standoffish

1. 1.

   lacking cordiality; unfriendly

   “a standoffish manner”

   Synonymsoffish

   Similarunapproachable

Questions about standoffish

What does standoffish mean?

standoffish means "lacking cordiality; unfriendly".

How many syllables are in standoffish?

standoffish has 3 syllables: stan-dof-fish. The stress falls on "stan".

What is another word for standoffish?

Close synonyms include offish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is standoffish a common word?

standoffish is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.