What is another word for separation?
Synonyms for separation
ˌsɛp əˈreɪ ʃənsep·a·ra·tion
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
separation
Synonyms:
antagonism, discord, disunion, divorce, enmity, hostility, schism, secession, warAntonyms:
alliance, coalition, compact, confederacy, confederation, federation, fusion, league, partnership, union
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
separation
Synonyms:
disunion, disjunction, disconnection, disengagement, dissociation
Princeton's WordNet
separationnoun
the state of lacking unity
Synonyms:
breakup, detachment, interval, legal separationAntonyms:
unification, unionseparation, breakup, detachmentnoun
coming apart
Synonyms:
legal separation, insulation, dissolution, disengagement, insularism, detachment, breakup, withdrawal, insularity, intervalAntonyms:
union, unificationinterval, separationnoun
the distance between things
"fragile items require separation and cushioning"
Synonyms:
breakup, musical interval, detachment, time interval, interval, legal separationAntonyms:
union, unificationseparationnoun
sorting one thing from others
"the separation of wheat from chaff"; "the separation of mail by postal zones"
Synonyms:
breakup, detachment, interval, legal separationAntonyms:
union, unificationseparationnoun
the social act of separating or parting company
"the separation of church and state"
Synonyms:
breakup, detachment, interval, legal separationAntonyms:
union, unificationseparationnoun
the space where a division or parting occurs
"he hid in the separation between walls"
Synonyms:
breakup, detachment, interval, legal separationAntonyms:
unification, unionseparationnoun
the termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)
Synonyms:
breakup, detachment, interval, legal separationAntonyms:
union, unificationlegal separation, separationnoun
(law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)
Synonyms:
breakup, detachment, legal separation, judicial separation, intervalAntonyms:
unification, unionseparationnoun
the act of dividing or disconnecting
Synonyms:
breakup, detachment, interval, legal separationAntonyms:
unification, union
Matched Categories
Dictionary of English Synonymes
separationnoun
Synonyms:
disjunction, disunion, disconnection, disengagement, dissociation, isolation
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
separationnoun
Synonyms:
division, segregation, disunion, disconnection, sequestration, disjunction, dissolution, disengagement, disintegration, insulation, isolation, rupture, dissociation, divorce, analysis, decomposition, detachment, demarcation, severance, partition, deglutination
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "separation":
disengagement, segregation, separating, unbundling, separator, secession, splitting, spacing, spacer, distinction, split, seam, parting, distance, termination, cessation, separations, division, separated, barrier, buffer, chapter, break-up, departure, stand-off, severance, separatism, partitioning, decoupling, isolation, breakup, separate, gap
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#615 | war | |
#912 | chapter | |
#1147 | division | |
#1368 | distance | |
#2228 | separate | |
#3684 | split | |
#4114 | gap | |
#4373 | buffer | |
#4862 | divorce | |
#5374 | departure | |
#6054 | termination | |
#6160 | interval | |
#6234 | separation | |
#6287 | separated | |
#7079 | barrier | |
#7184 | withdrawal | |
#8045 | isolation | |
#8137 | distinction | |
#9977 | insulation | |
#13584 | spacing | |
#14526 | splitting | |
#16849 | separating | |
#16872 | cessation | |
#17507 | dissolution | |
#17765 | separator | |
#19042 | segregation | |
#19682 | partitioning | |
#19758 | seam | |
#20289 | spacer | |
#21810 | hostility | |
#22669 | detachment | |
#23043 | severance | |
#26833 | parting | |
#27789 | separations | |
#29142 | breakup | |
#30411 | dissociation | |
#39989 | secession | |
#41284 | disconnection | |
#42082 | discord | |
#42125 | disengagement | |
#47744 | decoupling | |
#48333 | antagonism | |
#50466 | schism | |
#50674 | enmity | |
#59447 | unbundling | |
#64823 | disjunction | |
#78275 | separatism | |
#150951 | disunion | |
#168865 | insularity |
How to use separation in a sentence?
We're going to try to halt The President from violating The Constitution, the separation of powers, from stealing money from Americans and states that has been allocated by Congress, lawfully.
By abandoning negotiations to help children and families that were separated at the border heal, the Biden administration will have to defend the family separation practice in court.
Members of this department who refuse to comply with the requirements may be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including separation.
The good news is that was probably the most — I ’m choosing my words really carefully — it was kind of the most gentle separation, in that there was no animosity, in a weird way, just sort of navigating the inevitable perception of it is the exhausting part.
The word' Democratic Providence' is for God's divine providence in giving Roger Williams a place to establish the American principle of religious liberty and church-state separation, you want to wipe that away ?
Translations for separation
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- الفصلArabic
- separaceCzech
- TrennungGerman
- izoliteco, izoleco, apartigoEsperanto
- separaciónSpanish
- جداییPersian
- erotteleminen, erottaminen, erotteluFinnish
- séparationFrench
- scaradh, deighiltIrish
- dealachadhScottish Gaelic
- separaciónGalician
- पृथक्करणHindi
- elválasztás, köz, különélés, távolságHungarian
- separazioneItalian
- 分離, 離縁Japanese
- dissociatioLatin
- scheidingDutch
- separaçãoPortuguese
- divorțare, divorț, separareRomanian
- отделе́ние, разъедине́ние, разлу́ка, разделе́ниеRussian
- 分割Chinese
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