decoupled
Cut off from
Decoupled describes things that were once connected but have been separated or made independent.
In engineering and software, decoupled systems can operate or change without affecting each other: The frontend is decoupled from the backend.
In economics, decoupled markets or policies no longer move in tandem: Growth has decoupled from carbon emissions.
The word implies deliberate separation for flexibility or resilience.
Apart or uninvolved
- disconnectedSeparated from a source
- unlinkedNot joined together
- disengagedNot participating or invested
- severedCut off completely
disentangled · disjoined · parted · unfastened · unhooked · unlatched · disassociated · sundered
Self-directed and free
- self-sufficientAble to provide independently
- free-standingNot fixed to anything
- standaloneComplete without attachments
- modularMade of separable units
self-contained · discrete · distinct · separate · unaffiliated · self-reliant · compartmentalized · siloed
Not happening together
- statelessWithout national belonging
- microservicesDecomposed application architecture
- APISoftware communication standard
- interfaceShared connection point
abstraction · event-driven · middleware · scalable · distributed · parallel · modular · orthogonal
detached
Apart or uninvolved
- disconnectedSeparated from a source
- unlinkedNot joined together
- disengagedNot participating or invested
severed · disentangled · disjoined · parted · unfastened · unhooked · unlatched · disassociated · sundered · cleaved
autonomous
Self-directed and free
- self-sufficientAble to provide independently
- free-standingNot fixed to anything
- standaloneComplete without attachments
modular · self-contained · discrete · distinct · separate · unaffiliated · self-reliant · compartmentalized · siloed · isolated
asynchronous
Not happening together
- statelessWithout national belonging
- microservicesDecomposed application architecture
- APISoftware communication standard
interface · abstraction · event-driven · middleware · scalable · distributed · parallel · modular · orthogonal · agnostic
- togethernesstogether, united, unity, togetherness, bonding
- async programmingasync, asynchronous, await, callback, future
decoupledinterdependent
Relying on one another
dependent · correlated · interrelated · entangled · codependent
decoupledintegrated
Combined into a whole
unified · merged · consolidated · combined · fused