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- pronunciation:
- eI
li
neIt
[or]
eIl
y
neIt
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
alienates, alienating, alienated |
| definition 1: |
to cause to become unfriendly or averse; estrange.
She alienated her friends with her hostility.- synonyms:
- estrange
- antonyms:
- charm, endear
- similar words:
- antagonize, oppose, rupture, separate, withdraw
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| definition 2: |
in law, to transfer (property, title, or the like) to another.
- synonyms:
- transfer
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| related words: |
outlaw |
adverb + (v.)alienate
completely, culturally, deeply, far, increasingly, inevitably, politically, precisely, profoundly, socially, thereby, totally
(v.)alienate
+ adverb
predominantly
(v.)alienate
+ noun
affection,
ally,
audience,
base,
colleague,
community,
conservative,
constituency,
consumer,
core,
corps,
culture,
customer,
electorate,
establishment,
faction,
fan,
hierarchy,
immigrant,
iraqis,
liberal,
mass,
minority,
moderate,
neighbor,
politics,
population,
portion,
property,
reader,
segment,
self,
supporter,
tactic,
teen,
viewer,
voter
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| derivation: |
alienator (n.) |
The word alienate
contains the following parts:
ali
Latin
root
that means other, foreign
  Example words:
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
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