separate - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments

Synonyms

• separate

More generic

• garment

Noun

a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication

Synonyms

• offprint
• reprint
• separate

More generic

• article

Verb

divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

Synonyms

• branch
• fork
• furcate
• ramify
• separate

More generic

• diverge

More specific

• arborise
• arborize
• bifurcate
• trifurcate
• twig

Related

• branch
• ramify

Verb

become separated into pieces or fragments

Synonyms

• break
• come apart
• fall apart
• separate
• split up

More generic

• change integrity

More specific

• break open
• break up
• burst
• bust
• crack
• crush
• fragment
• fragmentise
• fragmentize
• ladder
• puncture
• run
• smash
• snap
• split

Related

• break

Verb

mark as different

Synonyms

• differentiate
• distinguish
• secern
• secernate
• separate
• severalise
• severalize
• tell
• tell apart

More generic

• identify
• place

More specific

• contradistinguish
• contrast
• decouple
• demarcate
• discriminate
• dissociate
• have the distinction
• individualise
• individualize
• know
• know apart
• label
• separate
• severalise
• severalize
• sex
• single out
• stratify

Related

• compare

Verb

arrange or order by classes or categories

Synonyms

• assort
• class
• classify
• separate
• sort
• sort out

More generic

• categorise
• categorize

More specific

• catalog
• catalogue
• count
• dichotomise
• dichotomize
• grade
• group
• isolate
• number
• pigeonhole
• reclassify
• refer
• size
• stamp
• stereotype
• unitise
• unitize

Related

• compare

Verb

divide into components or constituents

Synonyms

• separate

More generic

• change integrity

More specific

• avulse
• break down
• break up
• card
• decompose
• dialyse
• dialyze
• disperse
• extract
• filter
• filter out
• filtrate
• fractionate
• macerate
• peptise
• peptize
• separate out
• sieve
• sift
• strain
• tease
• wash

Verb

force, take, or pull apart

Synonyms

• disunite
• divide
• part
• separate

More generic

• displace
• move

More specific

• break
• break up
• bust
• compartmentalise
• compartmentalize
• cut
• cut up
• disarticulate
• disconnect
• disjoin
• disjoint
• gin
• isolate
• joint
• keep apart
• polarise
• polarize
• rupture
• sequester
• sequestrate
• set apart
• sever
• snap
• tear

Related

• divide
• part
• separate

Verb

come apart

Synonyms

• divide
• part
• separate

More generic

• change

More specific

• break away
• break off
• break up
• calve
• chip
• chip off
• come away
• come off
• detach
• discerp
• disjoin
• disjoint
• dismember
• gerrymander
• partition
• partition off
• polarise
• polarize
• reduce
• section
• segment
• segregate
• subdivide
• take apart

Verb

go one's own way; move apart

Synonyms

• part
• separate
• split

More generic

• move

More specific

• break up
• diffract
• disperse
• dissipate
• scatter
• spread out

Verb

make a division or separation

Synonyms

• divide
• separate

More specific

• break
• break up
• close off
• detach
• dispel
• disperse
• dissipate
• partition
• rail
• rail off
• scatter
• shut off
• zone

Verb

discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

Synonyms

• break
• break up
• part
• separate
• split
• split up

More specific

• break
• break apart
• break away
• break with
• disassociate
• disjoint
• dissociate
• disunify
• disunite
• divorce
• give the axe
• give the bounce
• give the gate
• secede
• splinter
• split up

Verb

separate into parts or portions

Synonyms

• carve up
• dissever
• divide
• separate
• split
• split up

More generic

• change integrity

More specific

• Balkanise
• Balkanize
• canton
• format
• initialise
• initialize
• lot
• paragraph
• parcel
• sectionalise
• sectionalize
• sliver
• splinter
• subdivide
• triangulate
• unitise
• unitize

Verb

treat differently on the basis of sex or race

Synonyms

• discriminate
• separate
• single out

More generic

• differentiate
• distinguish
• secern
• secernate
• separate
• severalise
• severalize
• tell
• tell apart

More specific

• disadvantage
• disfavor
• disfavour
• hive off
• insulate
• isolate
• redline
• segregate

Verb

act as a barrier between; stand between

Synonyms

• divide
• separate

Adjective

standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything

Synonyms

• freestanding
• separate

Related

• detached

Adjective

have the connection undone; having become separate

Synonyms

• disjoined
• separate

Related

• unconnected

Adjective

separated according to race, sex, class, or religion

Synonyms

• separate

Related

• segregated
• unintegrated

Adjective

independent; not united or joint

Synonyms

• separate

Related

• apart
• asunder
• detached
• discrete
• disjoint
• disjunct
• distinct
• isolable
• isolated
• separated
• set-apart
• unaccompanied

Opposite / Antonyms

• joint

Also See

• divided
• independent
• individual
• other
• segregated
• single
• unintegrated
• unshared

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