asocial
1 synonym and 2 antonyms for asocial, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — Not connected with, or not involving, society.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Synonyms by Meaning
2. adj
Not wanting to spend time with other people, and having few social contacts.
“She herself was already asocial at the age of six months and stiffened in her mother’s arms at this time, and such reactions, common in autism, she also finds inexplicable in terms of theory of mind.”
Opposites
Etymology
Formed from a- and social; in the sense 'antisocial', and as a noun, it appears to be a calque of German asozial / Asozialer.
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