Synonyms of segregating

segregating

verb

present participle of segregate

as in separating

to set or keep apart from others

the sick cows were segregated from the remainder of the herd

Synonyms & Similar Words

• separating
• isolating
• removing
• insulating
• sequestering
• restraining
• cutting off
• quarantining
• confining
• secluding
• keeping
• restricting
• incarcerating
• detaching
• holding
• jailing
• disengaging
• abstracting
• locking (up)
• detaining
• interning
• immuring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• integrating
• connecting
• linking
• joining
• uniting
• associating
• desegregating
• assimilating
• reintegrating
• discharging
• freeing
• releasing
• liberating
• loosing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of segregating

The administration, for its part, said segregating the ballots was a modest request that would eventually allow legal votes to still be counted. — Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026

Titcomb said that flexibility could allow garment factories to send polyester-elastane cutting scraps together rather than segregating each composition as production lines change. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026

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

The organizers refused to stop at cities that insisted on segregating crowds. — Kelsey Ables, The Atlantic, 26 June 2026

Federal prosecutors discovered that the campaign filings showed a pattern of segregating the kickbacks from the district attorney’s staff in a later campaign disclosure hoping nobody would follow up. — John O’Hara, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026

There was no legal basis for segregating students of Mexican descent from other students. — Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026

His surprising case for segregation is that prisons are self-segregating, and white people still have power in the yard. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025

The proposal would assign a DOJ team from another district to examine device backups and cloud data obtained from an attorney, segregating any privileged content. — Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025