aloof from

Definitions

Physically or emotionally distant and uninvolved with others.

Not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant in manner.

Removed or detached from a particular situation or group.

Examples

He remained aloof from the office politics, preferring to focus entirely on his own research.

The artist kept himself aloof from the mainstream art scene to maintain his creative independence.

She chose to stay aloof from the heated argument, watching the events unfold from the corner of the room.

Synonyms

detached from distant from remote from withdrawn from uninvolved in disengaged from removed from

Antonyms

involved in engaged with connected to close to intimate with familiar with integrated into