Alienate Synonyms and Antonyms

ālyə-nāt, ālē-ə-
To make distant, hostile, or unsympathetic
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. estrange
  2. disaffect
  3. disunite
  4. separate
  5. turn-away
  6. set against
  7. distance
  8. withdraw the affections of
  9. antagonize
  10. assign
  11. make unfriendly
  12. demise
  13. come-between
  14. detach
  15. make inimical
  16. devest
  17. divide
  18. part
  19. wean away
  20. make indifferent or averse
  21. turn off
  22. hostility
  23. remise
  24. alien
  25. enfeoff
  26. reindoctrinate
  27. transfer
  28. wean
  29. unyoke
Antonyms:
  1. unite
  2. be friendly
  3. reconcile
  4. acclimate
  5. disarm
To change the ownership of (property) by means of a legal document
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. alien
  2. cede
  3. deed
  4. grant
  5. make over
  6. sign over
  7. assign
  8. convey
  9. transfer
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Words Related to Alienate

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Alienate Sentence Examples

  • Even where we least like him we find nothing small or mean to alienate our respect from him.

  • This popular Romanism was the greatest of all Gustavus's difficulties, because it tended to alienate the Swedish peasants.

  • They could not alienate a single utensil.

  • Ecclesiastical disputes tended to alienate both the native population and the Alexandrians.

  • The Statute of Mortmain forbade any man to alienate land to the church without royal licence.

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