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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alienate -- (make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated; "the boring work alienated his employees")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")

Antonyms of adj alienated

2 senses of alienated

Sense 1
alienated, anomic, disoriented -- (socially disoriented; "anomic loners musing over their fate"; "we live in an age of rootless alienated people")

INDIRECT (VIA unoriented) -> oriented, orientated -- (adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances; sometimes used in combination; "the house had its large windows oriented toward the ocean view"; "helping freshmen become oriented to college life"; "the book is value-oriented throughout")

Sense 2
alienated, estranged -- (caused to be unloved)

INDIRECT (VIA unloved) -> loved -- (held dear; "his loved companion of many years")

Similarity of adj alienated

2 senses of alienated

Sense 1
alienated, anomic, disoriented -- (socially disoriented; "anomic loners musing over their fate"; "we live in an age of rootless alienated people")
       => unoriented (vs. oriented) -- (not having position or goal definitely set or ascertained; "engaged in unoriented study"; "unoriented until she looked at the map")

Sense 2
alienated, estranged -- (caused to be unloved)
       => unloved (vs. loved) -- (not loved)


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