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SEGREGATE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for SEGREGATE?

Need another word that means the same as “segregate”? Find 4 synonyms and 30 related words for “segregate” in this overview.

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Segregate as a Verb
Definitions of "Segregate" as a verb
Synonyms of "Segregate" as a verb (4 Words)
Usage Examples of "Segregate" as a verb
Associations of "Segregate" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Segregate” are: separate, set apart, keep apart, sort out

Segregate as a Verb

Definitions of "Segregate" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “segregate” as a verb can have the following definitions:

(of pairs of alleles) be separated at meiosis and transmitted independently via separate gametes.
Separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others.
Separate or divide along racial, sexual, or religious lines.
Set apart from the rest or from each other; isolate or divide.
Divide from the main body or mass and collect.
Separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation.

Synonyms of "Segregate" as a verb (4 Words)

keep apart	Continue a certain state, condition, or activity.
separate	Separate into parts or portions. Six years separated the two brothers.
set apart	Urge to attack someone.
sort out	Arrange or order by classes or categories.

Usage Examples of "Segregate" as a verb

Many towns segregated into new counties.
Experiments show clearly that genes segregate.
The gene pairs segregate at reduction division.
Apprehensions about groups segregated from the rest of society.
The sun segregates the carbon.
Large mining claims are segregated into smaller claims.
This neighborhood is segregated.
Black people were segregated in churches, schools, and colleges.
We don't segregate in this county.

Associations of "Segregate" (30 Words)

alienate	Make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated. An urban environment which would alienate* its inhabitants.*
alienation	The state or experience of being alienated. Unemployment may generate a sense of political alienation.
alone	Without others’ help or participation; single-handedly. Team members are more effective than individuals working alone.
antagonize	(of a substance) act as an antagonist of (a substance or its action. Don t antagonize* your boss.*
clannish	(of a group or their activities) tending to exclude others outside the group. They are a clannish* lot with no time for foreigners.*
complacent	Showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one’s achievements. He had become complacent* after years of success.*
detachment	Avoiding emotional involvement. He felt a sense of detachment* from what was going on.*
dissociate	(especially in abstract contexts) disconnect or separate. The word spiritual has become for many dissociated from religion.
distinguish	Make conspicuous or noteworthy. It was too dark to distinguish* anything more than their vague shapes.*
division	A group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category. The division* of the land into small fields.*
divorce	Get a divorce formally terminate a marriage. A desire to divorce* myself from history.*
estrange	Remove from customary environment or associations. Years of boarding school estranged the child from her home.
estrangement	The fact of no longer being on friendly terms or part of a social group. The growing estrangement* of the police from their communities.*
extradite	Hand over (a person accused or convicted of a crime) to the jurisdiction of the foreign state in which the crime was committed. Brazil refused to extradite* him to Britain.*
insular	Relating to the insula of the brain. 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	Being or feeling set or kept apart from others. Tiny isolated* villages remote from centers of civilization.*
isolation	Denoting a hospital or ward for patients with infectious diseases. He opposed a policy of American isolation.
quarantine	Place a person or animal in quarantine in order to prevent the spread of an infectious disease. They had to quarantine* infected households.*
remote	A remote control device. Remote stars.
rift	A major fault separating blocks of the earth s surface a rift valley. The Indian landmass rifted from Madagascar about 90 million years ago.
schism	The formal separation of a church into two churches or the withdrawal of one group over doctrinal differences. The persistence of this group could produce schism* within society.*
seclude	Keep (someone) away from other people. I secluded myself up here for a life of study and meditation.
secluded	Hidden from general view or use. The gardens are quiet and secluded.
separate	A garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments. We cannot separate* his thinking from his activity.*
separation	The space where a division or parting occurs. Prose structured into short sentences with meaningful separation* into paragraphs.*
sequester	Requisition forcibly, as of enemy property. Non precipitating water softeners use complex phosphates to sequester* calcium and magnesium ions.*
severance	A personal or social separation (as between opposing factions. A complete severance* of links with the Republic.*
sole	Put a new sole on to a shoe. The sole* heir.*
underpopulated	Having an insufficient or very small population. The richly endowed but underpopulated* Ivory Coast.*