Synonyms for separate
ˈsɛp əˌreɪt; -ər ɪtsep·a·rate

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1. separateverb

   The central idea of withdrawing makes abstract in common speech a euphemism for appropriate (unlawfully), purloin, steal. In mental processes we discriminate between objects by distinguishing their differences; we separate some one element from all that does not necessarily belong to it, abstract it, and view it alone. We may separate two ideas, and hold both in mind in comparison or contrast; but when we abstract one of them, we drop the other out of thought. The mind is abstracted when it is withdrawn from all other subjects and concentrated upon one, diverted when it is drawn away from what it would or should attend to by some other interest, distracted when the attention is divided among different subjects, so that it can not be given properly to any. The trouble with the distracted person is that he is not abstracted. Compare DISCERN.

   Synonyms:
   abstract, appropriate, detach, discriminate, distinguish, distract, divert, eliminate, purloin, remove, steal, take away, withdraw

   Antonyms:
   add, combine, complete, conjoin, fill up, increase, restore, strengthen, unite

   Preposition:
   The purse may be abstracted from the pocket; the substance from the accidents; a book into a compend.

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1. separateverb

   Synonyms:
   part, never, disjoin, disunite, divorce, tear, rend, remove, disintegrate, detach, disconnect, divide, dissipate, scatter, segregate, diverge

   Antonyms:
   unite, fasten, tie, conjoin, wed, link, amalgamate, consolidate, integrate, incorporate, connect, fuse, confound, mass, herd, congregate, convene, gather, collect, meet, converge

2. separateadjective

   Synonyms:
   disunited, disjoined, disconnected, unconnected, detached, severed, different

   Antonyms:
   connected, conjoined, united, alike

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1. offprint, reprint, separatenoun

   a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication

   Synonyms:
   offprint, reissue, reprint, reprinting

   Antonyms:
   conjunct, conjoined, cooperative, collective, conjunctive, joint, corporate, clannish, integrated, concerted, connected, cosignatory, conjoint, attached

2. separateadjective

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

   Synonyms:
   offprint, reprint

   Antonyms:
   conjoined, joint, concerted, collective, attached, connected, corporate, clannish, cooperative, conjoint, cosignatory, conjunctive, integrated, conjunct

3. separateadjective

   independent; not united or joint

   "a problem consisting of two separate issues"; "they went their separate ways"; "formed a separate church"

   Synonyms:
   disjoined, freestanding

   Antonyms:
   conjoined, cooperative, joint, conjunctive, connected, collective, conjoint, conjunct, concerted, cosignatory, corporate, clannish, integrated, attached

4. freestanding, separateadjective

   standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything

   "a freestanding bell tower"; "a house with a separate garage"

   Synonyms:
   disjoined, freestanding

   Antonyms:
   concerted, clannish, cosignatory, conjoined, conjunctive, cooperative, collective, integrated, joint, connected, conjunct, corporate, conjoint, attached

5. separateadjective

   separated according to race, sex, class, or religion

   "separate but equal"; "girls and boys in separate classes"

   Synonyms:
   disjoined, freestanding

   Antonyms:
   conjunct, cooperative, connected, corporate, integrated, cosignatory, clannish, conjoint, joint, concerted, conjunctive, collective, attached, conjoined

6. disjoined, separateverb

   have the connection undone; having become separate

   Synonyms:
   disjoined, freestanding

   Antonyms:
   joint, conjunctive, concerted, clannish, attached, conjunct, conjoined, cosignatory, integrated, conjoint, cooperative, connected, corporate, collective

7. separate, divideverb

   act as a barrier between; stand between

   "The mountain range divides the two countries"

   Synonyms:
   divide, assort, carve up, come apart, fork, classify, sort out, dissever, differentiate, class, distinguish, part, break, disunite, severalise, fraction, furcate, fall apart, severalize, secernate, break up, split up, split, sort, secern, tell apart, tell, branch, single out, ramify, discriminate

   Antonyms:
   conjoined, concerted, conjunct, joint, cosignatory, corporate, conjoint, attached, integrated, collective, connected, conjunctive, clannish, cooperative

8. separate, disunite, divide, partverb

   force, take, or pull apart

   "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"

   Synonyms:
   tell apart, distinguish, start, classify, assort, disassociate, start out, differentiate, split up, fork, tell, fraction, break up, divide, come apart, single out, part, carve up, sort, severalize, split, break, fall apart, severalise, dissever, furcate, depart, dissociate, set off, class, discriminate, branch, take off, secern, divorce, disunite, set forth, sort out, ramify, disjoint, secernate, set out

   Antonyms:
   conjunct, corporate, attached, cosignatory, clannish, joint, conjoint, collective, cooperative, integrated, conjoined, connected, conjunctive, concerted

9. distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apartverb

   mark as different

   "We distinguish several kinds of maple"

   Synonyms:
   tell apart, distinguish, classify, discriminate, spot, mark, differentiate, sort, signalise, enjoin, split up, key out, evidence, tell, break up, divide, come apart, single out, part, state, pick out, order, carve up, key, severalize, split, assure, speciate, fall apart, severalise, furcate, dissever, signalize, assort, specialize, recount, class, identify, make out, specialise, branch, discern, secern, recognize, recite, name, disunite, recognise, narrate, describe, break, sort out, ramify, fork, discover, secernate, say

