SEPARATE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments
   Hypernyms(s) separate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • garment (what does garment mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication
   Synonym(s)
   • offprint (what does offprint mean?)
   • reprint (what does reprint mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) separate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • article (what does article mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • reprint (what does reprint mean?)
   • reissue (what does reissue mean?)

SEPARATE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
   Synonym(s)
   • branch (what does branch mean?)
   • fork (what does fork mean?)
   • furcate (what does furcate mean?)
   • ramify (what does ramify mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The road forks
   Hypernyms(s) separate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • diverge (what does diverge mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • arborize (what does arborize mean?)
   • arborise (what does arborise mean?)
   • twig (what does twig mean?)
   • bifurcate (what does bifurcate mean?)
   • trifurcate (what does trifurcate mean?)
   See Also
   • diversify (what does diversify mean?)
   • branch out (what does branch out mean?)
   • broaden (what does broaden mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • furcation (what does furcation mean?)
   • forking (what does forking mean?)
   • branching (what does branching mean?)
   • ramification (what does ramification mean?)
   • fork (what does fork mean?)
   • forking (what does forking mean?)
   • furcation (what does furcation mean?)
   • forking (what does forking mean?)
   • branching (what does branching mean?)
   • ramification (what does ramification mean?)
   • fork (what does fork mean?)
   • forking (what does forking mean?)
   • branch (what does branch mean?)
   • fork (what does fork mean?)
   • leg (what does leg mean?)
   • ramification (what does ramification mean?)
   • ramification (what does ramification mean?)
   • branching (what does branching mean?)
   • ramification (what does ramification mean?)
   • fork (what does fork mean?)
   • forking (what does forking mean?)
   • branch (what does branch mean?)
   • fork (what does fork mean?)
   • leg (what does leg mean?)
   • ramification (what does ramification mean?)
   • branch (what does branch mean?)
2. Meaning
   • become separated into pieces or fragments
   Synonym(s)
   • break (what does break mean?)
   • come apart (what does come apart mean?)
   • fall apart (what does fall apart mean?)
   • split up (what does split up mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The figurine broke
   • The freshly baked loaf fell apart
   Hypernyms(s) separate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change integrity (what does change integrity mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • burst (what does burst mean?)
   • split (what does split mean?)
   • break open (what does break open mean?)
   • puncture (what does puncture mean?)
   • burst (what does burst mean?)
   • bust (what does bust mean?)
   • smash (what does smash mean?)
   • ladder (what does ladder mean?)
   • run (what does run mean?)
   • snap (what does snap mean?)
   • crack (what does crack mean?)
   • break up (what does break up mean?)
   • fragment (what does fragment mean?)
   • fragmentize (what does fragmentize mean?)
   • fragmentise (what does fragmentise mean?)
   • crush (what does crush mean?)
   See Also
   • decompose (what does decompose mean?)
   • break up (what does break up mean?)
   • break down (what does break down mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • fault (what does fault mean?)
   • geological fault (what does geological fault mean?)
   • shift (what does shift mean?)
   • fracture (what does fracture mean?)
   • break (what does break mean?)
   • break (what does break mean?)
   • breakage (what does breakage mean?)
   • break (what does break mean?)
   • breaking (what does breaking mean?)
3. Meaning
   • mark as different
   Synonym(s)
   • differentiate (what does differentiate mean?)
   • distinguish (what does distinguish mean?)
   • secern (what does secern mean?)
   • secernate (what does secernate mean?)
   • severalise (what does severalise mean?)
   • severalize (what does severalize mean?)
   • tell (what does tell mean?)
   • tell apart (what does tell apart mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • We distinguish several kinds of maple
   Hypernyms(s) separate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • identify (what does identify mean?)
   • place (what does place mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • know (what does know mean?)
   • discriminate (what does discriminate mean?)
   • know apart (what does know apart mean?)
   • label (what does label mean?)
   • label (what does label mean?)
   • sex (what does sex mean?)
   • individualize (what does individualize mean?)
   • individualise (what does individualise mean?)
   • contrast (what does contrast mean?)
   • severalize (what does severalize mean?)
   • severalise (what does severalise mean?)
