lost touch
No longer communicate
Lost touch describes the fading of a relationship or connection over time.
Two people who were once close but no longer communicate have lost touch: We lost touch after college.
The phrase can also mean losing awareness or understanding: The company has lost touch with what customers actually want.
To lose touch with reality is to become delusional or out of sync with how things actually are.
Separated by emotional distance
- alienatedMade distant or hostile
- drifted apartGradually lost closeness
- grew apartGradually lost connection
- fell outHad a serious disagreement
separated · distanced · detached · disengaged · cut off · unreachable · incommunicado · silent
Not given proper attention
- overlookedNot noticed or considered
- let slipReveal unintentionally
- fadedLost original color
- lapsedEnded through neglect
abandoned · forsaken · disregarded · ignored · unremembered · slipped away · moved on · left behind
No longer in use
- out of dateNo longer valid
- behind the timesNot current or modern
- unfamiliarNot previously known
- unawareLacking knowledge of something
uninformed · rusty · stale · dated · antiquated · old-fashioned · outmoded · irrelevant
estranged
Separated by emotional distance
- alienatedMade distant or hostile
- drifted apartGradually lost closeness
- grew apartGradually lost connection
fell out · separated · distanced · detached · disengaged · cut off · unreachable · incommunicado · silent · unresponsive
neglected
Not given proper attention
- overlookedNot noticed or considered
- let slipReveal unintentionally
- fadedLost original color
lapsed · abandoned · forsaken · disregarded · ignored · unremembered · slipped away · moved on · left behind · outgrown
outdated
No longer in use
- out of dateNo longer valid
- behind the timesNot current or modern
- unfamiliarNot previously known
unaware · uninformed · rusty · stale · dated · antiquated · old-fashioned · outmoded · irrelevant · out of step
- out of touchdisconnected, oblivious, unaware, clueless, detached
- isolationloneliness, quarantine, seclusion, lockdown, solitude
- idiomstime flies, hit the sack, seize the day, ring a bell, break a leg
- reconnectingreunion, reconciliation, renewal, mending, catching up
lost touchkept up with
Maintained equal pace
in the loop · up to date · plugged in · in tune with · finger on the pulse
lost, touch, lose, loses, losing, loser, losers, loss, losses