   Antonyms:
   concerted, attached, integrated, collective, conjoined, connected, conjoint, clannish, cosignatory, joint, corporate, cooperative, conjunctive, conjunct

10. divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve upverb

    separate into parts or portions

    "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"

    Synonyms:
    tell apart, distinguish, classify, cleave, split up, fork, differentiate, fraction, break up, divide, rive, single out, part, come apart, carve up, sort, severalize, split, break, fall apart, severalise, dissever, furcate, assort, class, discriminate, branch, break open, secern, divorce, disunite, tell, burst, sort out, ramify, secernate

    Antonyms:
    conjunctive, concerted, cosignatory, conjoined, attached, cooperative, clannish, conjoint, conjunct, collective, joint, corporate, connected, integrated

11. separateverb

    divide into components or constituents

    "Separate the wheat from the chaff"

    Synonyms:
    divide, assort, carve up, come apart, fork, classify, sort out, dissever, differentiate, class, distinguish, part, break, disunite, severalise, furcate, fall apart, severalize, secernate, break up, split up, split, sort, secern, tell apart, tell, branch, single out, ramify, discriminate

    Antonyms:
    conjoined, collective, integrated, conjoint, concerted, cosignatory, clannish, conjunct, conjunctive, attached, joint, corporate, cooperative, connected

12. classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separateverb

    arrange or order by classes or categories

    "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"

    Synonyms:
    tell apart, distinguish, classify, associate, single out, split up, shed light on, crystalise, differentiate, sieve, divide, crystalize, fall apart, part, crystallise, carve up, sort, severalize, consort, split, come apart, correct, severalise, dissever, furcate, assort, affiliate, class, illuminate, clear, discriminate, discipline, branch, secern, screen out, elucidate, screen, crystallize, clear up, enlighten, relegate, disunite, straighten out, tell, break, sort out, ramify, fork, break up, secernate

    Antonyms:
    clannish, cooperative, collective, attached, connected, joint, conjoined, conjunctive, cosignatory, corporate, conjoint, concerted, conjunct, integrated

13. separate, divideverb

    make a division or separation

    Synonyms:
    divide, assort, carve up, come apart, fork, classify, sort out, dissever, differentiate, class, distinguish, part, break, disunite, severalise, fraction, furcate, fall apart, severalize, secernate, break up, split up, split, sort, secern, tell apart, tell, branch, single out, ramify, discriminate

    Antonyms:
    joint, connected, corporate, integrated, collective, conjunct, conjunctive, conjoint, cosignatory, conjoined, concerted, clannish, attached, cooperative

14. separate, part, split up, split, break, break upverb

    discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

    "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up"

    Synonyms:
    crack, fork, give way, soften, disperse, reveal, cut off, give out, single out, unwrap, fall apart, part, disassemble, collapse, die, classify, transgress, founder, weaken, fragmentise, calve, fragmentize, bump, discover, snap off, take off, go, ramify, demote, break out, split, sort out, give away, take apart, crack up, damp, smash, interrupt, carve up, offend, distinguish, fracture, relegate, discriminate, bring out, violate, class, divulge, pause, break-dance, let on, recess, get around, rive, wear out, cave in, sort, conk out, tell apart, break away, check, break open, break up, breach, develop, give, split up, branch, secern, decompose, dissolve, assort, better, furcate, fragment, burst, go bad, adjourn, tell, secernate, break off, cleave, disclose, crash, bust, erupt, scatter, dismantle, recrudesce, break apart, break dance, divide, go against, dampen, set forth, severalize, divorce, fall in, disrupt, break in, let out, dissever, severalise, ruin, start, depart, kick downstairs, disunite, differentiate, stop, dispel, break down, infract, set out, fail, come apart, bankrupt, set off, expose, break, crock up, discontinue, start out, intermit, dissipate, sever, get out, pick, resolve, wear

    Antonyms:
    concerted, attached, integrated, collective, cosignatory, joint, clannish, conjoined, cooperative, conjunctive, connected, conjoint, conjunct, corporate

15. separate, part, splitverb

    go one's own way; move apart

    "The friends separated after the party"

    Synonyms:
    tell apart, distinguish, start, classify, cleave, start out, differentiate, rive, split up, fork, tell, break up, divide, come apart, single out, break open, part, carve up, sort, severalize, split, break, fall apart, severalise, dissever, furcate, depart, assort, set off, class, discriminate, branch, take off, secern, disunite, set forth, burst, sort out, ramify, secernate, set out

    Antonyms:
    clannish, collective, conjoined, corporate, cosignatory, concerted, cooperative, integrated, joint, conjoint, conjunctive, conjunct, attached, connected

16. break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apartverb

    become separated into pieces or fragments

    "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart"

