Synonyms for alienate
ˈeɪl yəˌneɪt, ˈeɪ li ə-alien·ate

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1. alienateadjective

   Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; with from.

   O alienate from God. . Paradise Lost line 4643.

   Synonyms:
   isolate, antagonize, estrange

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1. alienate

   To surrender is to give up upon compulsion, as to an enemy in war, hence to give up to any person, passion, influence, or power. To yield is to give place or give way under pressure, and hence under compulsion. Yield implies more softness or concession than surrender; the most determined men may surrender to overwhelming force; when one yields, his spirit is at least somewhat subdued. A monarch or a state cedes territory perhaps for a consideration; surrenders an army, a navy, or a fortified place to a conqueror; a military commander abandons an untenable position or unavailable stores. We sacrifice something precious through error, friendship, or duty, yield to convincing reasons, a stronger will, winsome persuasion, or superior force. Compare ABANDON.

   Synonyms:
   abandon, capitulate, cede, give, give oneself up, give over, give up, let go, relinquish, sacrifice, surrender, yield

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1. alienate

   Synonyms:
   estrange, abalienate, transfer, wean, disaffect, convey

   Antonyms:
   conciliate, retain, endear, entail, bind, secure

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1. estrange, alienate, alien, disaffectverb

   arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness

   "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious"

   Synonyms:
   disaffect, estrange, alien

2. alien, alienateverb

   transfer property or ownership

   "The will aliened the property to the heirs"

   Synonyms:
   disaffect, estrange, alien

3. alienateverb

   make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated

   "the boring work alienated his employees"

   Synonyms:
   disaffect, estrange, alien

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1. alienateverb

   Synonyms:
   abalienate, transfer, demise, consign, assign, convey, devolve, make over, deliver over

2. alienateverb

   Synonyms:
   estrange, disaffect, wean, withdraw the affections of, make unfriendly

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1. alienateverb

   Synonyms:
   transfer, demise, assign, estrange, disaffect, wean

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1. List of paraphrases for "alienate":

   dispose

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1. Variety TV reporter Elizabeth Wagmeister:

   Being on Disney Channel, ‘Girl Meets World’ had a devoted audience from the get-go because there are only so many kids' channels out there and young viewers consume pretty much everything that is thrown at them from Disney, though it's billed as a family show, Netflix isn't made solely for kids, so a wide-ranging audience can tune into ‘Fuller House,’ which theoretically can bring in more views, but also can alienate younger viewers….

2. Joseph Addison:

   Education is a companion which no misfortune can depress, no crime can destroy, no enemy can alienate,no despotism can enslave. At home, a friend, abroad, an introduction, in solitude a solace and in society an ornament.It chastens vice, it guides virtue, it gives at once grace and government to genius. Without it, what is man A splendid slave, a reasoning savage.

3. Kevin McAleenan:

   I think the words matter a lot, if you alienate half of your audience by your use of terminology, it's going to hamper your ability to ever win an argument.

4. Thomas Worsdell:

   Their displacement generates socio-economic and cultural burdens that alienate them, hindering their traditional ways and generating the very pressures on biodiversity that these ‘fortress’ models of conservation are attempting to mitigate.

5. Omar Khayyam:

   To friends and eke to foes true kindness show; No kindly heart unkindly deeds will do; Harshness will alienate a bosom friend. And kindness reconcile a deadly foe.