vverb.changeplace or set apartSynset:insulate isolate
Examples:- They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates
Derivationally Related Form:isolableinsulationisolation
Hypernyms:discriminate separate single out
Inherited Hypernyms:isolatediscriminatedistinguishidentifydetermine
Direct Hyponyms:cloisterghettoiseghettoizemaroonquarantinesecludesegregatesequestersequestratewithdraw
Full Troponyms:cloisterghettoizelosemaroonquarantinesecludesegregate
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.changeobtain in pure formTopic:chemical sciencechemistry
Examples:- The chemist managed to isolate the compound
Derivationally Related Form:isolable
Hypernyms:acquire get
Inherited Hypernyms:isolateget
Direct Hyponyms:preisolate
Full Troponyms:preisolate
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.changeset apart from othersSynset:isolate keep apart sequester sequestrate set apart
Examples:- The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on
Hypernyms:disunite divide part separate
Inherited Hypernyms:sequesterseparatemove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.cognitionseparate (experiences) from the emotions relating to themTopic:psychological sciencepsychology
Derivationally Related Form:isolableisolation
Hypernyms:assort class classify separate sort sort out
Inherited Hypernyms:isolateclassifycategorizereasonthink
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
adj satadj.allnot close together in timeSynset:stray
Examples:- isolated instances of rebellion
- a few stray crumbs
Antonyms:continual
Inherited Hypernyms:isolated
Similar to:sporadic
adj satadj.allbeing or feeling set or kept apart from othersSynset:detached separated set-apart
Examples:- she felt detached from the group
- could not remain the isolated figure he had been - Sherwood Anderson
- thought of herself as alone and separated from the others
- had a set-apart feeling
Antonyms:joint
Inherited Hypernyms:detached
Similar to:separate
adj satadj.allmarked by separation of or from usually contiguous elementsSynset:disjunct
Examples:- little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and unexpected as a palm-shaded well in the Sahara - Scientific Monthly
Antonyms:joint
Inherited Hypernyms:disjunct
Similar to:separate
adj satadj.allcut off or left behindSynset:marooned stranded
Examples:- an isolated pawn
- several stranded fish in a tide pool
- travelers marooned by the blizzard
Antonyms:accompanied
Inherited Hypernyms:isolated
Similar to:unaccompanied
adj satadj.allunder forced isolation especially for health reasonsSynset:quarantined
Examples:- a quarantined animal
- isolated patients
Antonyms:integrated
Inherited Hypernyms:isolated
Similar to:segregated unintegrated
adj satadj.allremote and separate physically or sociallySynset:apart obscure
Examples:- existed over the centuries as a world apart
- preserved because they inhabited a place apart - W.H.Hudson
- tiny isolated villages remote from centers of civilization
- an obscure village
Antonyms:connected
Inherited Hypernyms:apart
Similar to:unconnected