Synonyms for alienate
Most common
All synonyms
Verb
1. Antagonize — to estrange; to withdraw affections or attention from; to make indifferent or averse, where love or…
antagonize, antagonise UK, marginalize, marginalise UK, isolate, divide, wean, estrange, divorce, disunite
Definitions
- v. 1
To estrange; to withdraw affections or attention from; to make indifferent or averse, where love or friendship before subsisted.
Forms
- Past participle
- alienated
e.g. alienated → antagonized, marginalized, isolated, divided…
Example sentences
- divide It's better to divide the corpse into five pieces.
- isolate He wants to isolate me from my friends, my family.
- antagonize Layla tried to antagonize Sami a little bit.
- convey A standalone syllable doesn't convey any meaning.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| alienate | steady | |
| divide | rising | |
| isolate | steady | |
| antagonize | steady | |
| marginalize | rising | |
| convey | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- wean1
- 5 letters
- alien3
- 6 letters
- divide2, convey2, assign2, demise2
- 7 letters
- divorce2, isolate3, consign2
- 8 letters
- transfer2, estrange2, disunite
- 9 letters
- surrender3, disaffect3
- 10 letters
- antagonize4, antagonise, abalienate
- 11 letters
- marginalize4, marginalise
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (alien3 = 3 syllables).