Separating Synonyms and Antonyms

To terminate a relationship or an association by or as if by leaving one another
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. parting
Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. parting
  2. splitting
  3. dividing
  4. severing
  5. divorcing
  6. distributing
  7. disuniting
  8. undoing
  9. withdrawing
  10. winnowing
  11. unravelling
  12. uncoupling
  13. threshing
  14. stripping
  15. disjoining
  16. spacing
  17. sorting
  18. singling
  19. sifting
  20. breaking
  21. sequestering
  22. segregating
  23. segmenting
  24. seceding
  25. scattering
  26. rending
  27. removing
  28. ramifying
  29. partitioning
  30. detaching
  31. isolating
  32. insulating
  33. freeing
  34. fragmenting
  35. extricating
  36. excluding
  37. estranging
  38. eliminating
  39. diverging
  40. distinguishing
  41. dissolving
  42. dissociating
  43. disjointing
  44. dissipating
  45. dissevering
  46. dissecting
  47. dispersing
  48. dismembering
  49. dislodging
  50. dislocating
  51. disintegrating
  52. disengaging
  53. discriminating
  54. disconnecting
  55. discharging
  56. disassociating
  57. demarcating
  58. decomposing
  59. culling
  60. cleaving
  61. bifurcating
  62. assorting
  63. alienating
  64. abstracting
Antonyms:
  1. uniting
To release from military duty
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. discharging
  2. demobilizing
Force, take, or pull apart
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. sequestering
  2. parting
  3. segregating
  4. secluding
  5. intervening
  6. isolating
  7. insulating
  8. dividing
  9. disuniting
Antonyms:
  1. mixing
  2. joining
  3. uniting
  4. combining
Treat differently on the basis of sex or race
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. telling
  2. distinguishing
  3. discriminating
  4. knowing
  5. differentiating
  6. discerning
To set apart (one kind or type) from others
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. winnowing
  2. sorting
  3. sifting
Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. forking
  2. ramifying
  3. branching
Become separated into pieces or fragments
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. breaking

Words Related to Separating

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.

Separating Sentence Examples

  • The road ran parallel to the highway, with the Uncompahgre River separating the unpaved road from the main thoroughfare to the east.

  • She sucked in a breath and moved away, flinching as he pushed over the chair separating them.

  • Separating might increase the risks for some, but it would reduce the risk of everyone being captured.

  • They have made this observation the basis of a practical method of separating helium from the other inert gases.

  • The common wall separating the pits of the two adjoining cells is pierced by strands of protoplasm.

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