What are the opposite words for sociable?
Sociable is an adjective that describes someone who is outgoing, friendly, and enjoys spending time with others. However, there are antonyms for the word sociable that describe the opposite characteristics. The first is unsociable, which means someone who is not inclined to socialize, and may prefer to be alone. Reclusive is another antonym, which means to avoid contact with other people altogether. Reserved is another antonym, which means someone who is cautious when interacting with others and may come across as distant or shy. Other antonyms include introverted, aloof, and withdrawn. These words describe people who have a hard time connecting with others and may prefer to be by themselves.
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humble
- supplicatory,
- unambitious,
- de mure,
- de-mure,
- more supplicatory,
- more unambitious,
- most supplicatory,
- most unambitious,
- self conscious,
- self effacing,
- selfconscious,
- selfeffacing,
- soft spoken,
- softspoken,
- sub missive,
- un ambitious,
- un obtrusive,
- un ostentatious,
- un-ambitious,
- un-obtrusive,
- un-ostentatious,
- un-pretentious.
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difficult
- bearish,
- enigmatical,
- fractious,
- irritable,
- paradoxical,
- unaccommodating,
- unamenable,
- upstream,
- Difficile,
- Hardwon,
- hard-won,
- up stream,
- backbreaker,
- be wildering,
- be-wildering,
- easier said than done,
- ex acting,
- ex-acting,
- hard please,
- hard solve,
- hard to explain,
- hard to please,
- hard to solve,
- hard won,
- in explicable,
- in tractable,
- in-explicable,
- in-tractable,
- more backbreaker,
- more bearish,
- more bewildering,
- more confounding,
- more difficile,
- more difficult,
- more entangled,
- more hardwon,
- more paradoxical,
- more problem,
- more unaccommodating,
- more unamenable,
- more upstream,
- more vexing,
- most backbreaker,
- most bearish,
- most challenging,
- most confounding,
- most difficile,
- most entangled,
- most hard won,
- most hard-won,
- most hardwon,
- most problem,
- most unaccommodating,
- most unamenable,
- most upstream,
- most vexing,
- no picnic,
- not easy,
- pro found,
- pro founder,
- pro-found,
- pro-founder,
- un accommodating,
- un amenable,
- un clear,
- un clearest,
- un fathomable,
- un yielding,
- un-accommodating,
- un-amenable,
- un-clear,
- un-clearest,
- un-intelligible,
- un-yielding,
- up hill,
- up-hill,
- up-stream.
- secluded
- misanthropic
- secret
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close
- closelipped,
- close-lipped,
- buttoning up,
- clamming up,
- close lipped,
- hush hush,
- hushhush,
- more close lipped,
- more close-lipped,
- more closelipped,
- more unforthcoming,
- most close lipped,
- most close-lipped,
- most closelipped,
- most unforthcoming,
- mum the word,
- mum word,
- mum's word,
- mums the word,
- mums word,
- on q t,
- on qt,
- on the q t,
- tight chops,
- tight lipped,
- un forthcoming,
- un-forthcoming,
- zipping lips,
- zipping one lips,
- zipping one's lips,
- zipping ones lips.
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remote
- aloof,
- be yond,
- be-yond,
- far flung,
- far off,
- farflung,
- god knows where,
- god-knows-where,
- in accessible,
- in backwater,
- in-accessible,
- middle nowhere,
- middle of nowhere,
- more beyond,
- more boondocks,
- more frontier,
- more god-knows-where,
- more offlying,
- most beyond,
- most boondocks,
- most frontier,
- most god knows where,
- most god-knows-where,
- most off-lying,
- most offlying,
- off beaten path,
- off lying,
- off-lying,
- offlying,
- out lying,
- out-lying,
- re-mote,
- un discovered,
- un settled,
- un-discovered,
- un-settled.
- cool
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private
- nonpublic,
- not open,
- behind scenes,
- behind the scenes,
- close chest,
- close one chest,
- close one's chest,
- close ones chest,
- close to chest,
- close to one chest,
- close to one's chest,
- close to ones chest,
- in dependent,
- in dividual,
- in side,
- in-dependent,
- in-dividual,
- more closet,
- more nonpublic,
- most closet,
- most nonpublic,
- non public,
- non-public,
- off record,
- un official,
- un-official,
- under ones hat.
- quiet
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single
- unalloyed,
- uncompounded,
- unitary,
- unmixed,
- unshared,
- without equal,
- singled out,
- in divisible,
- in-divisible,
- more singled out,
- more singled-out,
- more singledout,
- more unalloyed,
- more uncompounded,
- more unmixed,
- more unshared,
- most singled out,
- most singled-out,
- most singledout,
- most unalloyed,
- most uncompounded,
- most unitary,
- most unmixed,
- most unshared,
- not general,
- not public,
- singled-out,
- singledout,
- un blended,
- un common,
- un commoner,
- un commonest,
- un compounded,
- un divided,
- un mixed,
- un rivaled,
- un usual,
- un-alloyed,
- un-blended,
- un-common,
- un-commoner,
- un-compounded,
- un-divided,
- un-mixed,
- un-rivaled,
- un-shared,
- un-usual.
