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spacey/spacy
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | eccentric |
| Synonyms: | beat*, bizarre, crazy, dizzy, erratic, far out, flaky, flighty, freakish, kooky, nutty, odd, oddball, off the wall, off-center, offbeat, out in left field, out to lunch, peculiar, quirky, spaced out, strange, way out, weird |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | detached |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aloof, disinterested; neutral |
| Synonyms: | abstract, apathetic, casual, cool*, dispassionate, distant, impartial, impersonal, incurious, indifferent, laid-back*, objective, out of it, poker-faced, remote, removed, reserved, spaced-out, spacey, staid, stolid, unbiased, uncommitted, unconcerned, uncurious, uninvolved, unpassioned, unprejudiced, withdrawn |
| Antonyms: | biased, compassionate, engaged, interested, sympathetic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disjointed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | loose, disconnected |
| Synonyms: | aimless, confused, cool, discontinuous, disordered, displaced, disunited, divided, far-out, fitful, fuzzy, inchoate, incoherent, incohesive, irrational, jumbled, muddled, out-of-it, out-to-lunch, rambling, separated, spaced-out, spacey, spasmodic, split, unattached, unconnected, unorganized |
| Antonyms: | coherent, connected, contiguous, jointed, ordered, united |
| Main Entry: | oblivious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unaware, ignorant |
| Synonyms: | absent, absentminded, absorbed, abstracted, amnesic, blind*, blundering, careless, deaf, disregardful, distracted, dreamy, forgetful, forgetting, gone, heedless, inattentive, incognizant, inconversant, insensible, neglectful, negligent, not all there, out to lunch, overlooking, preoccupied, regardless, spacey, strung out, unacquainted, unconcerned, unconscious, undiscerning, unfamiliar, uninformed, uninstructed, unknowing, unmindful, unnoticing, unobservant, unrecognizing, unwitting, zonked |
| Notes: | oblivious means lacking all memory or lacking active conscious awareness or knowledge, while obvious means easily perceived or understood |
| Antonyms: | aware, concerned, conscious, mindful, sensitive, understanding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | odd/oddball |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unusual, abnormal |
| Synonyms: | atypical, avant-garde, bizarre, character, crazy, curious, deviant, different, eccentric, erratic, exceptional, extraordinary, fantastic, flaky*, freak*, freakish, freaky, funny, idiosyncratic, irregular, kinky*, kooky, off-the-wall, offbeat, out of the ordinary, outlandish, peculiar, quaint, queer, rare, remarkable, singular, spacey, strange, uncanny, uncommon, unconventional, unique, way out, weird, weirdo*, whimsical |
| Antonyms: | common, conventional, habitual, normal, ordinary, regular, standard, usual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unaware |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ignorant |
| Synonyms: | blind, careless, caught napping, daydreaming, deaf, deaf to, doped, forgetful, heedless, in a daze, inattentive, incognizant, inconversant, insensible, mooning, negligent, nescient, not all there, not cognizant, oblivious, out cold, out of it, out to lunch, spacey, unacquainted, unconcerned, unconscious, unenlightened, unfamiliar, uninformed, uninstructed, unknowing, unmindful, unsuspecting, unwitting |
| Notes: | unaware is an adjective that means 'not being aware of something' and unawares is an adverb meaning 'by surprise; unexpectedly' |
| Antonyms: | aware, cognizant, informed, knowing, suspicious |
| Main Entry: | spaced out |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | out of touch with reality |
| Synonyms: | in a fog, out to lunch, spacey, zoned out |
| Main Entry: | incurious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | detached |
| Synonyms: | abstract, aloof, apathetic, casual, cool*, disinterested, dispassionate, distant, impartial, impersonal, indifferent, laid-back*, objective, out of it, poker-faced, remote, removed, reserved, spaced-out, spacey, staid, stolid, unbiased, uncommitted, unconcerned, uncurious, uninterested, uninvolved, unpassioned, unprejudiced, withdrawn |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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