Separate

//ˈsɛp.(ə.)ɹət//

Synonyms for "separate" (559 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (112)

Verb(29 words)

divide split up come apart differentiate discriminate dissever disunite fall apart part secern secernate single out split disintegrate abstract allocate appropriate assign assort becut

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branch break break down break up carve up cast choose class classify

apart asunder branch classify discrete discriminate disjoined disjoint disjunct distinguish divide segregated set apart unaccompanied aberrate abrupt abstract aggravate agree to differ agree to disagree

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Strong matches (168)

cut off cut open cut out deactivate debrief decompose decrassify delete demarcate demark demob demobilize depart departing deploy depurate desynonymize detach detached deviating

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deviative dichotomize dichotomous differ difference different differentiate differentiated differing disaccordant disaffect disagree disagree with disagreeing disarticulate disassemble disband discern discharge disconnect disconnected discontinue discontinuous discord with discordant discrepant discriminated disengage disengaged disentangle disequalize disintegrate disjoin dismember dismiss dismount disorganize disparate dispart dispel disperse disrelated dissect dissent dissent from dissever dissimilar dissociate dissociated dissolve dissonant distance distill distinct distinctive distinguished disunify disunite divaricate diverge divergent diverging divers diverse diversified diversify divide on divide up divided divorce draw the line drop out edulcorate eject elute enclose enisle essentialize estrange exotic expel extract extraneous extremity fall out fan out fan the flame fence fence off filter filtrate fissure fly open foreign fork fracture free freestanding friendless ghettoize gin go away go off go separate ways gradate grade grant a divorce grant an annulment group halve have a falling-out heterogeneous homeless in a backwater in disagreement in two inaccordant incise incoherent incommensurable incomparable incompatible incongruous inconsistent

Verb(16 words)

decide dedicate designate detach disaggregate disassemble discerp disjoin dispart distinguish disunify divorce divvy up earmark fork furcate

Adjective(5 words)

detached discrete disparate distinct immaterial

Adjective(2 words)

disjoined freestanding

Noun(1 words)

division

Related words (279)

inconsonant independent individual individualize individuate inharmonious insular insulate interspace interval intervene irreconcilable irrelative irritate island isolable isolate isolated keep apart keep aside

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kithless know lay aside lay open leach leave let go light the fuse limit lixiviate lone lonely lonesome loosen make a distinction make a space make trouble many mark mark off mark out mark the interface modify motley multifarious muster out noncohesive not agree obtain a divorce offprint one only ope open open up oppose opposite organize other out-of-the-way out-of-the-world outlandish outside outspread panel part part company particular particularize partition partitioned peculiar percolate personalize pick pick out pit against poles apart poles asunder proper provoke pry pull pull away pull back pull out punctuate purify put aside put asunder put away quarantine quarantined quarter rank rectify reduce reduce to elements refine refine a distinction release remote remove removed rend rent resolve respective retired riddle rift rip rive rope off rupture scatter screen screen out seal off secede seclude secluded segment segregate select separated sequester sequestered set a limit set against set aside set at intervals set at odds set at variance set off set on sever several severalize shut shut off sic on sieve sieve out sift sift out single single handed single out single-handed singular size skim slit snap sole solitary solo sort sort out sovereign sow dissension space space out specialize spin spiritualize splay split split hairs split up sporadic spread spread out spring spring open stand aloof stand apart stand aside step aside stir up trouble strain strange subdivide sublimate sublime subordinate subtilize subtract sue for divorce sunder surround swing open take away take exception take issue tap tear tear open thrash thresh throw off throw open throw out try type unabetted unaffiliated unaided unallied unassisted unassociated unattached unattended unconformable unconnected uncouple unequal unescorted unfrequented unhook unique unjoined unlike unmarry unravel unrelatable unrelated unseconded unsupported untie the knot unvisited unyoke variant varied variegated various vary varying wall wall off widely apart winnow withdraw withdrawn withhold assent worlds apart

Adjective(6 words)

loose sundry unannexed unassociated unattached unconnected

Noun(2 words)

offprint reprint

Verb(24 words)

partition peel off pick off piecemeal preselect put aside ramify rescind section sepose sequester set apart set aside sever severalise severalize sort sort out sunder tear apart

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tell tell apart unjoin unmix

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

10 relation types

More general

29 entries

act article break break off categorise categorize cease change change integrity differentiate discontinue displace distinguish diverge garment give up

Showing 16 of 29 words.

