Synonyms for disconnected
- adjective
Most common
disjointed unconnected garbled incoherent fragmented divided
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Disjointed — incoherent; disjointed
disjointed, unconnected, garbled, incoherent, isolated, broken, confused, detached, separate, remote, scattered, illogical, disordered, desultory
2. Fragmented
Other
abrupt, scrappy, staccato, deconnected
Definitions
- adj. 1
Incoherent; disjointed.
- adj. 2
That is no longer connected.
There's no use trying to make a call on the disconnected phone.
Related words
- Word family
- disconnectedness
Example sentences
- incoherent A thousand incoherent ideas swirled around my mind.
- disjointed Tom's speech was convoluted and disjointed and was very hard to follow.
- unconnected The possibility that the two events are unconnected is not worth considering.
- garbled Many programs leave Japanese text garbled and unreadable.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| disconnected | rising | |
| incoherent | rising | |
| disjointed | rising | |
| unconnected | steady | |
| garbled | rising | |
| staccato | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- split1
- 6 letters
- broken2, remote2, abrupt2
- 7 letters
- divided3, scrappy2, garbled2
- 8 letters
- separate3, confused2, isolated4, detached2, staccato3
- 9 letters
- scattered2, illogical4, desultory4, disunited
- 10 letters
- fragmented3, incoherent4, disordered3, disjointed3
- 11 letters
- unconnected4, deconnected
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (broken2 = 2 syllables).