All quarantine synonyms
quar·an·tine
Q q noun quarantine
- isolation — an act or instance of isolating.
- seclusion — an act of secluding: the seclusion of unruly students.
- confinement — Confinement is the state of being forced to stay in a prison or another place which you cannot leave.
- solitary confinement — the confinement of a prisoner in a cell or other place in which he or she is completely isolated from others.
- cordon sanitaire — a guarded line serving to cut off an infected area
- separation — an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated.
- detention — Detention is when someone is arrested or put into prison, especially for political reasons.
- lazaretto — a hospital for those affected with contagious diseases, especially leprosy.
- segregation — the act or practice of segregating; a setting apart or separation of people or things from others or from the main body or group: gender segregation in some fundamentalist religions.
- sequestration — removal or separation; banishment or exile.
verb quarantine
- isolate — to set or place apart; detach or separate so as to be alone.
- seclude — to place in or withdraw into solitude; remove from social contact and activity, etc.
- set apart — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- confine — To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group.
- separate — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
- sequester — to remove or withdraw into solitude or retirement; seclude.
- cordon — A cordon is a line or ring of police, soldiers, or vehicles preventing people from entering or leaving an area.
- detach — If you detach one thing from another that it is fixed to, you remove it. If one thing detaches from another, it becomes separated from it.
- insulate — to cover, line, or separate with a material that prevents or reduces the passage, transfer, or leakage of heat, electricity, or sound: to insulate an electric wire with a rubber sheath; to insulate a coat with down.
- remove — to move from a place or position; take away or off: to remove the napkins from the table.
- restrict — to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
- segregate — to separate or set apart from others or from the main body or group; isolate: to segregate exceptional children; to segregate hardened criminals.
- seal off — an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- detain — When people such as the police detain someone, they keep them in a place under their control.
- imprison — to confine in or as if in a prison.
- hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- lock up — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- intern — to restrict to or confine within prescribed limits, as prisoners of war, enemy aliens, or combat troops who take refuge in a neutral country.