Definition for Standoffish:

• lacking cordiality; unfriendly; " a standoffish manner"

Synonyms for Standoffish:

• adj.

  •cold, distant (adjective)
  • haughty,
  • unapproachable,
  • eremitic.
  •cool (adjective)
  • offish.
  •glacial (adjective)
  • Seclusive.
  •humble (adjective)
  • unpretentious,
  • timorous.

• n.

  •
  • chilly,
  • reticent,
  • solitary,
  • aloof.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • indifferent.
  •
  • undemonstrative.
  •Other relevant words:
  • lukewarm,
  • strait-laced,
  • frigid,
  • tense,
  • chilled,
  • suppressed,
  • wooden,
  • Anchoretic,
  • timid,
  • Cold-hearted,
  • unmoved,
  • austere,
  • supercilious,
  • modest,
  • taciturn,
  • spiritless,
  • formal,
  • steely,
  • coy,
  • insensitive,
  • unclubbable,
  • hermitic,
  • rigid,
  • unbending,
  • ceremonious,
  • stiff,
  • clinical,
  • exclusive,
  • subdued,
  • self-effacing,
  • forced,
  • constrained,
  • hifalutin,
  • xenophobic,
  • unfeeling,
  • thick-skinned,
  • olympian,
  • uncaring,
  • Unamiable,
  • cold-eyed,
  • impervious,
  • inaccessible,
  • poker-faced,
  • removed,
  • intense,
  • unexpansive,
  • Insociable,
  • abstracted,
  • snobbish,
  • backhanding,
  • unemotional,
  • impolite,
  • shrinking,
  • restrained,
  • frosty,
  • unforthcoming,
  • snooty,
  • snub,
  • ice-cold,
  • dispassionate,
  • stuffy,
  • shy,
  • stony,
  • retiring,
  • unrelaxed,
  • hostile,
  • dignified,
  • arrogant,
  • uncongenial,
  • backward,
  • impassive,
  • uninviting,
  • impersonal,
  • bashful,
  • uncordial,
  • pompous,
  • callous,
  • controlled,
  • stilted,
  • uptight,
  • sedate,
  • coldhearted,
  • guarded,
  • Unaffable,
  • repressed,
  • self-contained,
  • forbidding,
  • standoff,
  • repulsive,
  • demure,
  • close-mouthed,
  • mannered,
  • highfalutin,
  • unreceptive,
  • unassuming,
  • meek,
  • blank,
  • obdurate,
  • anchoritic,
  • private,
  • dry,
  • prim,
  • lordly,
  • unsympathetic,
  • detached,
  • wintery,
  • inhospitable,
  • discreet,
  • icy,
  • inimical,
  • silent,
  • expressionless,
  • Stony-hearted,
  • apathetic,
  • emotionless,
  • chilling,
  • unfriendly,
  • diffident,
  • cold-blooded,
  • unresponsive,
  • quiet.

Antonyms for Standoffish:

• adj.

  • cold, distant
    sociable, warm, friendly.
  • Other antonyms:
    expansive, amiable, neighborly, cordial, kindly, agreeable, communicative, hospitable, genial, garrulous, folksy, affable, talkative, outgoing, congenial, gracious, boon.

Homophones for Standoffish:

• stand back.