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

2 senses of estrange

Sense 1
estrange -- (remove from customary environment or associations; "years of boarding school estranged the child from her home")
       => take out, move out, remove -- (cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom")

Sense 2
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")

Antonyms of adj estranging

1 sense of estranging

Sense 1
estranging -- (making one feel out of place or alienated; "the landscape was estranging")

INDIRECT (VIA disorienting) -> orienting, orientating -- (positioning with respect to a reference system or determining your bearings physically or intellectually; "noticed the bee's momentary orienting pause before heading back to the hive"; "an orienting program for new employees")

Similarity of adj estranging

1 sense of estranging

Sense 1
estranging -- (making one feel out of place or alienated; "the landscape was estranging")
       => disorienting (vs. orienting) -- (causing loss of physical or intellectual bearings; "making so many turns to the right and then the left was completely disorienting"; "a sharp blow to the head can be disorienting")