Need another word that means the same as “quarantine”? Find 22 synonyms and 30 related words for “quarantine” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Quarantine” are: separation, setting apart, keeping apart, sorting out, separate, set apart, segregate, detach, cut off, keep apart, cocoon, insulate, keep in solitude, sequester, cloister, seclude, divorce, shut away, alienate, distance, exclude, keep out
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “quarantine” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| keeping apart | A cell in a jail or prison. |
| separation | The process of distinguishing between two or more things. Prose structured into short sentences with meaningful separation into paragraphs. |
| setting apart | The physical position of something. |
| sorting out | An operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “quarantine” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| alienate | Transfer property or ownership. They defended the Masai against attempts to alienate their land. |
| cloister | Seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister. Cloister the garden. |
| cocoon | Retreat as if into a cocoon as from an unfriendly environment. We felt cold even though we were cocooned in our sleeping bags. |
| cut off | Cut off the testicles of male animals such as horses. |
| detach | Come to be detached. Detach a regiment. |
| distance | Keep at a distance. We have to distance ourselves from these events in order to continue living. |
| divorce | Get a divorce formally terminate a marriage. The couple divorced after only 6 months. |
| exclude | Prevent from being included or considered or accepted. Apply flux to exclude oxygen. |
| insulate | Make (land) into an island. The case is carefully insulated to prevent short circuits. |
| keep apart | Stick to correctly or closely. |
| keep in solitude | Behave as expected during of holidays or rites. |
| keep out | Maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger. |
| seclude | Keep (someone) away from other people. I secluded myself up here for a life of study and meditation. |
| segregate | (of pairs of alleles) be separated at meiosis and transmitted independently via separate gametes. The gene pairs segregate at reduction division. |
| separate | Become separated into pieces or fragments. His position separates him from those who might share his interests. |
| sequester | Undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion. Non precipitating water softeners use complex phosphates to sequester calcium and magnesium ions. |
| set apart | Estimate. |
| shut away | Prevent from entering; shut out. |
| alienate | Make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated. They defended the Masai against attempts to alienate their land. |
| alienation | (law) the voluntary and absolute transfer of title and possession of real property from one person to another. Unemployment may generate a sense of political alienation. |
| alone | On one’s own. She was terribly alone and exposed. |
| complacent | Showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one’s achievements. He had become complacent after years of success. |
| cordon | A projecting course of brick or stone on the face of a wall. The crowd was halted in front of the police cordon. |
| detachment | The state of being isolated or detached. A detachment of Marines. |
| dissociate | Split off (a component of mental activity) to act as an independent part of mental life. You must dissociate these two events. |
| division | A group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category. The villagers lived in a communal building and there were no solid divisions between neighbours. |
| divorce | Get a divorce formally terminate a marriage. My divorce comes through in two weeks. |
| estrange | Remove from customary environment or associations. He became estranged from his father. |
| extradite | Hand over to the authorities of another country. They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there. |
| facility | Skillful performance or ability without difficulty. A cell phone with internet facility. |
| hospice | A lodging for travelers (especially one kept by a monastic order. Hospice workers. |
| insular | Relating to a form of Latin handwriting used in Britain and Ireland in the early Middle Ages. Insular illumination of the 6th century. |
| isolate | A culture of microorganisms isolated for study. The medical world would never come to grips with polio until it could isolate the virus which caused it. |
| isolated | Cut off or left behind. Tiny isolated villages remote from centers of civilization. |
| isolation | The process or fact of isolating or being isolated. He opposed a policy of American isolation. |
| partition | Divide a room into smaller rooms or areas by erecting partitions. An agreement was reached to partition the country. |
| remote | A remote control device. A remote cousin. |
| schism | Division of a group into opposing factions. Another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy. |
| seclude | Keep (someone) away from other people. I secluded myself up here for a life of study and meditation. |
| secluded | Providing privacy or seclusion. A secluded romantic spot. |
| seclusion | The act of secluding yourself from others. They enjoyed ten days of peace and seclusion. |
| segregate | Someone who is or has been segregated. This neighborhood is segregated. |
| segregation | The separation of pairs of alleles at meiosis and their independent transmission via separate gametes. The segregation of pupils with learning difficulties. |
| separate | Become separated into pieces or fragments. Analysis of mineral separates from six cordierite bearing strata. |
| separation | The generation of a turbulent boundary layer between the surface of a body and a moving fluid, or between two fluids moving at different speeds. Religion involved the separation of the sacred and the profane. |
| sequester | Undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion. The estate was sequestered. |
| underpopulated | Having a lower population density than normal or desirable. The rocky and underpopulated west coast. |
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