Thesaurus:aloof

Thesaurus

aloof

English

Adjective

Sense: emotionally distant

Synonyms

• aloof
• cool
• distant    [⇒ thesaurus]
• frosty
• hankty
• hard-to-get (dated)
• offish
• quiet    [⇒ thesaurus]
• remote
• reserved
• standoffish
• strange    [⇒ thesaurus] (obsolete)
• touch-me-not-ish
• unapproachable
• unbending
• undemonstrative
• unimpressionable
• uninvolved

Antonyms

• friendly    [⇒ thesaurus]
• hostile    [⇒ thesaurus]
• nonaloof

Coordinate terms

• aloof
• apathetic    [⇒ thesaurus]
• impartial    [⇒ thesaurus]
• stern    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• alexithymic    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• taciturn    [⇒ thesaurus]
• unfriendly

Further reading

• “866. indifference” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “aloof” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.