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standoff
Synonyms and Antonyms of standoff
1
a situation in which neither participant in a contest, competition, or struggle comes out ahead of the other
2
a point in a struggle where neither side is capable of winning or willing to give in
standoff
Synonyms and Antonyms of standoff
having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others
aloof, antisocial, asocial, buttoned-up, cold, cold-eyed, cool, detached, distant, dry, frosty, offish, remote, standoffish, unbending, unclubbable, unsociable
boon, clubbable (also clubable), clubby, companionable, convivial, extroverted (also extraverted), gregarious, outgoing
communicative, expansive, garrulous, talkative
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