Separate

Meaning

distinct; not connected; individual; apart

To cause to move or be apart; to divide into distinct elements.

Example Sentences

Please keep your personal and professional lives separate.

The teacher separated the students into groups.

Example Expressions

separate the wheat from the chaff

Synonyms

distinct, individual, independent, apart, detached, divide, split, detach, isolate, disconnect

Entry 1

distinct, individual, independent, apart, detached

Entry 2

divide, split, detach, isolate, disconnect

Antonyms

connected, joined, united, combined, together, unite, combine, connect

Entry 1

connected, joined, united, combined, together

Entry 2

unite, combine, connect

Collocations

separate rooms, separate ways, keep separate, completely separate, separate from, separate into groups

Entry 1

separate rooms, separate ways, keep separate, completely separate

Entry 2

separate rooms, separate ways, separate from, separate into groups