More specific

1 entries

insular

Antonyms

3 entries

annex combine joint

Synonyms

9 entries

branch break classify discriminate disjoined distinguish divide freestanding offprint

Related terms

11 entries

asunder disconnect disunite divide divisible reduce separation separative split subtract

derived

38 entries

electroseparate enantioseparate go their separate ways inseparate lift and separate nonseparate reseparate semiseparate separable separase separatability separatable separate but equal separate cover separate estate separate maintenance

Showing 16 of 38 words.

is a

1 entries

garment

manner of

3 entries

change change integrity move

related to

15 entries

apart disconnect disunite divide divided independent individual other reduce segregated split subtract together united unshared

similar

36 entries

apart asunder branch break case-by-case detached discrete disjoint disjunct distinct divided

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Translations

303 translations across 71 languages.

Afrikaans

4 entries

afgesonder van adj (followed by "from": not together with)
afgesonderde adj (apart from; not connected to)
afsonderlik adj (apart from; not connected to)
apart van adj (followed by "from": not together with)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

μερίζω verb (to divide into separate parts)
χωρίζω verb (to disunite, disconnect)

Arabic

4 entries

مَفْصول adj (apart from; not connected to)
مُفَرَّق adj (apart from; not connected to)
مُنْفَصِل adj (apart from; not connected to)
فَصَلَ verb (to disunite, disconnect)

Armenian

4 entries

անջատ adj (apart from; not connected to)
առանձին adj (apart from; not connected to)
առանձին adj (followed by "from": not together with)
անջատել verb (to cause to be separate)

Aromanian

1 entries

dispartu verb (to disunite, disconnect)

Assamese

1 entries

সুকীয়া adj (apart from; not connected to)

Azerbaijani

3 entries

ayırmaq verb (to disunite, disconnect)
ayırmaq verb (to cause to be separate)
bölmək verb (to divide into separate parts)

Bashkir

4 entries

айырым adj (apart from; not connected to)
башҡа adj (apart from; not connected to)
нимәнән айырым adj (followed by "from": not together with)
айырыу verb (to disunite, disconnect)

Belarusian

3 entries

асо́бны adj (apart from; not connected to)
аддзяля́ць verb (to disunite, disconnect)
аддзялі́ць verb (to disunite, disconnect)

Bulgarian

4 entries

отде́лен adj (apart from; not connected to)
разделен adj (followed by "from": not together with)
отделям verb (to cause to be separate)
разглобявам verb (to disunite, disconnect)

Catalan

4 entries

separat adj (apart from; not connected to)
separat adj (followed by "from": not together with)
separar verb (to disunite, disconnect)
separar verb (to cause to be separate)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

分開的 /分开的 adj (apart from; not connected to)
分開 /分开 verb (to disunite, disconnect)
分離 /分离 verb (to disunite, disconnect)
隔 verb (to disunite, disconnect)

Chukchi

1 entries

янракэн adj (apart from; not connected to)

Czech

4 entries

oddělený adj (followed by "from": not together with)
samostatný adj (followed by "from": not together with)
separátní adj (followed by "from": not together with)
oddělit verb (to disunite, disconnect)

Danish

3 entries

adskille verb (to disunite, disconnect)
adskille verb (to cause to be separate)
afsondre verb (to cause to be separate)

Dutch

4 entries

afgezonderd adj (apart from; not connected to)
afgezonderde adj (apart from; not connected to)
afzonderlijk adj (apart from; not connected to)
gescheiden adj (apart from; not connected to)

