Synonyms for disjoint
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Separate
separate, divorce, disconnect, dissociate, disunite, sever, disengage
2. Disarticulate — to render disjoint; to remove a connection, linkage, or intersection
Definitions
- v. 1
To render disjoint; to remove a connection, linkage, or intersection.
Near-synonyms: unjoin; disassemble, take apart
- v. 2
To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent.
Related words
- Word family
- disjunct disjoin
- Phrases
- disjoint union
Forms
- Past participle
- disjointed
e.g. disjointed → separated, divorced, disconnected, dissociated…
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| disjoint | rising | |
| disunite | falling | |
| disarticulate | rising | |
| disjoin | steady | |
| luxate | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- sever2
- 6 letters
- unjoin, luxate
- 7 letters
- divorce2, disjoin
- 8 letters
- separate3, disunite
- 9 letters
- disengage3, dislocate3
- 10 letters
- disconnect3, dissociate4
- 11 letters
- disassemble4
- 13 letters
- disarticulate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sever2 = 2 syllables).