Meanings
comparative more spaced-out · superlative most spaced-out · alternative spaced out
- Positioned at regular intervals with a specified space between them.
- informalConfused, stupefied, or disoriented through the action of a narcotic drug (or as if so intoxicated).
In my opinion, the drugged-out, spaced-out look on their faces is obviously because of the drugs they're taking.
2006, Rich E. R. Schneeberg, Legally Drugged: Ten Nuthouse Hospital Stays to $10 Million - figurativelyinformalNot mentally present, as when daydreaming.
Near-synonyms: faraway, distant, lost in thought, head in the clouds
Synonyms: faraway, distant, lost in thought, head in the clouds
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot mentally present, as when daydreaming.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivestupefied by (or as if by) some narcotic drug
adjectiveconfused or disoriented as if intoxicated through taking a drug
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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