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separate
Synonyms and Antonyms of separate
1
not the same or shared
2
not physically attached to another unit
3
not being under the rule or control of another
4
of, relating to, or belonging to a single person
Synonym Discussion of separate
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- two distinct versions
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- separate rooms
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- broke the job down into discrete stages
separate
Synonyms and Antonyms of separate
1
to set or force apart
break down, decompose, disassemble, disintegrate, dissolve
bifurcate, bisect, cleave, dichotomize, dissect, fractionalize, fractionate, halve, partition, quarter, segment, subdivide, trisect
fragment, fragmentate, fragmentize
break, fracture, pull, rend, rift, rip, rive, rupture, tear
2
to go or move in different directions from a central point
3
to arrange or assign according to type
assort, break down, categorize, class, classify, codify, compartment, compartmentalize, digest, distinguish, distribute, grade, group, peg, place, range, rank, relegate, sort, type
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to set or keep apart from others
5
to understand or point out the difference in
Synonym Discussion of separate
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- separated her personal life from her career
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- vowed never to part
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- civil war divided the nation
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- a severed limb
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- a city sundered by racial conflict
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- cannot divorce scientific research from moral responsibility
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