Synonyms of segregate

segregate

verb

ˈse-gri-ˌgāt 

as in to isolate

to set or keep apart from others

the sick cows were segregated from the remainder of the herd

Synonyms & Similar Words

• isolate
• separate
• remove
• insulate
• restrain
• cut off
• confine
• seclude
• keep
• restrict
• quarantine
• sequester
• detach
• incarcerate
• hold
• jail
• disengage
• lock (up)
• detain
• abstract
• immure
• intern

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• integrate
• connect
• join
• unite
• desegregate
• assimilate
• associate
• reintegrate
• link
• liberate
• discharge
• release
• free
• loose

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of segregate

The department had intensified its efforts in recent days to force California to segregate the ballots. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Earlier this week, in a 2-1 decision, a federal appeals court panel also rejected a DOJ request for an immediate order demanding California segregate the roughly 20,000 mail-in ballots. — ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026

And across the nation, people living in neighborhoods that were long ago segregated face a higher risk from gun violence today than residents in other neighborhoods, research shows. — Yona Gavino, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026

Black workers — among them the tens of thousands drawn from Jamaica and Barbados to perform the most grueling excavation labor — were paid lower wages, housed in substandard quarters, and segregated at pay windows, hospitals, and schools. — Zachary Kranc, Sun Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2026