   • contradistinguish (what does contradistinguish mean?)
   • decouple (what does decouple mean?)
   • dissociate (what does dissociate mean?)
   • demarcate (what does demarcate mean?)
   • discriminate (what does discriminate mean?)
   • separate (what does separate mean?)
   • single out (what does single out mean?)
   • stratify (what does stratify mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • deviation (what does deviation mean?)
   • divergence (what does divergence mean?)
   • departure (what does departure mean?)
   • difference (what does difference mean?)
   • difference (what does difference mean?)
   • differentiation (what does differentiation mean?)
   • distinction (what does distinction mean?)
   • differentiator (what does differentiator mean?)
   • discriminator (what does discriminator mean?)
   • differentiation (what does differentiation mean?)
   • distinction (what does distinction mean?)
   Entail(s)
   • compare (what does compare mean?)
4. Meaning
   • arrange or order by classes or categories
   Synonym(s)
   • assort (what does assort mean?)
   • class (what does class mean?)
   • classify (what does classify mean?)
   • sort (what does sort mean?)
   • sort out (what does sort out mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • How would you classify these pottery shards–are they prehistoric?
   Hypernyms(s) separate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • categorize (what does categorize mean?)
   • categorise (what does categorise mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • unitize (what does unitize mean?)
   • unitise (what does unitise mean?)
   • catalogue (what does catalogue mean?)
   • catalog (what does catalog mean?)
   • isolate (what does isolate mean?)
   • refer (what does refer mean?)
   • reclassify (what does reclassify mean?)
   • size (what does size mean?)
   • dichotomize (what does dichotomize mean?)
   • dichotomise (what does dichotomise mean?)
   • pigeonhole (what does pigeonhole mean?)
   • stereotype (what does stereotype mean?)
   • stamp (what does stamp mean?)
   • group (what does group mean?)
   • grade (what does grade mean?)
   • count (what does count mean?)
   • number (what does number mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • categorization (what does categorization mean?)
   • categorisation (what does categorisation mean?)
   • classification (what does classification mean?)
   • compartmentalization (what does compartmentalization mean?)
   • compartmentalisation (what does compartmentalisation mean?)
   • assortment (what does assortment mean?)
   • kind (what does kind mean?)
   • sort (what does sort mean?)
   • form (what does form mean?)
   • variety (what does variety mean?)
   • sort (what does sort mean?)
   • sorting (what does sorting mean?)
   • sorter (what does sorter mean?)
   • sorter (what does sorter mean?)
   • sort (what does sort mean?)
   • sorting (what does sorting mean?)
   • sorting (what does sorting mean?)
   • class (what does class mean?)
   • category (what does category mean?)
   • family (what does family mean?)
   • class (what does class mean?)
   • division (what does division mean?)
   • class (what does class mean?)
   • class (what does class mean?)
   • social class (what does social class mean?)
   • socio-economic class (what does socio-economic class mean?)
   • classification (what does classification mean?)
   • categorization (what does categorization mean?)
   • categorisation (what does categorisation mean?)
   • classification (what does classification mean?)
   • categorization (what does categorization mean?)
   • categorisation (what does categorisation mean?)
   • sorting (what does sorting mean?)
   • categorization (what does categorization mean?)
   • categorisation (what does categorisation mean?)
   • classification (what does classification mean?)
   • compartmentalization (what does compartmentalization mean?)
   • compartmentalisation (what does compartmentalisation mean?)
   • assortment (what does assortment mean?)
   • classifier (what does classifier mean?)
   • class (what does class mean?)
   • category (what does category mean?)
   • family (what does family mean?)
   Entail(s)
   • compare (what does compare mean?)
5. Meaning
   • divide into components or constituents
   Usage Example(s)
   • Separate the wheat from the chaff
   Hypernyms(s) separate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change integrity (what does change integrity mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • decompose (what does decompose mean?)
   • break up (what does break up mean?)
   • break down (what does break down mean?)
   • dialyse (what does dialyse mean?)
   • dialyze (what does dialyze mean?)
   • peptize (what does peptize mean?)
   • peptise (what does peptise mean?)
   • macerate (what does macerate mean?)
   • tease (what does tease mean?)
