Synonyms: detached
Definition: used of buildings; standing apart from others
Usage: detached houses; a detached garage
Similar words: separate, freestanding
Definition: standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything
Usage: a freestanding bell tower; a house with a separate garage
Similar words: semidetached
Definition: attached on one side only
Usage: a semidetached house
Synonyms: degage, detached, uninvolved
Definition: showing lack of emotional involvement
Usage: 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
Similar words: unconcerned
Definition: lacking in interest or care or feeling
Usage: the average American...is unconcerned that his or her plight is the result of a complex of personal and economic and governmental actions...beyond the normal citizen's comprehension and control; blithely unconcerned about his friend's plight
Definition: no longer connected or joined
Usage: a detached part; on one side of the island was a hugh rock, almost detached; the separated spacecraft will return to their home bases
Similar words: unconnected
Definition: not joined or linked together
Definition: not fixed in position
Usage: the detached shutter fell on him; he pulled his arm free and ran
Similar words: unfixed
Definition: not firmly placed or set or fastened
Synonyms: detached, unaffectionate, uncaring
Definition: lacking affection or warm feeling
Usage: an uncaring person
Similar words: unloving
Definition: not giving or reciprocating affection
Synonyms: separated, set-apart, isolated, detached
Definition: being or feeling set or kept apart from others
Usage: 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
Similar words: separate
Definition: independent; not united or joint
Usage: a problem consisting of two separate issues; they went their separate ways; formed a separate church