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disengaged
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disengaged
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | detached |
| Synonyms: | disjoined, free, separated, unattached, unengaged |
| Main Entry: | free |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unrestrained personally |
| Synonyms: | able, allowed, at large, at liberty, casual, clear, disengaged, easy, escaped, familiar, fancy-free, footloose, forward, frank, free-spirited, free-wheeling, independent, informal, lax, liberal, liberated, loose, off the hook, on one's own, on the loose, open, permitted, relaxed, unattached, uncommitted, unconfined, unconstrained, unengaged, unfettered, unhampered, unimpeded, unobstructed, unregulated, unrestricted, untrammeled |
| Antonyms: | bound, confined, hindered, limited, restrained |
| Main Entry: | inactive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not engaged in action; inert, lazy |
| Synonyms: | abeyant, asleep, blah*, disengaged, do-nothing, dormant, down, draggy, dull, idle, immobile, in holding pattern, indolent, inoperative, jobless, latent, lax, lethargic, limp, low-key, mothballed, motionless, on hold, ossified, out of action, out of commission, out of service, out of work, passive, quiescent, quiet, sedentary, slack, sleepy, slothful, slow, sluggish, somnolent, stable, static, still, torpid, unemployed, unoccupied, unused |
| Antonyms: | active, busy, involved, working |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | neutral |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impartial, noncommittal |
| Synonyms: | aloof, bystanding, calm, clinical, collected, cool, detached, disengaged, disinterested, dispassionate, easy, evenhanded, fair-minded, impersonal, inactive, indifferent, inert, middle-of-road, nonaligned, nonbelligerent, nonchalant, noncombatant, nonparticipating, nonpartisan, on sidelines, on the fence, pacifistic, poker-faced, relaxed, unaligned, unbiased, uncommitted, unconcerned, undecided, uninvolved, unprejudiced |
| Antonyms: | biased, committal, partial, predisposed, prejudiced |
| Main Entry: | unemployed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without a job |
| Synonyms: | at liberty, between jobs, closed down, disengaged, down, fired, free, idle, inactive, jobless, laid off, leisured, loafing, on layoff, on the bench, on the dole, on the shelf, out of a job, out of action, out of work, resting, unapplied, underemployed, unengaged, unexercised, unoccupied, unused, without gainful employment, workless |
| Antonyms: | employed, occupied |
| Main Entry: | vacant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | empty; unoccupied |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, available, bare, clear, deserted, devoid, disengaged, free, idle, not in use, stark, tenantless, to let, unemployed, unengaged, unfilled, uninhabited, unlived in, untaken, untenanted, unused, void, without contents |
| Notes: | vacant pertains mainly to things (vacant house) while vacuous pertains mainly to the absence or near absence of meaning or intelligence (vacuous expression) |
| Antonyms: | full, occupied, overflowing |
| Main Entry: | relieved |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deprived of something, or freed from it |
| Synonyms: | discharged, disengaged, dismissed, freed, released, removed, replaced, rescued, separated from |
| Main Entry: | unoccupied |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | idle |
| Synonyms: | disengaged, inactive, lazy, loitering, quiescent, unemployed, unengaged |
| Antonyms: | active, busy, engaged, industrious, occupied |
| Main Entry: | nonaligned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | neutral |
| Synonyms: | aloof, bystanding, calm, clinical, collected, cool*, detached, disengaged, disinterested, dispassionate, easy, evenhanded, fair-minded, impartial, impersonal, inactive, indifferent, inert, middle-of-road, neuter, nonbelligerent, nonchalant, noncombatant, nonparticipating, nonpartisan, on sidelines, on the fence, pacifistic, poker-faced, relaxed, unaligned, unbiased, uncommitted, unconcerned, undecided, uninvolved, unprejudiced |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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