Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun weaning

1 sense of weaning

Sense 1
weaning, ablactation -- (the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal)
       => substitution, exchange, commutation -- (the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: "he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help")

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

2 senses of wean

Sense 1
wean, ablactate -- (gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk; "she weaned her baby when he was 3 months old and started him on powdered milk"; "The kitten was weaned and fed by its owner with a bottle")
       => deprive -- (keep from having, keeping, or obtaining)

Sense 2
wean -- (detach the affections of)
       => 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")