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Antonyms for separate
| Grammar : Adj, verb |
| Spell : verb sep-uh-reyt; adjective, noun sep-er-it |
| Phonetic Transcription : verb ˈsɛp əˌreɪt; adjective, noun ˈsɛp ər ɪt |
Definition of separate
Origin :- late 14c., from Latin separatus, past participle of separare "to pull apart," from se- "apart" (see secret) + parare "make ready, prepare" (see pare). Sever (q.v.) is a doublet, via French. Related: Separated; separating.
- adj disconnected
- adj alone, individual
- verb remove something from group; keep or set apart
- verb isolate, segregate
- verb part company in a romantic
- I have left a separate fund in a savings bank for her to draw upon.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- Supposing him ready to separate from her, could she be detached from him?
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- He wanted to separate himself from the others, just as Allister always did.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- Separate the eggs, beat the yolks, and add them to the mixture.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Separate the egg, beat the yolk, and mix it with the potato.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 2 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- The fingers should be used to separate the flesh at this place.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Shakespeare had travelled far in the dozen years which separate the two plays.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- Holy; He is perfectly pure, and separate from all that is evil.
- Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
- "I thank you," he said; and they both ran off with happy hearts, each a separate way.
- Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
- Falsehoods have been told in order to separate us from each other.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
Synonyms for separate
- abstracted
- apart
- apportioned
- assign
- asunder
- autonomous
- bifurcate
- break
- break it off
- break off
- break up
- classify
- cleave
- close off
- comb
- come apart
- come away
- come between
- compartment
- compartmentalize
- cut apart
- cut in two
- cut off
- dedomicile
- depart
- detach
- detached
- dichotomize
- different
- disassociated
- disconnect
- discontinue
- discrete
- discriminate
- disembodied
- disentangle
- disjoin
- disjoint
- disjointed
- dissect
- dissever
- distant
- distinct
- distinctive
- distribute
- distributed
- disunify
- disunite
- disunited
- diverge
- divergent
- diverse
- divide
- divided
- divorce
- divorced
- draw apart
- drop
- estrange
- far between
- free
- go away
- go different ways
- go separate ways
- group
- in halves
- independent
- insulate
- intersect
- interval
- intervene
- island
- isolated
- leave
- lone
- loose
- marked
- one
- only
- order
- part
- parted
- particular
- partitioned
- peculiar
- pull out
- put asunder
- put on one side
- relationship or marriage alienate
- removed
- rope off
- rupture
- scattered
- seclude
- sequester
- set apart
- set asunder
- sever
- several
- severed
- sift
- single
- single out
- sole
- solitary
- sort
- sovereign
- space
- split
- split up
- stand between
- sunder
- sundered
- take leave
- unattached
- uncombine
- unconnected
- uncouple
- undo
- unique
- unlink
- untie the knot
- various
- winnow
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