uncoupled
Separated from another
Uncoupled describes things that have been disconnected or separated from something they were previously joined to.
Train cars are uncoupled when detached from each other or from the locomotive.
In physics and engineering, uncoupled systems operate independently without affecting one another.
The word also applies to relationships: an uncoupled person is single, having separated from a partner or never having paired up.
After the divorce, she found herself uncoupled for the first time in twenty years.
Separated from a source
- separatedPut or kept apart
- disengagedNot participating or invested
- unlinkedNot joined together
- disjoinedSeparated at joints
unfastened · unhooked · unlatched · unclasped · loose · apart · untethered · released
One in number
- unattachedNot joined or connected
- unmarriedNot legally wed
- partnerlessLacking a counterpart
- uncommittedNot bound to anything
divorced · separated · solo · bachelor · bachelorette · unwed · available · unpartnered
Without others present
- solitaryExisting alone, apart
- loneExisting by itself
- disconnectedSeparated from a source
- estrangedSeparated by emotional distance
alienated · adrift · apart · removed · distant · withdrawn · cut-off · secluded
Self-directed and free
- self-sufficientAble to provide independently
- self-reliantAble to provide independently
- self-determiningControlling one's own fate
- free-standingNot fixed to anything
separate · distinct · individual · sovereign · self-contained · self-directed · self-governing · unbeholden
disconnected
Separated from a source
- separatedPut or kept apart
- disengagedNot participating or invested
- unlinkedNot joined together
disjoined · unfastened · unhooked · unlatched · unclasped · loose · apart · untethered · released · severed
single
One in number
- unattachedNot joined or connected
- unmarriedNot legally wed
- partnerlessLacking a counterpart
uncommitted · divorced · separated · solo · bachelor · bachelorette · unwed · available · unpartnered · split
alone
Without others present
- solitaryExisting alone, apart
- loneExisting by itself
- disconnectedSeparated from a source
estranged · alienated · adrift · apart · removed · distant · withdrawn · cut-off · secluded · separate
autonomous
Self-directed and free
- self-sufficientAble to provide independently
- self-reliantAble to provide independently
- self-determiningControlling one's own fate
free-standing · separate · distinct · individual · sovereign · self-contained · self-directed · self-governing · unbeholden · disentangled
- relationship statussingle, married, divorced, engaged, separated
- detachmentemotional numbness, detached, dispassion, disengaged, indifference
- singlessingle, bachelor, bachelorette, unmarried, unwed
uncoupledcoupled
Joined in pairs
partnered · married · paired · attached · in a relationship
uncoupledcoupled
Joined in pairs
connected · linked · integrated · associated · related
- conscious uncouplingIntentionally peaceful marital dissolution