Meanings
- Uninvolved in a difficult argument or struggle.
Perhaps, in an age of febrile discontent, staying above the fray is simply impossible.
2026 September 16, Mark Savage, “How being music's Mr Nice Guy contributed to biggest crisis of Ed Sheeran's career”, in BBC, archived from the original on 16 Sep 2026Antonyms: in the thick of it
- broadlyhaving an affectedly nonchalant or mature attitude about a dispute seen as petty.
Near-synonym: aloof
Synonyms: aloof
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseUninvolved in a difficult argument or struggle.
prepositional phrasehaving an affectedly nonchalant or mature attitude about a dispute seen as petty.
Translations
French au-dessus de la mêlée
- au-dessus de la mêléeuninvolved in a difficult argument
Italian al di sopra della mischia
- al di sopra della mischiauninvolved in a difficult argument
Cite this entry
above the fray. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/above%20the%20fray
“above the fray.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/above%20the%20fray. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “above the fray,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/above%20the%20fray.
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