Synonyms for detach
Most common
Definitions
- v. 1
To take apart from; to take off.
to detach the tag from a newly purchased garment
- v. 2
To separate for a special object or use.
to detach a ship from a fleet, or a company from a regiment
Related words
- Word family
- detachment
Forms
- Past participle
- detached
e.g. detached → disengaged, disconnected, separated, parted…
Example sentences
- disconnect Would you like to disconnect from this network?
- disengage He had a hard time to disengage himself from the gang.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| detach | rising | |
| disconnect | rising | |
| disengage | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- part1
- 5 letters
- draft1, loose1, sever2
- 6 letters
- detail2, divide2, unplug2, sunder2
- 7 letters
- isolate3, draught1, earmark2, unloose, disjoin
- 8 letters
- separate3, abstract2, allocate3, insulate3, uncouple3, unfasten, disunite, deadhere, deattach
- 9 letters
- disengage3, segregate3
- 10 letters
- disconnect3, dissociate4
- 11 letters
- disentangle4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sever2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- détacher
- Italiano
- smacchiare
- Español
- desprender