separated meaning and definition

SEPARATED adjective

Definition of separated (adjective)

1. being or feeling set or kept apart from others
   • "she felt detached from the group"; "could not remain the isolated figure he had been"- Sherwood Anderson; "thought of herself as alone and separated from the others"; "had a set-apart feeling"
   • synonyms: detached, isolated, set-apart
2. spaced apart
   • synonyms: spaced
3. separated at the joint
   • "a dislocated knee"; "a separated shoulder"
   • synonyms: disjointed, dislocated
4. no longer connected or joined
   • "a detached part"; "on one side of the island was a hugh rock, almost detached"; "the separated spacecraft will return to their home bases"
   • synonyms: detached