   • card (what does card mean?)
   • filter (what does filter mean?)
   • filtrate (what does filtrate mean?)
   • strain (what does strain mean?)
   • separate out (what does separate out mean?)
   • filter out (what does filter out mean?)
   • extract (what does extract mean?)
   • fractionate (what does fractionate mean?)
   • fractionate (what does fractionate mean?)
   • sift (what does sift mean?)
   • sieve (what does sieve mean?)
   • strain (what does strain mean?)
   • wash (what does wash mean?)
   • avulse (what does avulse mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • separation (what does separation mean?)
   • centrifuge (what does centrifuge mean?)
   • extractor (what does extractor mean?)
   • separator (what does separator mean?)
6. Meaning
   • force, take, or pull apart
   Synonym(s)
   • disunite (what does disunite mean?)
   • divide (what does divide mean?)
   • part (what does part mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • He separated the fighting children
   • Moses parted the Red Sea
   Hypernyms(s) separate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • move (what does move mean?)
   • displace (what does displace mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • compartmentalize (what does compartmentalize mean?)
   • compartmentalise (what does compartmentalise mean?)
   • cut up (what does cut up mean?)
   • polarize (what does polarize mean?)
   • polarise (what does polarise mean?)
   • sequester (what does sequester mean?)
   • sequestrate (what does sequestrate mean?)
   • keep apart (what does keep apart mean?)
   • set apart (what does set apart mean?)
   • isolate (what does isolate mean?)
   • disjoin (what does disjoin mean?)
   • disjoint (what does disjoint mean?)
   • disjoint (what does disjoint mean?)
   • disarticulate (what does disarticulate mean?)
   • disconnect (what does disconnect mean?)
   • cut (what does cut mean?)
   • tear (what does tear mean?)
   • joint (what does joint mean?)
   • gin (what does gin mean?)
   • break (what does break mean?)
   • sever (what does sever mean?)
   • break up (what does break up mean?)
   • tear (what does tear mean?)
   • rupture (what does rupture mean?)
   • snap (what does snap mean?)
   • bust (what does bust mean?)
   Cause(s)
   • separate (what does separate mean?)
   • divide (what does divide mean?)
   • part (what does part mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • separation (what does separation mean?)
7. Meaning
   • come apart
   Synonym(s)
   • divide (what does divide mean?)
   • part (what does part mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The two pieces that we had glued separated
   Hypernyms(s) separate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change (what does change mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • subdivide (what does subdivide mean?)
   • polarize (what does polarize mean?)
   • polarise (what does polarise mean?)
   • calve (what does calve mean?)
   • break up (what does break up mean?)
   • chip (what does chip mean?)
   • chip off (what does chip off mean?)
   • come off (what does come off mean?)
   • break away (what does break away mean?)
   • break off (what does break off mean?)
   • disjoin (what does disjoin mean?)
   • disjoint (what does disjoint mean?)
   • detach (what does detach mean?)
   • come off (what does come off mean?)
   • come away (what does come away mean?)
   • segregate (what does segregate mean?)
   • segment (what does segment mean?)
   • reduce (what does reduce mean?)
   • segment (what does segment mean?)
   • section (what does section mean?)
   • partition (what does partition mean?)
   • partition off (what does partition off mean?)
   • dismember (what does dismember mean?)
   • take apart (what does take apart mean?)
   • discerp (what does discerp mean?)
   • gerrymander (what does gerrymander mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • separation (what does separation mean?)
   • breakup (what does breakup mean?)
   • detachment (what does detachment mean?)
8. Meaning
   • go one’’s own away
   • move apart
   Synonym(s)
   • part (what does part mean?)
   • split (what does split mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The friends separated after the party
   Hypernyms(s) separate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • move (what does move mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • disperse (what does disperse mean?)
   • dissipate (what does dissipate mean?)
   • scatter (what does scatter mean?)
   • spread out (what does spread out mean?)
   • break up (what does break up mean?)
   • diffract (what does diffract mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • schism (what does schism mean?)
   • split (what does split mean?)
   • farewell (what does farewell mean?)
   • leave (what does leave mean?)
   • leave-taking (what does leave-taking mean?)