    Synonyms:
    crack, break away, give way, soften, reveal, develop, single out, unwrap, conk out, expose, die, distinguish, transgress, founder, weaken, discover, snap off, stop, go, ramify, demote, break out, split, sort out, give away, damp, smash, interrupt, carve up, offend, get out, fracture, relegate, discriminate, bring out, violate, class, divulge, divorce, pause, let on, get around, wear out, cave in, sort, fork, tell apart, break-dance, break up, check, give out, break in, give, split up, branch, secern, better, furcate, burst, go bad, tell, secernate, breach, break off, disclose, bust, erupt, collapse, recrudesce, break dance, divide, go against, dampen, severalize, break down, assort, fall in, bump, let out, dissever, severalise, ruin, fall apart, kick downstairs, disunite, part, infract, fail, come apart, bankrupt, crumble, differentiate, break, discontinue, intermit, go to pieces, wear, classify

    Antonyms:
    connected, joint, corporate, cosignatory, concerted, collective, conjoint, conjunct, attached, conjunctive, clannish, conjoined, cooperative, integrated

17. discriminate, separate, single outverb

    treat differently on the basis of sex or race

    Synonyms:
    divide, assort, carve up, know apart, come apart, fork, classify, secern, sort out, dissever, differentiate, class, part, break, disunite, severalise, furcate, fall apart, severalize, secernate, break up, split up, split, sort, distinguish, tell apart, tell, branch, single out, ramify, discriminate

    Antonyms:
    conjunctive, conjunct, conjoined, cosignatory, cooperative, connected, collective, corporate, attached, joint, concerted, clannish, integrated, conjoint

18. separate, divide, partverb

    come apart

    "The two pieces that we had glued separated"

    Synonyms:
    tell apart, distinguish, start, classify, start out, differentiate, split up, fork, tell, fraction, break up, divide, come apart, single out, part, carve up, sort, severalize, split, break, fall apart, severalise, dissever, furcate, depart, assort, set off, class, discriminate, branch, take off, secern, disunite, set forth, sort out, ramify, secernate, set out

    Antonyms:
    joint, collective, clannish, integrated, conjunctive, concerted, conjoint, attached, connected, conjoined, cooperative, cosignatory, conjunct, corporate

19. branch, ramify, fork, furcate, separateverb

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

    "The road forks"

    Synonyms:
    divide, split, pitchfork, sort, come apart, assort, classify, secern, sort out, dissever, differentiate, class, part, break, disunite, severalise, break up, fall apart, severalize, secernate, complexify, split up, furcate, fork, distinguish, tell apart, carve up, tell, branch, single out, ramify, discriminate

    Antonyms:
    cooperative, collective, corporate, connected, cosignatory, conjunct, conjoined, conjunctive, conjoint, joint, clannish, concerted, attached, integrated

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1. split up

   cause to move or be apart.

   police were trying to separate two rioting mobs.

   Submitted by JP03 on March 29, 2015  

2. unmergedverb

   take apart, keep as separate components of the whole

   the union should give separate representation to the individual voices with different opinions and should unmerge them.

   Submitted by anonymous on July 26, 2021  

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1. separateverb

   Synonyms:
   disjoin, disunite, disconnect, dispart, divide, detach, disengage, insulate, isolate

2. separateverb

   Synonyms:
   sever, dissever, sunder, cleave, part

3. separateverb

   Synonyms:
   withdraw, remove, eliminate

4. separateadjective

   Synonyms:
   disjoined, disconnected, unconnected, disunited, dissociated, detached, distinct, discrete

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1. separateadjective

   Synonyms:
   detached, disconnected, disjoined, separated, apart, distinct, isolated, segregated, disunited, severed, withdrawn

2. separateverb

   Synonyms:
   divide, dissolve, detach, sunder, sever, disconnect, part, disjoin, withdraw, rend, dissociate, disengage, isolate, disunite, eliminate, disintegrate, segregate, scatter, disperse, dissipate, sequester, cleave, insulate, dissever, deglutinate

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1. List of paraphrases for "separate":

   distinct, separated, independent, separately, different, discrete, segregated, individual, distinctive, sporadic, segregate, separating, stand-alone, split, corrigendum, pry, various, distinguish, dissociate, specific, autonomous, respectively, independence, own, isolated, separation, decouple, free-standing, standalone, detach, toseparate, breakaway

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How to use separate in a sentence?

1. Robert Alt:

   The issue with regard to exclusive representation was not presented to the court in the Janus case, but the court three separate times expressed grave concerns about the constitutionality of those provisions.

2. Kent Police:

   Extra officers were on duty in the town to allow a march to the Eastern Docks and a separate protest in the town center to go ahead as planned, while minimizing disorder and disruption to the community.

3. Christina Haack:

   Ant and I have made the difficult decision to separate, we are grateful for each other and as always, our children will remain our priority. We appreciate your support and ask for privacy for us and our family as we navigate the future.

4. Johnnie Jones:

   He knocked me down and started kicking me, things weren't right. ' Separate but equal' was unconstitutional and I wanted to fight it and make it better.

5. Farah Griffin:

   I don't want to get ahead of their announcements but I think you could piece Justice Department together based on who has testified before the January 6th committee. Again, these are not -- these are related but separate-track investigations and I think DOJ is keeping an eye on who is coming before January 6th and who may have helpful information.