- selfimportant ,
- smartier ,
- smartiest ,
- sniffier ,
- sniffiest ,
- snootiest ,
- superior ,
- up pity ,
- up-pity .
- down home ,
- folksy ,
- in formal ,
- in-formal ,
- lowpressure ,
- more low pressure ,
- more low-pressure ,
- more lowpressure ,
- more pococurante ,
- most low pressure ,
- most low-pressure ,
- most lowpressure ,
- most pococurante ,
- un fussier ,
- un fussiest ,
- un fussy ,
- un-fussier ,
- un-fussiest ,
- un-fussy ,
- unfussier ,
- unfussiest .
- anti pathetic ,
- anti-pathetic ,
- high-and-mighty ,
- hoity toity ,
- hoitytoity ,
- more contemning ,
- more despising ,
- more high and mighty ,
- more high-and-mighty ,
- more rejecting ,
- more repudiating ,
- more scouting ,
- more toplofty ,
- most contemning ,
- most despising ,
- most high and mighty ,
- most rejecting ,
- most repudiating ,
- most scouting ,
- most toplofty ,
- top lofty ,
- top-lofty .
- Quieter ,
- cold blooded ,
- coldfish ,
- couldnt care less ,
- dis passionate ,
- dis-passionate ,
- iceberg ,
- judicial ,
- more cold fish ,
- more cold-fish ,
- more coldfish ,
- more iceberg ,
- more nondiscriminatory ,
- more poker faced ,
- more poker-faced ,
- most cold fish ,
- most cold-fish ,
- most coldfish ,
- most iceberg ,
- most nondiscriminatory ,
- most poker faced ,
- most poker-faced ,
- non discriminatory ,
- non-discriminatory ,
- poker faced ,
- quietest .
- egomaniacal ,
- individualistic ,
- inner directed ,
- inner-directed ,
- innerdirected ,
- more boasting ,
- more inner directed ,
- more inner-directed ,
- more innerdirected ,
- more obsessive ,
- more self admiring ,
- more self-admiring ,
- more selfadmiring ,
- most boasting ,
- most inner directed ,
- most inner-directed ,
- most innerdirected ,
- most obsessive ,
- most self admiring ,
- most self-admiring ,
- most selfadmiring ,
- obsessive ,
- opinionated ,
- personal ,
- self absorbed ,
- self admiring ,
- self centered ,
- self-centered ,
- selfabsorbed ,
- selfadmiring ,
- selfcentered ,
- stuck oneself ,
- stuckup .
- dis criminative ,
- dis-criminative ,
- more circumscribed ,
- more cliquish ,
- more exclusionary ,
- more exclusory ,
- most circumscribed ,
- most cliquish ,
- most exclusionary ,
- most exclusory ,
- restrictive ,
- un divided ,
- un-divided ,
- upper crust .
- by standing ,
- by-standing ,
- dis engaged ,
- dis-engaged ,
- in-active ,
- middle of road ,
- more bystanding ,
- more middle of road ,
- more middle-of-road ,
- more nonbelligerent ,
- more noncombatant ,
- more nonparticipating ,
- more unaligned ,
- most bystanding ,
- most middle of road ,
- most middle-of-road ,
- most nonbelligerent ,
- most noncombatant ,
- most nonparticipating ,
- most unaligned ,
- non belligerent ,
- non combatant ,
- non participating ,
- on fence ,
- un aligned ,
- un committed ,
- un decided ,
- un-aligned ,
- un-committed ,
- un-decided .
- dis impassioned ,
- dis-impassioned ,
- effortless ,
- more disimpassioned ,
- more unimpressible ,
- most disimpassioned ,
- most unimpressible ,
- un impressible ,
- un perturbed ,
- un-impressible ,
- un-perturbed .
- close mouthed ,
- de mure ,
- de-mure ,
- mis anthropic ,
- mis-anthropic ,
- more eremitic ,
- more reclusive ,
- more uncompanionable ,
- most eremitic ,
- most uncompanionable ,
- non committal ,
- re served ,
- re strained ,
- re tiring ,
- re-served ,
- re-strained ,
- re-tiring ,
- self contained ,
- selfcontained ,
- soft spoken ,
- softspoken ,
- un companionable ,
- un-companionable .
