Synonyms for disjointed
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Incoherent
incoherent, disconnected, garbled, unconnected, scattered, rambling, confused, divided, illogical, disunited, loose, disordered, desultory, detached
2. Dislocated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Not connected, coherent, or continuous.
The hours of his illness were disjointed and confusing as he drifted in and out of consciousness.
- adj. 2
Having the paws and head (but not the tail) detached from the body.
Example sentences
- disconnected I called Tom, but his number's been disconnected.
- incoherent A thousand incoherent ideas swirled around my mind.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| disjointed | rising | |
| disconnected | rising | |
| incoherent | rising | |
| unconnected | steady | |
| garbled | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- loose1
- 7 letters
- divided3, garbled2
- 8 letters
- confused2, detached2, rambling2
- 9 letters
- separated4, scattered2, illogical4, desultory4, disunited
- 10 letters
- incoherent4, disordered3, dislocated4
- 11 letters
- unconnected4
- 12 letters
- disconnected4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (divided3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- décousu
- Italiano
- incoerente
- Deutsch
- zusammenhanglos