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

His resulting exploration tracks the ways in which Black residents were effectively segregated, through racial covenants and redlining, and overpoliced. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

The service still segregates music from podcasts, unlike Spotify. — Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 20 July 2026

This bombastic rhetoric echoes an inherent feeling of frustration in Russia over the failure to segregate Ukraine from the West. — Ihor N. Stelmach, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026

One example of this would be segregating cash into envelopes labeled for different purposes. — Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 7 July 2026