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standoff
Synonyms and Antonyms of standoff
- after two hours they had played to a 5-5 standoff
- the standoff continued for three days before the fugitive gave himself up to the authorities
standoff
Synonyms and Antonyms of standoff
- the client's standoff attitude suggested that this was going to be a strictly business relationship
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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