Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb alienate

3 senses of alienate

Sense 1
estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect -- (arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness; "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious")
       => change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")

Sense 2
alien, alienate -- (transfer property or ownership; "The will aliened the property to the heirs")
       => transfer -- (cause to change ownership; "I transferred my stock holdings to my children")

Sense 3
alienate -- (make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated; "the boring work alienated his employees")
       => affect, impress, move, strike -- (have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd")