apart

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adv. separately, alone, independently; away; in pieces. See distance, disjunction. Ant., together.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

1. [Separated]

Syn. disconnected, distant, disassociated; see separated .

2. [Aside]

Syn. to one side, at one side, at a distance, aloof; see aside .

3. [Distinct]

Syn. separate, special, alone, isolated; see individual 1 .

4. [Separately]

Syn. freely, exclusively, singly, alone; see independently , individually .

5. [Into pieces]

Syn. asunder, to pieces, in two, to bits; see asunder 1 .

• take apart,

Syn. disassemble, dismember, dissect, reduce; see analyze 1 , dismantle , divide 1 .

• tell apart,

Syn. distinguish, characterize, discriminate, differentiate; see distinguish 1 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.

1. in pieces or to pieces disassembled, dismantled, piecemeal, asunder, disassociated, scattered.

2. separate by itself, alone, independent, individual, singly, isolated.

3. apart from besides, with the exception of, save for, excluding.

ANT.: 1. together. 2. among, amidst, together

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I adverb As a separate unit: discretely, independently, individually, separately, singly. Idioms: one at a time, one by one. See INCLUDE. II adjective Set away from all others: alone, detached, isolate, isolated, lone, removed, solitary. See INCLUDE.