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

1 sense of compartmentalise

Sense 1
compartmentalize, compartmentalise, cut up -- (separate into isolated compartments or categories; "You cannot compartmentalize your life like this!")
       => separate, disunite, divide, part -- (force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea")