Home › Words › U › uncoupleuncouple/ʌnˈkʌpəl/uncouple means to disconnect or detach one thing from another.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, uncouple ranks #16,733 of 42,747 for Qualifying.uncouple is pronounced /ʌnˈkʌpəl/.EtymologyFrom Middle English uncouple; equivalent to un- + couple.verbTo disconnect or detach one thing from another.e.g.“We uncoupled the trailer and left it behind.”To come loose.To loose, as dogs, from their couples.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.decouple 88% match — To unlink; to take apart or come apart. vs uncouple →uncoupling 84% match — The act by which persons or things are uncoupled. vs uncouple →uncoupled 83% match — Not coupled to something; disconnected; detached. vs uncouple →decoupling 75% match — The act or process by which something is decoupled.; The unhitching of railcars. vs uncouple →disattach 72% match — To detach. vs uncouple →unhitch 71% match — To disconnect; to detach; to undo that which is hitched. vs uncouple →uncombine 71% match — To separate (things previously combined). vs uncouple →recouple 70% match — To couple or join again vs uncouple →