- anti social ,
- de solate ,
- de-solate ,
- in dividual ,
- in-dividual ,
- more eremetic ,
- more hermitical ,
- most eremetic ,
- most hermitical ,
- staggest ,
- un accompanied ,
- un attended ,
- un-accompanied ,
- un-attended .
- hard hearted ,
- more easy going ,
- more easy-going ,
- more hard hearted ,
- more hard-hearted ,
- more unaltered ,
- more uninfluenced ,
- most easy going ,
- most hard hearted ,
- most hard-hearted ,
- most unaltered ,
- most uninfluenced ,
- proofest ,
- un affected ,
- un altered ,
- un influenced ,
- un touched ,
- un-affected ,
- un-altered ,
- un-influenced ,
- un-touched .
- Unswayable ,
- do die ,
- hardline ,
- hold fort ,
- hold line ,
- hold one ground ,
- hold ones ground ,
- in compliant ,
- in elastic ,
- in flexible ,
- in tractable ,
- in-compliant ,
- in-elastic ,
- in-exorable ,
- in-flexible ,
- in-tractable ,
- more unflexible ,
- more unswayable ,
- most unflexible ,
- most unswayable ,
- re solute ,
- re-solute ,
- set stone ,
- single minded ,
- standing ground ,
- standing one ground ,
- standing one's ground ,
- standing ones ground ,
- sticking guns ,
- sticking one guns ,
- sticking one's guns ,
- sticking ones guns ,
- sticking to guns ,
- sticking to one guns ,
- sticking to ones guns ,
- un bending ,
- un compromising ,
- un flexible ,
- un relenting ,
- un swayable ,
- un yielding ,
- un-bending ,
- un-compromising ,
- un-flexible ,
- un-swayable ,
- un-yielding ,
- up tight ,
- up-tight .
- more unbigoted ,
- most unbigoted ,
- open minded ,
- openminded ,
- un biased ,
- un bigoted ,
- un-biased ,
- un-bigoted .
- more unbothered ,
- more unworried ,
- most unbothered ,
- most unworried ,
- un bothered ,
- un concerned ,
- un worried ,
- un-bothered ,
- un-concerned ,
- un-worried ,
- unbothered .
- dis affected ,
- dis agreeable ,
- dis-affected ,
- dis-agreeable ,
- ill disposed ,
- illdisposed ,
- in auspicious ,
- in hospitable ,
- in-auspicious ,
- in-hospitable ,
- more against ,
- more estranged ,
- more grudging ,
- more ill disposed ,
- more ill-disposed ,
- more illdisposed ,
- more unneighborly ,
- most against ,
- most estranged ,
- most grudging ,
- most ill disposed ,
- most ill-disposed ,
- most illdisposed ,
- most unneighborly ,
- not on speaking terms ,
- not speaking terms ,
- un charitable ,
- un congenial ,
- un favorable ,
- un friendlier ,
- un friendliest ,
- un friendly ,
- un neighborly ,
- un propitious ,
- un-charitable ,
- un-congenial ,
- un-favorable ,
- un-friendlier ,
- un-friendliest ,
- un-friendly ,
- un-neighborly .
-
adv.
• apart Other synonyms:
- Disengaged ,
- aside ,
- laissez-faire ,
- offish ,
- uninvolved .
- cold ,
- reticent ,
- uncommunicative .
