Synonyms for unapproachable
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Standoffish — aloof and unfriendly
standoffish, aloof, distant, cold, cool, unbending, remote, frosty, reserved, offish informal, undemonstrative, unimpressionable
2. Inaccessible
Definitions
- adj. 1
Aloof and unfriendly.
- adj. 2
Not accessible or able to be reached.
Example sentences
- distant He was going to Kabylie to see his distant family.
- aloof Tom and Mary kept aloof, watching and waiting.
- standoffish When I look him, I see a standoffish man.
- inaccessible This part of Kabylie is a wild and inaccessible land.
- unreachable Algeria has many areas that are virtually unreachable.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| unapproachable | rising | |
| distant | rising | |
| aloof | steady | |
| unbending | steady | |
| standoffish | rising | |
| inaccessible | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- cool1, cold1
- 5 letters
- aloof2
- 6 letters
- remote2, frosty2, offish
- 7 letters
- distant2
- 8 letters
- reserved2
- 9 letters
- unbending3, unreached
- 11 letters
- unreachable4, standoffish
- 12 letters
- inaccessible5, incomparable5, unattainable5, unaccessible
- 14 letters
- inapproachable
- 15 letters
- undemonstrative
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (aloof2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- inapprochable