Another word for separate
separate
v.
To cause to part
part, divide, undo, distribute, sever, sunder; see also divide 1.
To keep apart
isolate, insulate, single out, sequester, seclude, rope off, segregate, intervene, stand between, draw apart, split up, break up.
To part company
To classify
assign, distribute, group; see classify, order 3.
separate implies the putting apart of things previously united, joined, or assembled to separate machine parts, a family, etc.; divide implies a separation into parts, pieces, groups, etc. by or as by cutting, splitting, branching, etc., often for purposes of apportionment to divide the profits into equal shares; part is now usually applied to the separation of persons or things that have been closely connected or associated refused to part with his teddy bearsever implies a forcible and complete separation, as by cutting off a part from a whole to sever a branch from a tree, severed all relations with her brother; sunder, now largely a literary term, implies a violent splitting, tearing, or wrenching apart
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Another word for separate
To become or cause to become apart one from another:
break, detach, disjoin, disjoint, disunite, divide, divorce, part, split (up). Idioms: part company, set at odds. See assembleTo make a division into parts, sections, or branches:
break up, dissever, divide, part, partition, section, segment. See assemble, partTo set apart (one kind or type) from others:
sift, sort, winnow. See includeTo distribute into groups according to kinds:
assort, categorize, class, classify, group, pigeonhole, sort (out). See collectTo recognize as being different:
differentiate, discern, discriminate, distinguish, know, tell. See sameTo set apart from a group:
close off, cut off, insulate, isolate, seclude, segregate, sequester. See includeTo terminate a relationship or an association by or as if by leaving one another:
break off, break up, part. (Informal) split (up). Idioms: call it quits, come to a parting of the ways, part company. See assemble, continueTo release from military duty:
demobilize, discharge, muster out. See free, keep
Being or related to a distinct entity:
discrete, individual, particular, single, singular. See includeAlone in a given category:
lone, one, only, particular, single, singular, sole, solitary, unique. Idioms: first and last, one and only. See includeDistinguished from others by nature or qualities:
discrete, distinct, several, various. See same
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