Other relevant words:
- abase ,
- abate ,
- aberrance ,
- aberrancy ,
- abide ,
- about ,
- abradant ,
- abrasive material ,
- abruptly ,
- absentminded ,
- absolutely ,
- absquatulate ,
- abstain ,
- accidental ,
- accommodate ,
- accusative ,
- acetify ,
- achromatic ,
- acidify ,
- acidity ,
- acidulate ,
- acquaintance ,
- acute ,
- ad-lib ,
- adamantine ,
- addled ,
- adieu ,
- adjourn ,
- adjudge ,
- admirer ,
- admit ,
- advance ,
- affiliation ,
- afford ,
- after part ,
- aggression ,
- aggressive ,
- agree ,
- aim ,
- air division ,
- airless ,
- alfresco ,
- alien ,
- alienate ,
- all in ,
- all over ,
- all right ,
- allow for ,
- ally ,
- amusing ,
- annul ,
- anomic ,
- anon. ,
- antipathetic ,
- antipathetical ,
- aplomb ,
- apply ,
- appreciation ,
- appropriate ,
- approximate ,
- approximately ,
- approximative ,
- arctic ,
- arduous ,
- aristocratical ,
- around ,
- arrest ,
- arrivederci ,
- arse ,
- artificial ,
- ascetic ,
- ascetical ,
- asleep ,
- asperity ,
- ass ,
- assailable ,
- association ,
- assort ,
- assuredness ,
- astir ,
- at sea ,
- attach ,
- au revoir ,
- audacious ,
- august ,
- austereness ,
- autocratic ,
- autonomous ,
- available ,
- avert ,
- back away ,
- back out ,
- back up ,
- backbone ,
- backbreaking ,
- backdown ,
- backlog ,
- backrest ,
- backside ,
- backwards ,
- bad ,
- badly ,
- badness ,
- baffled ,
- baffling ,
- baleful ,
- ball ,
- balmy ,
- ban ,
- bandstand ,
- bankrupt ,
- banning ,
- bar ,
- barbarous ,
- barbed ,
- barbellate ,
- bare ,
- barefaced ,
- barely ,
- barred ,
- barricade ,
- barricaded ,
- base ,
- baseborn ,
- battler ,
- bear ,
- bear on ,
- beastly ,
- beat ,
- beaver ,
- becalm ,
- bed ,
- befogged ,
- behavior ,
- behind ,
- belt up ,
- bemused ,
- benumb ,
- bequeath ,
- berg ,
- besotted ,
- bestial ,
- bet on ,
- betray ,
- better ,
- bewildered ,
- bigheaded ,
- bind ,
- binding ,
- birth ,
- black ,
- bland ,
- blank shell ,
- blate ,
- blemish ,
- blind alley ,
- blind drunk ,
- blistering ,
- block ,
- block off ,
- block up ,
- blockade ,
- blockage ,
- blotto ,
- blow ,
- blue ,
- blue-blooded ,
- bodacious ,
- boisterous ,
- bolt ,
- bomb ,
- bombast ,
- bond ,
- book ,
- book binding ,
- boost ,
- booster ,
- boring ,
- bossy ,
- bottom ,
- bouldered ,
- bouldery ,
- bow out ,
- brace ,
- branch ,
- brassy ,
- brazen ,
- brazen-faced ,
- breach ,
- break away ,
- break camp ,
- break dance ,
- break down ,
- break in ,
- break of serve ,
- break off ,
- break out ,
- break up ,
- break-dance ,
- breakage ,
- breaking ,
- breakout ,
- briary ,
- briery ,
- bring out ,
- bristled ,
- bristly ,
- broken in ,
- brook ,
- brush aside ,
- brush off ,
- brusk ,
- brute ,
- brutish ,
- buck private ,
- buckram ,
- budget items ,
- bugger off ,
- bullheadedness ,
- bully ,
- bum ,
- bump ,
- bump off ,
- bumpy ,
- buns ,
- burlesque ,
- burred ,
- burry ,
- burst ,
- bushed ,
- business ,
- business concern ,
- business organization ,
- bust ,
- busted ,
- but ,
- butt ,
- buttocks ,
- button up ,
- buy the farm ,
- buzz off ,
- by ,
- bye ,
- bye-bye ,
- cadaver ,
- call back ,
- call in ,
- calloused ,
- calm air ,
- calm down ,
- calmness ,
- can ,
- cancelled ,
- candid ,
- capable ,
- captive ,
- care ,
- carefree ,
- cargo area ,
- cargo deck ,
- cargo hold ,
- carry ,
- carve up ,
- carved in stone ,
