What is another word for quarantine?
375 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ kwˈɒɹantˌiːn], [ kwˈɒɹantˌiːn], [ k_w_ˈɒ_ɹ_a_n_t_ˌiː_n]
Quarantine is a word that we've heard a lot since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. It refers to the action of isolating someone, or a group of people, who have been exposed to or infected with a contagious disease. However, there are various synonyms that can be used in place of quarantine, such as confinement, seclusion, isolation, detention, imprisonment, or lockdown. These words carry slightly different connotations that depend on the context of their use. Nonetheless, they all convey a sense of separation or restriction from the general public for the purpose of preventing further spread of a disease or avoiding contamination.
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Synonyms for Quarantine:
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n.
• detention • imprisonment • isolation • seclusion • solitude -
v.
• isolate- disconnect ,
- divorce ,
- part ,
- sever ,
- sunder .
Other synonyms:
- clap in ,
- confinement ,
- immure ,
- imprisonment ,
- restrict ,
- seclude ,
- segregate ,
- shut away ,
- shut in .
- capture .
- trap .
- corner .
- catch .
- surround .
Other relevant words:
• confine
• detachment
• isolate
- cordon off ,
- detain ,
- hospitalize ,
- interdict ,
- ostracize ,
- place in quarantine ,
- put in isolation ,
- put under quarantine ,
- separate .
- Apartness ,
- Banderole ,
- Bandrol ,
- Bannerol ,
- Besetment ,
- Burgee ,
- Gonfalon ,
- Holdback ,
- Know-nothingism ,
- Labarum ,
- Leaguer ,
- Oriflamb ,
- Oriflamme ,
- Privatization ,
- Quarantining ,
- Reclusion ,
- Vexillum ,
- alien ,
- allocate ,
- anchor ,
- ancient ,
- antibody ,
- apartheid ,
- arrest ,
- assign ,
- attach ,
- avoid ,
- banish ,
- banner ,
- banneret ,
- bar ,
- barricade ,
- barrier ,
- beleaguer ,
- beleaguerment ,
- beset ,
- besiege ,
- biosecurity ,
- block ,
- block off ,
- blockade ,
- blockading ,
- blockage ,
- bolt ,
- bound ,
- box in ,
- bunting ,
- cage ,
- candida ,
- carrier ,
- chamber ,
- circumscription ,
- cleave ,
- close in ,
- close off ,
- closing off ,
- color bar ,
- colors ,
- compass ,
- confidence ,
- confiscate ,
- contagion ,
- contain ,
- coop ,
- coop in ,
- coop up ,
- cordon ,
- cordon sanitaire ,
- cordoning ,
- cross-contamination ,
- cull ,
- cull out ,
- cut ,
- debar ,
- decouple ,
- defense ,
- delay ,
- demarcate ,
- deport ,
- detach ,
- detached ,
- detachment ,
- detention ,
- disassociate ,
- disengage ,
- disinfection ,
- disjoin ,
- disjointed ,
- disjunct ,
- disordered ,
- distant ,
- distinguish ,
- divide ,
- division ,
- eagle ,
- eject ,
- encircle ,
- enclose ,
- enclosure ,
- encompass ,
- enshrine ,
- ensign ,
- envelopment ,
- ethnocentrism ,
- exclusiveness ,
- exile ,
- expel ,
- fence in ,
- fester ,
- figurehead ,
- flag ,
- foreigner ,
- free ,
- gaol ,
- garbled ,
- ghettoize ,
- gin ,
- hedge in ,
- hem in ,
- hindrance ,
- holdup ,
- house ,
- ignore ,
- immurement ,
- impediment ,
- impound ,
- incarcerate ,
- incarceration ,
- include ,
- inclusion ,
- inhibition ,
- insignia ,
- insular ,
- insularity ,
- insulate ,
- insulation ,
- interception ,
- internment ,
- island ,
- isolated ,
- isolationism ,
- jack ,
- jail ,
- keep apart ,
- kennel ,
- lay aside ,
- lazaret ,
- lazaretto ,
- lone ,
- loneliness ,
- lonely ,
- lonesome ,
- maroon ,
- marooned ,
- mew ,
- narrowness ,
- obstacle ,
- obstruction ,
- out-group ,
- outcast ,
- outsider ,
- parochialism ,
- partition ,
- pen ,
- pendant ,
- pennant ,
- pennon ,
- persona non grata ,
- pick out ,
- precaution ,
- preparation ,
- preserve ,
- prevention ,
- privacy ,
- privatism ,
- put aside ,
- quarantined ,
- quarantines ,
- race hatred ,
- racial segregation ,
- rail in ,
- recess ,
- refuge ,
- reject ,
- remote ,
- remove ,
- resistance ,
- restraint ,
- restriction ,
- retardation ,
- retirement ,
- retreat ,
- riddle ,
- rope off ,
- rustication ,
- scatter ,
- screen ,
- seal ,
- seal off ,
- secrecy ,
- segregation ,
- seize ,
- send to Coventry ,
- separation ,
- sequestrate ,
- sequestration ,
- shelter ,
- shrine ,
- shun ,
- shut out ,
- siege ,
- sieve ,
- sift ,
- single ,
- snobbishness ,
- snub ,
- solitariness ,
- solitary ,
- sort out ,
- specify ,
- sporadic ,
- spurn ,
- stable ,
- standard ,
- stars and stripes ,
- stoppage ,
- strand ,
- stranger ,
- streamer ,
- thrash ,
- thresh ,
- throw out ,
- tightness ,
- transport ,
- tricolor ,
- union jack ,
- unknown ,
- unnoticeable ,
- unsung ,
- wall in ,
- winnow ,
- withdrawal ,
- wrap ,
- xenophobia ,
- yard ,
- yellow flag ,
- yellow jack .
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How to use "Quarantine" in context?
Quarantine is the practice of isolating a suspect or diseased animal or person to prevent the spread of an illness or infection. Because of the potential for contagion, quarantine is often used in epidemiology, veterinary medicine, and food safety, among other areas.
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Equivalence
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Adjective
quarantined.
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Noun, singular or mass
Quarantining.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
isolated, segregated, 40-something.
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Noun, singular or mass
apartheid, confinement, separation, midlife.
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Verb, base form
isolate.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
sanitary.
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Noun, singular or mass
sequestration.
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Adjective
Hyponym for Quarantine:
n.
-
act
isolation, closing off.
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state
isolation.
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act
v.
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thinkingly
- Synonyms:
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