alienate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious
Types & categories
- change hypernym
- drift apart hyponym
- wean hyponym
Related & opposite
- alienation derivation
- alienator derivation
- estrangement derivation
Sense 2 verb
transfer property or ownership
The will aliened the property to the heirs
Types & categories
- transfer hypernym
Related & opposite
- alienable derivation
Sense 3 verb
make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated
the boring work alienated his employees
Types & categories
- impress hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | alienation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | alienator |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | estrangement |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | drift apart |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wean |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | alienable |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | transfer |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | impress |