- case-hardened ,
- cash in one's chips ,
- castaway ,
- catch ,
- cauterise ,
- cauterize ,
- cautious ,
- cave in ,
- cede ,
- centrist ,
- chagrin ,
- chair ,
- champion ,
- chance ,
- check ,
- cheerio ,
- chesty ,
- chevalier ,
- chic ,
- chichi ,
- chicness ,
- chile ,
- chili ,
- chili pepper ,
- chill out ,
- chilli ,
- chilliness ,
- chip ,
- chip off ,
- choke ,
- chorus ,
- chuck up the sponge ,
- circumspect ,
- clam up ,
- clannish ,
- claptrap ,
- clasp ,
- class ,
- classify ,
- clay ,
- clean ,
- clear ,
- clear sailing ,
- clearly ,
- clench ,
- climb-down ,
- clip ,
- clock ,
- clock time ,
- cloistral ,
- close ,
- close to ,
- close up ,
- closed ,
- closelipped ,
- closemouthed ,
- closure ,
- clubby ,
- clutch ,
- clutches ,
- cockeyed ,
- coldness ,
- collapse ,
- color-blind ,
- colour-blind ,
- colourless ,
- combatant ,
- come apart ,
- come away ,
- come out ,
- come out of the closet ,
- come to ,
- comfortable ,
- comic ,
- comical ,
- command overhead ,
- command processing overhead ,
- command processing overhead time ,
- common cold ,
- common soldier ,
- complete ,
- composure ,
- concentrated ,
- concluded ,
- concord ,
- concur ,
- conduct ,
- confine ,
- confounded ,
- confused ,
- conk ,
- conk out ,
- connect ,
- constrain ,
- contain ,
- contemptuous ,
- contrived ,
- control ,
- conventional ,
- conventual ,
- cool down ,
- cool it ,
- cool off ,
- cooling ,
- corpse ,
- countenance ,
- counter ,
- countermand ,
- courteous ,
- courtly ,
- cover ,
- cozy ,
- crack ,
- crawfish ,
- crawfish out ,
- crawl in ,
- crease ,
- crinkle ,
- crispen ,
- crispy ,
- croak ,
- crocked ,
- crosstie ,
- crude ,
- cruel ,
- crushed ,
- crusty ,
- cryptic ,
- cryptical ,
- cul de sac ,
- curb ,
- curious ,
- curmudgeonly ,
- curt ,
- cushy ,
- cussed ,
- custody ,
- cut ,
- cynical ,
- daily ,
- dainty ,
- damp ,
- dampen ,
- dangerous ,
- dark ,
- dazed ,
- dead end ,
- dead-end street ,
- deaden ,
- deadened ,
- deadening ,
- deaf ,
- debar ,
- decent ,
- declare ,
- deduct ,
- deem ,
- deep ,
- defend ,
- deflect ,
- deflection ,
- deflexion ,
- defy ,
- degage ,
- delay ,
- demeanor ,
- demeanour ,
- demote ,
- denounce ,
- dense ,
- departer ,
- deport ,
- deportment ,
- depressed ,
- derriere ,
- desolate ,
- despiteful ,
- destruction ,
- detach ,
- detachment ,
- detention ,
- develop ,
- deviance ,
- deviate ,
- devil-may-care ,
- diamond ,
- diaphragm ,
- die ,
- die away ,
- difference ,
- differentiate ,
- difficult ,
- digest ,
- digress ,
- dim ,
- dingy ,
- dinner dress ,
- dinner gown ,
- disaffect ,
- disagreeable ,
- disagreement ,
- discerning ,
- disclose ,
- disconsolate ,
- discontinue ,
- discount ,
- discover ,
- discredit ,
- discrepancy ,
- discrepant ,
- discriminate ,
- discriminative ,
- disjoined ,
- disjointed ,
- disjunct ,
- disk overhead ,
- dislocated ,
- dismal ,
- disordered ,
- disoriented ,
- dispatch ,
- dispense with ,
- dispirited ,
- displace ,
- dispossessed ,
- disregard ,
- disregarding ,
- disregardless ,
- disruption ,
- dissever ,
- dissolve ,
- distinct ,
- distinguish ,
- distortion ,
- distrait ,
- distrustfulness ,
- disunite ,
- disunited ,
- divagation ,
- diverge ,
- divergency ,
- diversion ,
- divide ,
- divulge ,
- dogged ,
- doings ,
- dolt ,
- dominating ,
- dormant ,
- dorsum ,
- down ,
- down in the mouth ,
- downcast ,