   • parting (what does parting mean?)
   • separation (what does separation mean?)
9. Meaning
   • make a division or separation
   Synonym(s)
   • divide (what does divide mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • partition (what does partition mean?)
   • zone (what does zone mean?)
   • break (what does break mean?)
   • disperse (what does disperse mean?)
   • dissipate (what does dissipate mean?)
   • dispel (what does dispel mean?)
   • break up (what does break up mean?)
   • scatter (what does scatter mean?)
   • rail (what does rail mean?)
   • rail off (what does rail off mean?)
   • detach (what does detach mean?)
   • shut off (what does shut off mean?)
   • close off (what does close off mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • division (what does division mean?)
   • partition (what does partition mean?)
   • partitioning (what does partitioning mean?)
   • segmentation (what does segmentation mean?)
   • sectionalization (what does sectionalization mean?)
   • sectionalisation (what does sectionalisation mean?)
10. Meaning
    • discontinue an association or relation
    • go different ways
    Synonym(s)
    • break (what does break mean?)
    • break up (what does break up mean?)
    • part (what does part mean?)
    • split (what does split mean?)
    • split up (what does split up mean?)
    Usage Example(s)
    • The business partners broke over a tax question
    • The couple separated after 25 years of marriage
    • My friend and I split up
    Hyponym(s)
    • give the axe (what does give the axe mean?)
    • give the bounce (what does give the bounce mean?)
    • give the gate (what does give the gate mean?)
    • disunify (what does disunify mean?)
    • break apart (what does break apart mean?)
    • disassociate (what does disassociate mean?)
    • dissociate (what does dissociate mean?)
    • divorce (what does divorce mean?)
    • disunite (what does disunite mean?)
    • disjoint (what does disjoint mean?)
    • break with (what does break with mean?)
    • divorce (what does divorce mean?)
    • split up (what does split up mean?)
    • secede (what does secede mean?)
    • splinter (what does splinter mean?)
    • break away (what does break away mean?)
    • break (what does break mean?)
    • break away (what does break away mean?)
    Derived(s)
    • dissolution (what does dissolution mean?)
    • breakup (what does breakup mean?)
    • rupture (what does rupture mean?)
    • breach (what does breach mean?)
    • break (what does break mean?)
    • severance (what does severance mean?)
    • rift (what does rift mean?)
    • falling out (what does falling out mean?)
    • schism (what does schism mean?)
    • split (what does split mean?)
    • separatist (what does separatist mean?)
    • separationist (what does separationist mean?)
    • legal separation (what does legal separation mean?)
    • separation (what does separation mean?)
    • separation (what does separation mean?)
    • breakup (what does breakup mean?)
    • detachment (what does detachment mean?)
11. Meaning
    • separate into parts or portions
    Synonym(s)
    • carve up (what does carve up mean?)
    • dissever (what does dissever mean?)
    • divide (what does divide mean?)
    • split (what does split mean?)
    • split up (what does split up mean?)
    Usage Example(s)
    • divide the cake into three equal parts
    • The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I
    Hypernyms(s) separate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
    • change integrity (what does change integrity mean?)
    Antonym(s)
    • unite (what does unite mean?)
    • unify (what does unify mean?)
    Hyponym(s)
    • subdivide (what does subdivide mean?)
    • format (what does format mean?)
    • initialize (what does initialize mean?)
    • initialise (what does initialise mean?)
    • sectionalize (what does sectionalize mean?)
    • sectionalise (what does sectionalise mean?)
    • triangulate (what does triangulate mean?)
    • unitize (what does unitize mean?)
    • unitise (what does unitise mean?)
    • lot (what does lot mean?)
    • parcel (what does parcel mean?)
    • sliver (what does sliver mean?)
    • splinter (what does splinter mean?)
    • paragraph (what does paragraph mean?)
    • canton (what does canton mean?)
    • Balkanize (what does Balkanize mean?)
    • Balkanise (what does Balkanise mean?)
    Derived(s)
    • split (what does split mean?)
    • division (what does division mean?)
    • splitter (what does splitter mean?)
    • divider (what does divider mean?)
    • divider (what does divider mean?)
    • partition (what does partition mean?)