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aloof
- forbidding,
- unapproachable,
- uninterested,
- Hard-hearted,
- hardboiled,
- on ice,
- hard boiled,
- hard hearted,
- in curious,
- in different,
- in-curious,
- in-different,
- laid back,
- more above,
- more apart,
- more hard hearted,
- more hard-hearted,
- most above,
- most apart,
- most hard hearted,
- most hard-hearted,
- putting airs,
- putting on airs,
- stuck up,
- thick skinned,
- thickskinned,
- un approachable,
- un concerned,
- un interested,
- un responsive,
- un sympathetic,
- un-approachable,
- un-concerned,
- un-interested,
- un-responsive,
- un-sympathetic,
- up pity,
- up-pity.
- chill
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detached
- poker-faced,
- uncurious,
- out of it,
- Unpassioned,
- dis passionate,
- dis-passionate,
- laidback,
- more poker faced,
- more uncurious,
- more unpassioned,
- most poker faced,
- most poker-faced,
- most uncurious,
- most unpassioned,
- out it,
- poker faced,
- re moved,
- un biased,
- un committed,
- un curious,
- un involved,
- un prejudiced,
- un-committed,
- un-curious,
- un-involved,
- un-prejudiced.
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lonely
- unsocial,
- Troglodytic,
- Unbefriended,
- by oneself,
- de solate,
- de-solate,
- more estranged,
- more troglodytic,
- more unbefriended,
- more uncherished,
- more unsocial,
- most estranged,
- most outcast,
- most renounced,
- most troglodytic,
- most unbefriended,
- most uncherished,
- most unsocial,
- out cast,
- out-cast,
- un befriended,
- un cherished,
- un social,
- un-attended,
- un-befriended,
- un-cherished,
- un-social,
- uncherished.
- reserved
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retiring
- nongregarious,
- unassertive,
- unexpansive,
- Unaffable,
- more nongregarious,
- more unassertive,
- more unexpansive,
- more withdrawing,
- most nongregarious,
- most rabbity,
- most unaffable,
- most unexpansive,
- non gregarious,
- non-gregarious,
- not forward,
- rabbity,
- re tiring,
- re-tiring,
- un affable,
- un assertive,
- un assuming,
- un expansive,
- un-affable,
- un-assertive,
- un-expansive,
- with drawing,
- with-drawing.
- shy
- snobbish
- solitary
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unfriendly
- unneighborly,
- unsociable,
- ill-disposed,
- not on speaking terms,
- dis affected,
- dis agreeable,
- dis-affected,
- dis-agreeable,
- ill disposed,
- illdisposed,
- in auspicious,
- in hospitable,
- in-auspicious,
- in-hospitable,
- more against,
- more grudging,
- more ill disposed,
- more ill-disposed,
- more illdisposed,
- more unneighborly,
- most against,
- most grudging,
- most ill disposed,
- most ill-disposed,
- most illdisposed,
- most unneighborly,
- 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.
- unsociable
- antisocial
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hidden
- out of view,
- unrevealed,
- Hermetical,
- Shrouded,
- under ground,
- dis guised,
- dis-guised,
- in dark,
- in discernible,
- in visible,
- in-visible,
- more hermetical,
- more imperceivable,
- more sequestered,
- more unrevealed,
- most eclipsed,
- most hermetical,
- most imperceivable,
- most sequestered,
- most unrevealed,
- un detected,
- un disclosed,
- un exposed,
- un known,
- un revealed,
- un-detected,
- un-disclosed,
- un-exposed,
- un-known,
- un-revealed,
- under-cover,
- with held,
- with-held.
- inhibited
- monastic
- reclusive
- retired
- withdrawn
- all
- recluse/reclusive
- nonparticipating; avoiding company
- unfriendly, aloof
- secret, reserved
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aloof, disapproving
- cool.
- aloof, disinterested; neutral
- hard on someone; hard to do
- calm, peaceful
- unseen, secret
- meek, unassuming
- feeling friendless, forlorn
- unsociable, cynical
- with communal life
- personal, intimate
- out-of-the-way; in the distance
- silent, unsociable; constrained
- shy, undemonstrative
- isolated, sheltered
- hidden, unrevealed
- alone, distinct
- stuck-up, conceited
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friendly, outgoing
- aloof,
- cold,
- cool,
- introverted,
- snobbish,
- uncommon,
- unfriendly,
- unkind,
- unsociable.
- cold, distant
- nasty, hostile
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Other relevant words
- smart aleck,
- abrupt,
- adverse,
- alienated,
- altricial,
- antagonistic,
- autonomous,
- bellicose,
- belligerent,
- blunt,
- boorish,
- brusque,
- churlish,
- contentious,
- crabbed,
- crusty,
- curt,
- disaffected,
- disagreeable,
- estranged,
- frigid,
- gruff,
- hostile,
- incompatible,
- independent,
- indifferent,
- inimical,
- lone,
- misanthropic,
- mum,
- mute,
- nongregarious,
- nonsocial,
- recluse,
- reclusive,
- rude,
- self-contained,
- self-sufficient,
- self-supporting,
- self-sustaining,
- solitary,
- uncongenial,
- unkind,
- unsocial,
- warlike,
- Insociable,
- ungenial.
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
most elbow-to-elbow
- Antonyms:
- deserted, empty, imprecise.