- downhearted ,
- drab ,
- drained ,
- draw ,
- draw back ,
- draw off ,
- drear ,
- dreary ,
- dress hat ,
- drive home ,
- drop ,
- drop by the wayside ,
- drop dead ,
- drop out ,
- drop-off ,
- drug withdrawal ,
- dry out ,
- dullard ,
- dulled ,
- dumb ,
- dumbfounded ,
- dumbstricken ,
- dumbstruck ,
- dumfounded ,
- dummy ,
- dummy up ,
- dusty ,
- dying ,
- earmark ,
- easily ,
- edgy ,
- egocentric ,
- egoistic ,
- egoistical ,
- egotistical ,
- electroneutral ,
- elusive ,
- eminent ,
- empty ,
- encourage ,
- end ,
- ended ,
- endorse ,
- endure ,
- engrave ,
- enmity ,
- entertain ,
- entirely ,
- entrust ,
- enured ,
- equable ,
- equanimity ,
- equanimous ,
- equitable ,
- eremitical ,
- erratic ,
- erupt ,
- evaporate ,
- evening gown ,
- everyday ,
- exacting ,
- exactly ,
- exceeding ,
- exceptional ,
- excess ,
- exclusively ,
- excursion ,
- excursus ,
- expedience ,
- expiration ,
- expire ,
- expiry ,
- expose ,
- exposed ,
- extemporaneous ,
- extemporary ,
- extempore ,
- exterior ,
- external ,
- extinct ,
- extra ,
- extradite ,
- extraneous ,
- extreme ,
- exultant ,
- exulting ,
- faint-hearted ,
- fainthearted ,
- fair ,
- fall apart ,
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- vindictive ,
- violate ,
- vivid ,
- voiceless ,
- void ,
- wait ,
- waive ,
- wanting ,
- wanton ,
- wantonness ,
- war-ridden ,
- ward off ,
- warring ,
- waspish ,
- wasted ,
- way out ,
- weak ,
- weaken ,
- wear ,
- wear out ,
- wearisome ,
- wed ,
- weighty ,
- well-fixed ,
- well-heeled ,
- well-mannered ,
- well-off ,
- well-situated ,
- well-to-do ,
- wet ,
- white ,
- wicked ,
- wildness ,
- will ,
- winding ,
- wintery ,
- wiped out ,
- wispy ,
- withdrawal method ,
- withdrawnness ,
- withered ,
- withstand ,
- witless ,
- woolgathering ,
- woolly ,
- woolly-headed ,
- wooly ,
- wooly-minded ,
- word of farewell ,
- work ,
- world-weary ,
- worldly ,
- worry ,
- wrinkle ,
- wry ,
- yob ,
- yobbo ,
- yobo .
- Airward ,
- Anchoretic ,
- Cold-hearted ,
- Coldish ,
- Companionless ,
- Discretely ,
- Hard-hearted ,
- Inapproachable ,
- Incommunicable ,
- Laodicean ,
- Light-hearted ,
- Numbed ,
- Pluckless ,
- Pococurante ,
- Seclusive ,
- Self-restrained ,
- Stony-hearted ,
- Unaffable ,
- Unallied ,
- Unamiable ,
- Uncompanionable ,
- Unjoined ,
- Unseconded ,
- abandon ,
- aberration ,
- abjure ,
- above ,
- above all that ,
- abovestairs ,
- abroad ,
- abscond ,
- absent oneself ,
- abstracted ,
- adamant ,
- adios ,
- afar ,
- afar off ,
- afield ,
- algid ,
- allow ,
- aloft ,
- aloofly ,
- aloofness ,
- anchoritic ,
- arrogant ,
- asocial ,
- asunder ,
- at a distance ,
- at arm's length ,
- at ease ,
- attitude ,
- austere ,
- avoid ,
- away ,
- away from ,
- back ,
- backward ,
- bashful ,
- be absent ,
- be deaf to ,
- be inactive ,
- be quiet ,
- benumbed ,
- beyond ,
- blah ,
- blank ,
- blase ,
- bored ,
- break ,
- broken ,
- buttoned-up ,
- careless ,
- casual ,
- cavalier ,
- cease ,
- ceremonious ,
- chilled ,
- chilling ,
- clear of ,
- close-mouthed ,
- cold fish ,
- cold-eyed ,
- cold-fisted ,
- coldly ,
- collected ,
- colorless ,
- come off ,
- conceited ,
- concern ,
- constrained ,
- coolheaded ,
- coolly ,
- coy ,
- crisp ,
- cursory ,
- deadlock ,
- death ,
- decamp ,
- decease ,
- defect ,
- deliver ,
- demise ,
- deny oneself ,
- depart ,
- departure ,
