aloof
aloof is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away. Our palace stood aloof from streets. Dryden.
- 2.Without sympathy; unfavorably. To make the Bible as from the hand of God, and then to look at it aloof and with caution, is the worst of all impieties. I. Taylor.
- 3.Away from; clear from. [Obs.] Rivetus . . . would fain work himself aloof these rocks and quicksands. Milton.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- about
- all
- anaphrodisia
- anaphrodisiac
- anorexia
- anorexy
- antaphrodisiac
- anything
- apathy
- aught
- belief
- believe
- care
- careless
- cold
- coldness
- cool
- could
- cucumber
- cynic
- cynical
- cynicism
- deaf
- desire
- disbelieve
- disdain
- disposed
- distrust
- distrustful
- doubt
- ear
- earnestness
- faith
- fig
- for
- frigid
- half-hearted
- hard
- have
- heretic
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is aloof.
- What is at or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away. Our palace stood aloof from streets. Dryden called?
- What is without sympathy; unfavorably. To make the Bible as from the hand of God, and then to look at it aloof and with caution, is the worst of all impieties. I. Taylor called?
- What is away from; clear from. [Obs.] Rivetus . . . would fain work himself aloof these rocks and quicksands. Milton called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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