Synonyms for aloof
- adjective
- adverb
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Adjective
distant, standoffish, unapproachable, frosty, unconcerned, cold, cool, unbending, uninvolved, remote, reserved, offish informal, undemonstrative, pococurante, dispassionate, phlegmatic, unimpressionable, upstage dated
Adverb
Definitions
- adj. 1
Either physically or emotionally remote: distant, standoffish.
- adv. 1
At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.
Related words
- Is a kind of
- alexithymic
Example sentences
- distant He was going to Kabylie to see his distant family.
- frosty Young plants should be protected in frosty weather.
- unapproachable He's nondescript, unapproachable and inscrutable.
- standoffish When I look him, I see a standoffish man.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| aloof | steady | |
| distant | rising | |
| frosty | rising | |
| unapproachable | rising | |
| standoffish | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- off1
- 4 letters
- away2, cool1, cold1, offn
- 5 letters
- apart2
- 6 letters
- remote2, frosty2, offish
- 7 letters
- distant2, upstage2
- 8 letters
- reserved2
- 9 letters
- unbending3
- 10 letters
- uninvolved3, phlegmatic3
- 11 letters
- unconcerned3, standoffish, pococurante
- 13 letters
- dispassionate4
- 14 letters
- unapproachable5
- 15 letters
- undemonstrative
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (away2 = 2 syllables).