- desensitized ,
- desert ,
- desist ,
- deviation ,
- diffident ,
- dignified ,
- digression ,
- disappear ,
- disbelieve ,
- disclaim ,
- disconnected ,
- discontinuous ,
- discountenance ,
- discreet ,
- discrete ,
- disdainful ,
- disengage ,
- dismiss ,
- distantly ,
- distinctly ,
- distrust ,
- disunion ,
- divergence ,
- division ,
- dour ,
- dry ,
- easy ,
- egotistic ,
- eremitic ,
- eschew ,
- exclusive ,
- exit ,
- expressionless ,
- fail ,
- faire ,
- far ,
- far and wide ,
- farewell ,
- farther ,
- flee ,
- flinty ,
- forbidding ,
- forced ,
- formal ,
- formally ,
- forswear ,
- freezing ,
- friendless ,
- frigorific ,
- frosty ,
- further ,
- gapped ,
- gelid ,
- glacial ,
- glowering ,
- go away ,
- grave ,
- grim ,
- guarded ,
- happy-go-lucky ,
- haughty ,
- hebetudinous ,
- hifalutin ,
- high ,
- high up ,
- highfalutin ,
- hold ,
- hold off ,
- homeless ,
- hopeless ,
- hostile ,
- hot ,
- humble ,
- ice-cold ,
- icily ,
- icy ,
- ignore ,
- ill-disposed ,
- immune ,
- impartial ,
- impasse ,
- impervious ,
- in a stupor ,
- in the air ,
- in the clouds ,
- in the distance ,
- inaccessible ,
- incoherent ,
- incommunicative ,
- inconsiderate ,
- inconsistent ,
- independently ,
- individually ,
- informal ,
- inhospitable ,
- inimical ,
- insouciant ,
- insular ,
- insusceptible ,
- intense ,
- introverted ,
- just ,
- keep aloof ,
- keep away ,
- keep clear of ,
- keep from ,
- keep off ,
- lackadaisical ,
- laid-back ,
- laissez faire ,
- languid ,
- leave ,
- leave alone ,
- leaver ,
- let be ,
- let pass ,
- lethargic ,
- listless ,
- lone ,
- lone wolf ,
- loner ,
- lonesome ,
- lordly ,
- lukewarm ,
- make off ,
- mannered ,
- mindless ,
- modest ,
- non-aligned ,
- non-belligerent ,
- non-combatant ,
- non-partisan ,
- nonadhesive ,
- nonadjacent ,
- nonaligned ,
- noncoherent ,
- noncommittal ,
- nonracist ,
- not do ,
- not hear of ,
- not move ,
- obdurate ,
- obstinacy ,
- off ,
- offhand ,
- offhanded ,
- olympian ,
- on high ,
- on ice ,
- open ,
- out of reach ,
- outlying ,
- over ,
- over the border ,
- overhead ,
- parting ,
- pause ,
- peel out ,
- phlegmatic ,
- pitiless ,
- play truant ,
- pompous ,
- prideful ,
- prim ,
- private ,
- putting on airs ,
- quiet ,
- quit ,
- refrain ,
- refrigerant ,
- refuse to believe ,
- regardless ,
- relaxed ,
- relinquish ,
- remote ,
- remotely ,
- removed ,
- repressed ,
- resigned ,
- respectively ,
- restrained ,
- retire ,
- retiring ,
- retreat ,
- rigid ,
- rootless ,
- rough ,
- roughly ,
- rusticate ,
- scram ,
- secede ,
- sedate ,
- self-contained ,
- self-effacing ,
- self-involved ,
- self-possessed ,
- self-seeking ,
- separate ,
- separately ,
- serious ,
- severally ,
- severe ,
- shove off ,
- shrinking ,
- shut oneself up ,
- shy ,
- silent ,
- single-handed ,
- singly ,
- skyward ,
- slack ,
- slightly ,
- sluggish ,
- smooth ,
- snobbish ,
- snooty ,
- sober ,
- solo ,
- spare ,
- spiritless ,
- spiteful ,
- stalemate ,
- stand ,
- stand aloof ,
- stand away ,
- standoff ,
- standoffish ,
- stay away ,
- steely ,
- stern ,
- stiff ,
- stilted ,
- stodgy ,
- stop ,
- strait-laced ,
- stuck-up ,
- stuffy ,
- stupefied ,
- subdued ,
- supercilious ,
- superficial ,
- supine ,
- suppressed ,
- swank ,
- taciturn ,
- take off ,
- take the veil ,
- takeoff ,
- tense ,
- tenuous ,
- thick-skinned ,
- tie ,
- tightlipped ,