Esperanto

4 entries

malkuna adj (apart from; not connected to)
malkunigi verb (to disunite, disconnect)
malkunigi verb (to cause to be separate)
malkuniĝi verb (to divide itself)

Finnish

4 entries

eri adj (apart from; not connected to)
erillinen adj (apart from; not connected to)
erillinen adj (followed by "from": not together with)
erillään adj (followed by "from": not together with)

French

4 entries

séparé adj (apart from; not connected to)
séparé adj (followed by "from": not together with)
séparée adj (apart from; not connected to)
séparée adj (followed by "from": not together with)

Galician

4 entries

avulso adj (apart from; not connected to)
estremado adj (apart from; not connected to)
separado adj (apart from; not connected to)
separado adj (followed by "from": not together with)

Georgian

4 entries

გამოყოფა verb (to disunite, disconnect)
განცალკევება verb (to disunite, disconnect)
დაშლა verb (to disunite, disconnect)
დაცილება verb (to disunite, disconnect)

German

4 entries

einzeln adj (apart from; not connected to)
getrennt adj (apart from; not connected to)
getrennt adj (followed by "from": not together with)
separat adj (apart from; not connected to)

Greek

4 entries

διαχωρισμένος adj (followed by "from": not together with)
ξεχωριστός adj (apart from; not connected to)
κόβω verb (to divide itself)
χωρίζω verb (to disunite, disconnect)

Hebrew

1 entries

הפריד verb (to divide into separate parts)

Hindi

2 entries

अलग adj (apart from; not connected to)
अलहदा adj (apart from; not connected to)

Hungarian

4 entries

külön adj (apart from; not connected to)
különálló adj (apart from; not connected to)
elkülönít verb (to disunite, disconnect)
elkülönít verb (to cause to be separate)

Icelandic

1 entries

aðkilinn adj (apart from; not connected to)

Indonesian

1 entries

memisahkan verb (to cause to be separate)

Ingrian

1 entries

eroittaa verb (to divide into separate parts)

Interlingua

3 entries

separate adj (apart from; not connected to)
separar verb (to disunite, disconnect)
separar verb (to cause to be separate)

Irish

2 entries

deighil verb (to disunite, disconnect)
scaoil i verb (to disunite, disconnect)

Italian

4 entries

separata adj (apart from; not connected to)
separata adj (followed by "from": not together with)
separato adj (apart from; not connected to)
separato adj (followed by "from": not together with)

Japanese

4 entries

分れた adj (apart from; not connected to)
分かれる verb (to divide itself)
分離する verb (to disunite, disconnect)
切り離す verb (to disunite, disconnect)

Korean

4 entries

개개의 adj (apart from; not connected to)
별개의 adj (followed by "from": not together with)
분리(分離)되다 verb (to divide itself)
분리(分離)하다 verb (to disunite, disconnect)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

айыруу verb (to divide into separate parts)

Latin

4 entries

distinctus adj (apart from; not connected to)
sēcrētus adj (apart from; not connected to)
dīvidō verb (to divide into separate parts)
sēiungō verb (to divide into separate parts)

Latvian

1 entries

sadalīties verb (to divide itself)

Malayalam

4 entries

വേർതിരിക്കുക verb (to divide into separate parts)
വേർതിരിക്കുക verb (to disunite, disconnect)
വേർതിരിക്കുക verb (to cause to be separate)
വേർതിരിയുക verb (to divide itself)

Māori

4 entries

nahenahe adj (apart from; not connected to)
tūwehe adj (apart from; not connected to)
tautoko verb (to disunite, disconnect)
tiriwā verb (to disunite, disconnect)

Nahuatl

2 entries

caltechoa verb (to disunite, disconnect)
xeloa verb (to disunite, disconnect)

Norman

2 entries

s'pather verb (to disunite, disconnect)
s'pather verb (to cause to be separate)

Norwegian

2 entries

avsondre verb (to cause to be separate)
skille verb (to cause to be separate)

