Synonyms for separation
Most common
divorce disconnection detachment disunion gap space demarcation barrier
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Divorce — the act of disuniting two or more things, or the condition of being separated
divorce, disconnection, detachment, disunion, disjunction, split, division, schism, rupture, isolation, dissolution, disengagement, severance, disassociation, segregation, parting, partition, disunity, resolution, analysis, decomposition, breach
2. Gap — an interval, gap or space that separates things or people
gap, space, break, opening, interstice, interlapse dated rare
3. Demarcation — the place at which a division occurs
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of disuniting two or more things, or the condition of being separated.
- n. 2
The place at which a division occurs.
- n. 3
An interval, gap or space that separates things or people.
- n. 4
An object that separates two spaces.
Related words
- Word family
- separationism separationist
- Phrases
- legal separation separation pay separation allowance judicial separation marital separation separation anxiety separation anxiety disorder separation energy
- Is a kind of
- irrelation
Forms
- Plural
- separations → divorces, disconnections, detachments, disunions…
Example sentences
- divorce The rumors about their divorce are getting around.
- detachment I was impressed by his general detachment from others.
- gap The gap between the rich and the poor is widening.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| separation | falling | |
| divorce | rising | |
| detachment | steady | |
| disconnection | rising | |
| disunion | falling | |
| gap | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- gap1
- 5 letters
- space1, break1, split1
- 6 letters
- border2, remove2, breach1, schism2
- 7 letters
- opening3, divorce2, barrier3, breakup2, parting2, rupture2
- 8 letters
- division3, analysis4, distance2, boundary3, disunity4, disunion3
- 9 letters
- isolation4, partition3, secession3, severance3, separator4, seclusion3
- 10 letters
- resolution4, disruption3, detachment3, divergence3, interstice, interlapse
- 11 letters
- distinction3, elimination5, dissolution4, segregation4, demarcation4, disjunction
- 12 letters
- dissociation5
- 13 letters
- decomposition5, disconnection4, disengagement4, discontinuity6
- 14 letters
- disintegration5, disassociation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (border2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- séparation
- Italiano
- separazione
- Español
- separación
- Deutsch
- Trennung
- Català
- separació