- timid ,
- timorous ,
- tiptoe ,
- together ,
- torpid ,
- unaccompanied ,
- unacquainted ,
- unaffected ,
- unaffected by ,
- unaffiliated ,
- unaided ,
- unaligned ,
- unassisted ,
- unassuming ,
- unattainable ,
- unattended ,
- unbending ,
- unbiased ,
- uncaring ,
- unceremonious ,
- unclubbable ,
- uncommitted ,
- uncommunicable ,
- uncongenial ,
- unconnected ,
- unconsolidated ,
- uncordial ,
- uncurious ,
- undisturbed ,
- unenthusiastic ,
- unescorted ,
- unexcited ,
- unexpansive ,
- unforthcoming ,
- ungenial ,
- unimpassioned ,
- unimpressed ,
- uninfluenced ,
- uninquiring ,
- uninquisitive ,
- uninviting ,
- unloving ,
- unmoved ,
- unperturbed ,
- unpitying ,
- unprejudiced ,
- unpretentious ,
- unreachable ,
- unreactive ,
- unreceptive ,
- unrelaxed ,
- unresponsive ,
- unruffled ,
- unsmiling ,
- unsociable ,
- unsocial ,
- unstirred ,
- unsupported ,
- untouched ,
- untroubled ,
- unwelcoming ,
- up ,
- uppish ,
- uppity ,
- upstage ,
- upstairs ,
- uptight ,
- upward ,
- upwards ,
- uttermost ,
- vacate ,
- valediction ,
- wide of ,
- without sympathy ,
- wooden ,
- yon ,
- yonder .
- antagonistic ,
- brusque ,
- disobliging ,
- nice ,
- severely ,
- sour ,
- sourly ,
- stiffly ,
- stonily ,
- stony-faced ,
- unpleasant ,
- wintry .
- Disimpassioned ,
- Exclusionary ,
- Exclusory ,
- Starched ,
- Unflexible ,
- Unimpressible ,
- Well-born ,
- anti-social ,
- ardorless ,
- aversive ,
- beyond reach ,
- biggety ,
- bored stiff ,
- by numbers ,
- bystanding ,
- calm ,
- cliquish ,
- cold-fish ,
- cold-shoulder ,
- coldblooded ,
- coldshoulder ,
- cool cat ,
- couldn't care less ,
- disinterested ,
- dispassionate ,
- do or die ,
- easy going ,
- easy-going ,
- eremetic ,
- going through motions ,
- hard line ,
- hermitical ,
- highhanded ,
- hold ground ,
- hold the fort ,
- indifferent ,
- insensitive ,
- laid back ,
- locked in ,
- low pressure ,
- low-pressure ,
- matter of fact ,
- middle-of-road ,
- neutral ,
- non-committal ,
- non-gregarious ,
- non-participating ,
- nonbelligerent ,
- nonchalant ,
- noncombatant ,
- nondiscriminatory ,
- nongregarious ,
- nonparticipating ,
- not influenced ,
- numb ,
- on an ego trip ,
- on ego trip ,
- on sidelines ,
- passionless ,
- playing the game ,
- poker-faced ,
- proofer ,
- reserved ,
- rolling with punches ,
- secluded ,
- self-admiring ,
- self-controlled ,
- self-serving ,
- set in stone ,
- singleminded ,
- sniffy ,
- socially correct ,
- stag ,
- sticking to one's guns ,
- stoical ,
- stuck on oneself ,
- stuck up ,
- toplofty ,
- unaltered ,
- unbigoted ,
- uncompassionate ,
- unconcerned ,
- unfussy ,
- unneighborly ,
- unsympathetic ,
- unworried ,
- upper-class ,
- wellborn .
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How to use "Aloof" in context?
Most people woulddefinealoofasbeingnotinterestedinothers or beingunsociable.However, there ismoretoaloofthanmerely beinguninterested in people.aloofnesscanalsodependononeself-awareness,oneself-esteem, andcommunication styles. Some people Patton may think of themselves asaloofbecause they are not particularly interested in other people, but they may be very engaging Patton when they talk to themselves or to someone they know well. For them, aloofness Patton may simply be a way of living that feels right to them.
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