separate

nouns

a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication

offprint, reprint, separate

a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments

separate

is a type of (narrower)

an article of clothing

"garments of the finest silk"

garment

verbs

act as a barrier between; stand between

"The mountain range divides the two countries"

divide, separate

force, take, or pull apart

"He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"

disunite, divide, part, separate

is derived from

separation

mark as different

"We distinguish several kinds of maple"

differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart

separate into parts or portions

"divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"

carve up, dissever, divide, separate, split, split up

divide into components or constituents

"Separate the wheat from the chaff"

separate

is derived from

separation

is derived from

separator

is a type of (narrower)

change in physical make-up

change integrity

arrange or order by classes or categories

"How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"

assort, class, classify, separate, sort, sort out

make a division or separation

divide, separate

is derived from

separative

discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

"The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up"

break, break up, part, separate, split, split up

is derived from

separatist

is derived from

separation

go one's own way; move apart

"The friends separated after the party"

part, separate, split

is derived from

separation

become separated into pieces or fragments

"The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart"

break, come apart, fall apart, separate, split up

treat differently on the basis of sex or race

discriminate, separate, single out

is derived from

separative

come apart

"The two pieces that we had glued separated"

divide, part, separate

is derived from

separation

divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

"The road forks"

branch, fork, furcate, ramify, separate

adjectives

independent; not united or joint

"a problem consisting of two separate issues"; "they went their separate ways"; "formed a separate church"

separate

is derived from

separateness

antonym

joint

is similar to

having characteristics not shared by others

"scientists felt they were a group apart"- Vannever Bush

apart

is similar to

widely separated especially in space

"as wide asunder as pole from pole"

asunder

is similar to

being or feeling set or kept apart from others

"she felt detached from the group"; "could not remain the isolated figure he had been"- Sherwood Anderson; "thought of herself as alone and separated from the others"; "had a set-apart feeling"

detached, isolated, separated, set-apart

is similar to

constituting a separate entity or part

"a government with three discrete divisions"; "on two distinct occasions"

discrete, distinct

is similar to

having no elements in common

disjoint

is similar to

marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements

"little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and unexpected as a palm-shaded well in the Sahara"- Scientific Monthly

disjunct, isolated

is similar to

capable of being isolated or disjoined

isolable

is similar to

(of a state or an event) taking place without something specified occurring at the same time

"a headache unaccompanied by other symptoms"

unaccompanied

see also

being or characteristic of a single thing or person

"individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual ways"

individual, single

see also

free from external control and constraint

"an independent mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely independent individualism"

independent

see also

separated or isolated from others or a main group

"a segregated school system"; "a segregated neighborhood"

segregated, unintegrated

see also

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

"today isn't any other day"- the White Queen; "the construction of highways and other public works"; "he asked for other employment"; "any other person would tell the truth"; "his other books are still in storage"; "then we looked at the other house"; "hearing was good in his other ear"; "the other sex"; "she lived on the other side of the street from me"; "went in the other direction"

other

see also

not shared

unshared

see also

separated into parts or pieces

"opinions are divided"

divided

is an attribute of

the state of lacking unity

separation

standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything