English Synonym Finder

estrange

Definitions

To cause someone to be no longer close or affectionate to someone else; to alienate.

To remove or keep at a distance; to turn away in feeling or affection.

Examples

His constant lies served to estrange him from his closest friends.

The bitter legal battle did much to estrange the siblings for several years.

Synonyms

alienate disaffect distance isolate separate sever

Antonyms

reconcile unite harmonize integrate befriend attach connect