Word Explorer

Estrange

/əˈstɹeɪndʒ/

To cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate. To cease contact with (particularly of a family member or spouse, especially in form estranged).

Full Dictionary Entry

📖 Definitions of "Estrange"

verb

1
To cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate. To cease contact with (particularly of a family member or spouse, especially in form estranged).
2
To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations.

🔄 Synonyms of "Estrange"

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
alienateverb	To estrange; to withdraw affections or attention from; to make indifferent or averse, where love or friendship before subsisted.
disaffectverb	(transitive) To cause a loss of affection, sympathy or loyalty in; to alienate or estrange.
aliennoun	A citizen or national of another sovereign state.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Estrange"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
alienateverb	To estrange; to withdraw affections or attention from; to make indifferent or averse, where love or friendship before subsisted.
disaffectverb	(transitive) To cause a loss of affection, sympathy or loyalty in; to alienate or estrange.
aliennoun	A citizen or national of another sovereign state.
distancenoun	(countable) An amount of space between points (often geographical points), usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.
strange	Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary, often with a negative connotation.
strangernoun	A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance.
abalienateverb	(civil law, transitive) To make another's that which was once yours; to transfer the title of from one to another; to alienate.
bestrangeverb	(transitive) To make strange, foreign, or alien; alienate; estrange.
alienizeverb	(transitive) To render (something or someone) alien
alienenoun	(transitive, archaic) To alienate; to transfer (a title or property).
unstrangenoun	Not strange.
unalienateverb	To undo the alienation of.
irreconcileverb	(obsolete) To prevent from being reconciled; to alienate or disaffect.
otherize	(transitive) To make or regard (a person, social group, etc.) as alien or different.
otherise	Alternative form of otherize. [(transitive) To make or regard (a person, social group, etc.) as alien or different.]
defamiliarizenoun	(transitive) To make unfamiliar; to divest of familiarity.
unrelateverb	(transitive) To remove from being in relation to something; to dissociate.
disuniteverb	(transitive) To separate, sever, or split.
keep one's distanceverb	(intransitive) To refrain from familiarity with somebody or something; to stay aloof.
disacquaintverb	(transitive, obsolete) To render (someone or something) unacquainted; to make (someone or something) unfamiliar.