separate

1. adjective

1)

his personal life was separate from his job

Syn:

unconnected, unrelated, different, distinct, discrete; detached, divorced, disconnected, independent, autonomous

Ant:

linked, interdependent

2)

the infirmary was separate from the school

Syn:

set apart, detached, fenced off, cut off, segregated, isolated; free-standing, self-contained

Ant:

attached

2. verb

1)

they separated two rioting mobs

Syn:

split (up), break up, part, pull apart, divide; literary sunder

Ant:

unite, bring together

2)

the connectors can be separated

Syn:

disconnect, detach, disengage, uncouple, unyoke, disunite, disjoin; split, divide, sever; disentangle

Ant:

join, connect, combine

3)

the wall that separates the two properties

Syn:

partition, divide, come between, keep apart; bisect, intersect

Ant:

link, bridge

4)

the south aisle was separated off

Syn:

isolate, partition off, section off; close off, shut off, cordon off, fence off, screen off

5)

they separated at the airport

Syn:

part (company), go their separate ways, split up; say goodbye; disperse, disband, scatter

Ant:

meet

6)

the road separated

Syn:

fork, divide, branch, bifurcate, diverge

Ant:

merge, converge

7)

her parents separated

Syn:

split up, break up, part, be estranged, divorce

Ant:

get together, marry

8)

separate fact from fiction

Syn:

isolate, set apart, segregate; distinguish, differentiate, dissociate; sort out, sift out, filter out, remove, weed out

9)

those who separate themselves from society

Syn:

break away from, break with, secede from, withdraw from, leave, quit, dissociate oneself from, resign from, drop out of, repudiate, reject

Ant:

join