aloof

aloof is a 5-letter English word with 6 senses as noun, adverb, preposition, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Same as Alewife. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Same as Alewife.
2. adverb. At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.
3. adverb. Without sympathy; unfavorably.
4. preposition. Away from; clear from.
5. adjective. remote in manner

   "stood apart with aloof dignity"

   "a distant smile"

   Synonyms: distant, upstage

6. adverb. in an aloof manner

   "the local gentry and professional classes had held aloof for the school had accepted their sons readily enough"

Synonyms

distant, upstage

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in aloof:

loofa

Common word forms

aloofly, aloofness

Words from these letters

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