Occitan

2 entries

separar verb (to disunite, disconnect)
separar verb (to cause to be separate)

Old English

4 entries

tōdǣlan verb (to disunite, disconnect)
tōdǣlan verb (to cause to be separate)
āsundrian verb (to divide into separate parts)
ġetwǣfan verb (to disunite, disconnect)

Pashto

3 entries

بېل adj (apart from; not connected to)
بېل adj (followed by "from": not together with)
جلا adj (apart from; not connected to)

Persian

1 entries

جدایدن verb (to divide into separate parts)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

scheeden verb (to disunite, disconnect)

Polabian

1 entries

afstöŕăl verb (to divide into separate parts)

Polish

4 entries

oddzielny adj (apart from; not connected to)
osobny adj (apart from; not connected to)
oddzielać verb (to disunite, disconnect)
oddzielić verb (to disunite, disconnect)

Portuguese

4 entries

separado adj (apart from; not connected to)
separado adj (followed by "from": not together with)
separar verb (to disunite, disconnect)
separar verb (to cause to be separate)

Punjabi

1 entries

ਅਲਹਿਦਾ adj (apart from; not connected to)

Quechua

1 entries

haytarakuy verb (to divide itself)

Romanian

4 entries

separat adj (apart from; not connected to)
separată adj (apart from; not connected to)
despărți verb (to disunite, disconnect)
despărți verb (to cause to be separate)

Russian

4 entries

обосо́бленный adj (apart from; not connected to)
отде́льный adj (apart from; not connected to)
разде́льный adj (followed by "from": not together with)
отдели́ть verb (to disunite, disconnect)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

air leth adj (apart from; not connected to)
air leth (bho) adj (followed by "from": not together with)
eadar-dhealaich verb (to disunite, disconnect)
eadar-dhealaich verb (to cause to be separate)

Sidamo

1 entries

bada verb (to disunite, disconnect)

Southern Altai

1 entries

башка adj (apart from; not connected to)

Spanish

4 entries

separado adj (apart from; not connected to)
separado adj (followed by "from": not together with)
apartar verb (to cause to be separate)
cisionar verb (to divide into separate parts)

Swedish

4 entries

avskild adj (apart from; not connected to)
separat adj (apart from; not connected to)
separat adj (followed by "from": not together with)
skild adj (followed by "from": not together with)

Tagalog

1 entries

ihiwalay verb (to divide into separate parts)

Tamil

1 entries

பிரி adj (apart from; not connected to)

Telugu

4 entries

విడి adj (apart from; not connected to)
విడి adj (followed by "from": not together with)
విడిపోవు verb (to divide itself)
వేరు చేయు verb (to disunite, disconnect)

Tocharian B

2 entries

putk verb (to divide into separate parts)
putk verb (to disunite, disconnect)

Turkish

4 entries

ayrı adj (apart from; not connected to)
den ayrı adj (followed by "from": not together with)
ayırmak verb (to disunite, disconnect)
ayırmak verb (to cause to be separate)

Ukrainian

4 entries

окре́мий adj (apart from; not connected to)
розді́льний adj (followed by "from": not together with)
відділи́ти verb (to disunite, disconnect)
відділя́ти verb (to disunite, disconnect)

Urdu

1 entries

الگ adj (apart from; not connected to)

Walloon

1 entries

schåyî verb (to disunite, disconnect)

Welsh

1 entries

gwahan adj (apart from; not connected to)

White Hmong

1 entries

cais verb (to divide into separate parts)

Yakut

1 entries

атыр verb (to divide into separate parts)

ǃXóõ

2 entries

khàla verb (to disunite, disconnect)
khàla verb (to cause to be separate)

Sample sentences

24 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

It is no use trying to separate the sheep from the goats while in a state of madness.

Source: tatoeba (18963)

We'd like separate checks.

Source: tatoeba (21100)

We cannot separate the sheep from the goats by appearance.

Source: tatoeba (21973)

Waiter, give us separate checks, please.

Source: tatoeba (33761)

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