adj, noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An antisocial individual.

Adjective

1. 1
   Unwilling or unable to cooperate and associate normally with other people.

   "antisocial person"

2. 2
   Antagonistic, hostile, or unfriendly toward others; menacing.
3. 3
   Opposed to social order or the principles of society; hostile toward society.

   "antisocial ideals"

Adjective

1. 1
   hostile to or disruptive of normal standards of social behavior wordnet
2. 2
   shunning contact with others wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

unsociablealoofasceticasocialausterecold

Antonyms

All antonyms

socialprosocial

Example

More examples

"I may be antisocial, but it doesn't mean I don't talk to people."

Etymology

From anti- + social.

Related phrases

antisocial behaviour orderantisocial personality disorder

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