SEGREGATED Synonyms: 86 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

Definition of segregated

as in separated

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verb

past tense of segregate

as in isolated

to set or keep apart from others the sick cows were segregated from the remainder of the herd

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Recent Examples of segregated

Adjective

Plaintiffs' attorney Alexander Shalom argued that housing the plaintiffs in a segregated unit violates their constitutional rights against cruel and unusual punishment. — ABC News, 29 July 2026 City leaders faced intense pressure to address the school district’s reputation as one of the most segregated in the nation in the late 2010s. — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026

Verb

His resulting exploration tracks the ways in which Black residents were effectively segregated, through racial covenants and redlining, and overpoliced. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 20 July 2026 The bestselling author of The Help, Kathryn Stockett serves up a yarn set in the Mississippi Delta during the Depression, when tea was sweet, cafés were segregated, and a fourth of the state’s private property had been repossessed. — Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for segregated

Recent Examples of Synonyms for segregated

Adjective

Black Pride Colorado Organizers say the world feels so separated, and pride will be used to keep everyone together.

— Brian Sherrod, CBS News, 11 June 2026
The separated explants, though, got busy dismantling parts of themselves that were no longer useful.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026

Definition of separated

Verb

Leo alleged that the relationship breakdown was exacerbated by a power imbalance that resulted in him becoming isolated at work.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2026
Some of them, like Kirwin—a former gold and silver boomtown deep in the Absaroka Mountains—are impossibly isolated, accessible only by ATV.

— Téa Obreht, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of isolated

Adjective

Big Brother 4 The first season with a sequestered jury (sorry, Danielle Reyes), Big Brother 4 was also the first installment in which players with a history outside of the house played together.

— Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 4 June 2026
The trial was a madly raucous media event, requiring many weeks and a sequestered jury.

— Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 1 Feb. 2026

Definition of sequestered

Adjective

His sensitivity does not protect him from the violent currents rushing through his friend group, eventually taking him away from his cloistered suburban world.

— Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2026
Much of the film is sun-soaked and colorful and filled with the rhythm and chaos of life in a cloistered, liminal community.

— JD Linville, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of cloistered

Adjective

Roughly the size of a small desktop water chiller, the Polar Cooler ships as a separate external module with its own power supply, insulated cooling hose, mounting hardware, and wiring connections that route into the printer and extruder assembly.

— Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 15 Aug. 2026
Keep all of your seeds in one place without mixing them together, using this insulated bag that comes with 38 containers for different seeds.

— Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of insulated

Adjective

Others were more barren, with dusty volcanic rocks and jagged cliffs surrounding secluded turquoise coves.

— Annie Daly, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2026
Indeed, every room has a private balcony that looks out on either the lake’s clear-blue waters or the botanical gardens, which include a secluded swimming pool.

— Tori Latham, Robb Report, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of secluded

Adjective

For the average beneficiary, the group estimates, that would amount to roughly $500 less a month—a cut larger than the average retired household’s monthly grocery spending.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
If there is no stopping, retired park superintendent Bob Krumenaker said what could happen in Big Bend would rival the flooding of Hetch Hetchy Valley a century ago, an event that changed arguments about preserving the environment.

— Ashley Killough, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026

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