- degage, detached, uninvolved - showing lack of emotional involvement; "adopted a degage pose on the arm of the easy chair"- J.S.Perelman; "she may be detached or even unfeeling but at least she's not hypocritically effusive"; "an uninvolved bystander"
Antonym: concerned (indirect, via unconcerned)
- detached, isolated, separated, set-apart - being or feeling set or kept apart from others; "she felt detached from the group"; "could not remain the isolated figure he had been"- Sherwood Anderson; "thought of herself as alone and separated from the others"; "had a set-apart feeling"
Antonym: joint (indirect, via separate)
- detached, separated - no longer connected or joined; "a detached part"; "on one side of the island was a hugh rock, almost detached"; "the separated spacecraft will return to their home bases"
Antonym: connected (indirect, via unconnected)
- detached - used of buildings; standing apart from others; "detached houses"; "a detached garage"
Antonym: attached
- detached, free - not fixed in position; "the detached shutter fell on him"; "he pulled his arm free and ran"
Antonym: fixed (indirect, via unfixed)
- detach - cause to become detached or separated; take off; "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it"
--1 is one way to disconnect
Antonyms: attach
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun detachment2
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
- detach - military use: separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment; "detach a regiment"
--2 is one way to separate, divide
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun detachment4
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- detach, come off, come away - come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"
--3 is one way to separate, divide, part
Antonyms: attach
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun detachment5
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP