isolate
Set apart completely
To isolate is to set apart from others or cut off from connection.
Scientists isolate variables in experiments; doctors isolate patients with contagious diseases.
The village was isolated by the flood.
You can isolate a problem by identifying it precisely, or feel isolated when lonely or disconnected.
As a noun, an isolate is something separated from a larger group—a bacterial strain grown in a lab, or a language with no known relatives.
To set apart
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
- divideSeparate into parts
- detachTo separate from
- disconnectTo break a connection
sever · disengage · decouple · segregate · sequester · quarantine · remove · extract
Bar from participation
- ostracizeExclude from a group
- marginalizeTreat as insignificant
- shunDeliberately keep away
- banishOfficially send away
exile · alienate · segregate · discriminate · outcast · pariah · blacklist · reject
Isolation preventing disease transmission
- containHold within limits
- confineRestrict to boundaries
- lockdownEnforced restriction on movement
- sequesterSet apart, isolate
detain · restrict · segregate · hospitalize · ward · sanatorium · contagion · infection
State of being alone
- seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
- hermitPerson choosing total seclusion
recluse · loneliness · alienation · introspection · privacy · separateness · detachment · lonesomeness
Collective social practices
- petriLaboratory dish name
- agarAlgae-derived gelling substance
- incubateWarm until hatching
- specimenIndividual for examination
sample · sterile · lab · extract · purify · centrifuge · filtration · chromatography
separate
To set apart
disconnect · sever · disengage · decouple · segregate · sequester · quarantine · remove · extract · excise
exclude
Bar from participation
- ostracizeExclude from a group
- marginalizeTreat as insignificant
- shunDeliberately keep away
banish · exile · alienate · segregate · discriminate · outcast · pariah · blacklist · reject · expel
quarantine
Isolation preventing disease transmission
sequester · detain · restrict · segregate · hospitalize · ward · sanatorium · contagion · infection · outbreak
solitude
State of being alone
- seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
hermit · recluse · loneliness · alienation · introspection · privacy · separateness · detachment · lonesomeness · desolation
culture
Collective social practices
specimen · sample · sterile · lab · extract · purify · centrifuge · filtration · chromatography · contamination
identify
Establish who or what
recognize · distinguish · determine · discern · specify · locate · target · ascertain · define · characterize
- disconnectingdetaching, disconnect, disengaging, detach, disconnecting
- separatesort, filter, sift, divide, split
- separationseparate, sieving, straining, divide, filtration
- disconnectiondisconnection, unplug, detach, sever, separation
- lonershermit, recluse, loner, lone wolf, introvert
- outsidersoutcast, outsider, outcasts, pariah, misfit
isolatecombine
Merge, or harvesting machine
integrate · merge · incorporate · unify · consolidate
- isolation wardSealed medical containment area
- social isolationLack of human contact
- working in isolation
- isolated communitiesSettlements with limited outside contact
- emotional isolationDisconnection from others' feelings
- home isolationStaying in during illness
isolated, isolation, isolating, isolates, isolationism, isolationist, isolations, isolator, isolators