Definition of separate

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• separate is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 10
• separate is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 10
• separate is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 11

Definition of separate

• treat differently on the basis of sex or race (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. discriminate
  2. single out
• act as a barrier between; stand between (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. divide
• have the connection undone; having become separate (adjective)

  Synonyms

  1. disjoined
• arrange or order by classes or categories (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. assort
  2. class
  3. classify
  4. sort
  5. sort out
• become separated into pieces or fragments (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. break
  2. come apart
  3. fall apart
  4. split up
• separate into parts or portions (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. carve up
  2. dissever
  3. divide
  4. split
  5. split up
• discontinue an association or relation; go different ways (verb)

  Examples

  1. The couple separated after 25 years of marriage

  Synonyms

  1. break
  2. break up
  3. part
  4. split
  5. split up
• force, take, or pull apart (verb)

  Examples

  1. He separated the fighting children

  Synonyms

  1. disunite
  2. divide
  3. part
• divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. branch
  2. fork
  3. furcate
  4. ramify
• make a division or separation (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. divide
• go one's own way; move apart (verb)

  Examples

  1. The friends separated after the party

  Synonyms

  1. part
  2. split
• standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a house with a separate garage

  Synonyms

  1. freestanding
• mark as different (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. differentiate
  2. distinguish
  3. secern
  4. secernate
  5. severalise
  6. severalize
  7. tell
  8. tell apart
• come apart (verb)

  Examples

  1. The two pieces that we had glued separated

  Synonyms

  1. divide
  2. part
• a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. offprint
  2. reprint
• a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments (noun)
• divide into components or constituents (verb)
• independent; not united or joint (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a problem consisting of two separate issues
  2. they went their separate ways
  3. formed a separate church
• separated according to race, sex, class, or religion (adjective)

  Examples

  1. separate but equal
  2. girls and boys in separate classes

See definition of separate in Merriam Webster