ASOCIAL Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

asocial

adjective

(ˌ)ā-ˈsō-shəl

as in distant

having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others an asocial and grumpy artist lives alone on the top floor

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Recent Examples of asocial While antisocial behavior refers to actions contrary to normal social behavior, asocial behavior describes a lack of desire or inability to engage with others socially.910 What Other Disorders Look Like ASPD? —

Cristina Mutchler, Health, 21 June 2023 The culture presents to us a picture of hackers which is a sensational caricature: Somebody who is almost completely asocial, maybe has mental illness, maybe is morbidly overweight. —

Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 27 May 2023 The inside of the body was intriguing but asocial. —

New York Times, 10 May 2022 He’s no longer reduced to being an asocial nerd. —

K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2021 See All Example Sentences for asocial

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Some eighty-thousand men, women and children would be sentenced to transportation, taking them from Ireland, England, Wales and Scotland to a distant region of the British Empire that would come to be known as Tasmania.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
In the not-too-distant past, a rocket might launch to orbit every few weeks or so.

— Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 28 Jan. 2026