    • divider (what does divider mean?)
12. Meaning
    • treat differently on the basis of sex or race
    Synonym(s)
    • discriminate (what does discriminate mean?)
    • single out (what does single out mean?)
    Hypernyms(s) separate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
    • distinguish (what does distinguish mean?)
    • separate (what does separate mean?)
    • differentiate (what does differentiate mean?)
    • secern (what does secern mean?)
    • secernate (what does secernate mean?)
    • severalize (what does severalize mean?)
    • severalise (what does severalise mean?)
    • tell (what does tell mean?)
    • tell apart (what does tell apart mean?)
    Hyponym(s)
    • isolate (what does isolate mean?)
    • insulate (what does insulate mean?)
    • hive off (what does hive off mean?)
    • segregate (what does segregate mean?)
    • redline (what does redline mean?)
    • disadvantage (what does disadvantage mean?)
    • disfavor (what does disfavor mean?)
    • disfavour (what does disfavour mean?)
    Derived(s)
    • discrimination (what does discrimination mean?)
    • favoritism (what does favoritism mean?)
    • favouritism (what does favouritism mean?)
    • differentiator (what does differentiator mean?)
    • discriminator (what does discriminator mean?)
13. Meaning
    • act as a barrier between
    • stand between
    Synonym(s)
    • divide (what does divide mean?)
    Usage Example(s)
    • The mountain range divides the two countries
    Derived(s)
    • watershed (what does watershed mean?)
    • water parting (what does water parting mean?)
    • divide (what does divide mean?)
    • partition (what does partition mean?)
    • divider (what does divider mean?)

SEPARATE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • standing apart
   • not attached to or supported by anything
   Synonym(s)
   • freestanding (what does freestanding mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a freestanding bell tower
   • a house with a separate garage
   Similar To
   • detached (what does detached mean?)
2. Meaning
   • individual and distinct
   Synonym(s)
   • single(a) (what does single(a) mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • pegged down each separate branch to the earth
   • a gift for every single child
   Similar To
   • individual (what does individual mean?)
3. Meaning
   • have the connection undone
   • having become separate
   Synonym(s)
   • disjoined (what does disjoined mean?)
   Similar To
   • unconnected (what does unconnected mean?)
4. Meaning
   • separated according to race, sex, class, or religion
   Usage Example(s)
   • separate but equal
   • girls and boys in separate classes
   Similar To
   • segregated (what does segregated mean?)
   • unintegrated (what does unintegrated mean?)
5. Meaning
   • independent
   • not united or joint
   Usage Example(s)
   • a problem consisting of two separate issues
   • they went their separate ways
   • formed a separate church
   Antonym(s)
   • joint (what does joint mean?)
   Similar To
   • abstracted (what does abstracted mean?)
   • removed (what does removed mean?)
   • apart(p) (what does apart(p) mean?)
   • asunder(p) (what does asunder(p) mean?)
   • detached (what does detached mean?)
   • isolated (what does isolated mean?)
   • separated (what does separated mean?)
   • set-apart (what does set-apart mean?)
   • discrete (what does discrete mean?)
   • distinct (what does distinct mean?)
   • disjoint (what does disjoint mean?)
   • disjunct (what does disjunct mean?)
   • isolated (what does isolated mean?)
   • isolable (what does isolable mean?)
   See Also
   • divided (what does divided mean?)
   • independent (what does independent mean?)
   • individual (what does individual mean?)
   • other (what does other mean?)
   • segregated (what does segregated mean?)
   • unintegrated (what does unintegrated mean?)
   • unshared (what does unshared mean?)
   Attribute(s)
   • separation (what does separation mean?)
6. Meaning
   • characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing
   Synonym(s)
   • individual (what does individual mean?)
   • single(a) (what does single(a) mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • an individual serving
   • separate rooms
   • single occupancy
   • a single bed
   Similar To
   • unshared (what does unshared mean?)
7. Meaning
   • not living together as man and wife
   Synonym(s)
   • apart(p) (what does apart(p) mean?)
   • separated (what does separated mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • decided to live apart
   • maintaining separate households
   • they are separated
   Similar To
   • divided (what does divided mean?)