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 The mind is abstracted when it is withdrawn from all other subjects and concentrated upon one, diverted when it is drawn away from what it would or should attend to by some other interest, distracted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, separate, 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, separate

   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, separate

   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, separate, 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, separate, 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, separate, 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, separate, 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, separate, 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, separate, 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, separate, 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, separate, 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, separate, 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, separate, 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, separate, 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, separate, 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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1. The ISO:

   Separate from the potential Aliso Canyon impacts, the state-wide outlook is positive for the summer. Continued moderate peak demand growth, combined with new power plants coming online and improved hydroelectric generation conditions will support possible extreme operating conditions.

2. David Leopold:

   You have a very dangerous situation, this is a direct threat to the nation as a unified entity. This is one step closer to the country dividing into two separate countries.

3. David Bergstein:

   Structurally they are betting the farm and everything possible to get through these midterms, and they are just opening up the checkbook to do it. ' Public investment shrinks as safety net balloonsWhatever the immediate political impact, if President Joe Biden ultimately signs anything like the proposed program, it would mark a new era in Washington's role in the economy.Over the past 50 years, federal spending, as a share of the nation's economic output, has averaged about 20.6 %, according to calculations by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a centrist group that argues for budgetary restraint. Washington has significantly exceeded that level only in times of crisis : Spending reached 24 % of the nation's gross domestic product during Obama's first term immediately after the 2008 financial crisis and roughly 32 % during the Covid pandemic, federal figures show. ( Federal spending as a share of the economy reached its modern high of more than 40 % at the height of World War II.) Though federal spending over the past half century has remained relatively constant at about one-fifth of the economy, the composition of that spending has shifted dramatically. Over that period, public investment -- defined primarily as federal spending on infrastructure, education and training, and support for research and development -- has declined, while the safety net -- including such payments to individuals as Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, food assistance and various tax credits for families -- has soared. Its totally different from anything put forward by Obama or Clinton. In terms of any kind of coherent strategic focus theres been nothing like this since the build-out of the suburbs, and the buildup of the educational system.Josh Bivens, research director, Economic Policy InstituteIn 1969, federal figures show, public investment and payments to individuals each consumed nearly one-third of total federal spending, an amount equal to about 6 % of the economy. By 2019, the last year before Washington poured huge sums into the Covid crisis, public investment had fallen to just 12.5 % of Responsible Federal Budget while payments to individuals had grown past 70 %. Public investment now equals only about 2.5 % of the economy, while payments to individuals consume more than five times as much.The exact distribution between public investment and safety net spending in the Democratic plans isn't known, because the party hasn't released details on the funding levels in the $ 3.5 trillion budget blueprint that Senate Democrats recently agreed on. But it's clear that the proposal -- coupled with the bipartisan infrastructure agreement advancing on a separate track -- would represent a huge expansion on both fronts.The infusion of new money for public investment might be most striking, given how steadily it has lost ground in federal priorities. Public investment fell from about 30 % of federal spending in the late 1960s to about 20 % by the late 1970s and 15 % by the mid-1990s, a plateau from which it's since drifted further down except for a brief recovery under Obama's first-term stimulus plan. The budget plans Senate Democrats are advancing would provide a more lasting turnaround. The bipartisan plan would spend almost $ 600 billion on.

4. Evelyn Yang:

   My personal life and this growing public life -- theyre not separate.In this case, my experience with thesexual assault and then what happened --all that happened afterward is such a powerful and upsetting example of the truth that women are living with every day, and I just happen to have a platform to talk about it. I need to use that voice. I feel like its something thats an obligation but also a privilege and a gift that I get to share my story now and also help other women.

5. Ross McLellan:

   They lied to separate their clients from their money.