Antonyms for alienate
ˈeɪl yəˌneɪt, ˈeɪ li ə-alien·ate

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1. alienateadjective

   Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; with from.

   O alienate from God. . Paradise Lost line 4643.

   Synonyms:
   isolate, antagonize, estrange

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1. alienate

   To surrender is to give up upon compulsion, as to an enemy in war, hence to give up to any person, passion, influence, or power. To yield is to give place or give way under pressure, and hence under compulsion. Yield implies more softness or concession than surrender; the most determined men may surrender to overwhelming force; when one yields, his spirit is at least somewhat subdued. A monarch or a state cedes territory perhaps for a consideration; surrenders an army, a navy, or a fortified place to a conqueror; a military commander abandons an untenable position or unavailable stores. We sacrifice something precious through error, friendship, or duty, yield to convincing reasons, a stronger will, winsome persuasion, or superior force. Compare ABANDON.

   Synonyms:
   abandon, capitulate, cede, give, give oneself up, give over, give up, let go, relinquish, sacrifice, surrender, yield

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1. alienate

   Antonyms:
   conciliate, retain, endear, entail, bind, secure

   Synonyms:
   estrange, abalienate, transfer, wean, disaffect, convey

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1. estrange, alienate, alien, disaffectverb

   arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness

   "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious"

   Synonyms:
   disaffect, estrange, alien

2. alien, alienateverb

   transfer property or ownership

   "The will aliened the property to the heirs"

   Synonyms:
   disaffect, estrange, alien

3. alienateverb

   make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated

   "the boring work alienated his employees"

   Synonyms:
   disaffect, estrange, alien

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1. alienateverb

   Synonyms:
   transfer, demise, assign, estrange, disaffect, wean

How to use alienate in a sentence?

1. Getty Images:

   I think that he would be one of the weaker candidates. We have a lot of young candidates who will fight for principle but don't have the sort of obnoxious personal characteristics that alienate a lot of voters.

2. Omar Khayyam:

   To friends and eke to foes true kindness show; No kindly heart unkindly deeds will do; Harshness will alienate a bosom friend. And kindness reconcile a deadly foe.

3. Václav Havel:

   Human beings are compelled to live within a lie, but they can be compelled to do so only because they are in fact capable of living in this way. Therefore not only does the system alienate humanity, but at the same time alienated humanity supports this system as its own involuntary master plan, as a degenerate image of its own degeneration, as a record of people's own failure as individuals.

4. Human Rights Campaign:

   These bills will not accomplish anything other than to further alienate and stigmatize those already on the margins of life in this state.

5. Kevin McAleenan:

   I think the words matter a lot, if you alienate half of your audience by your use of terminology, it's going to hamper your ability to ever win an argument.

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