Synonyms of the word

insulate

• v. To separate, detach, or isolate.
• v. To separate a body or material from others, e.g. by non-conductors to prevent the transfer of electricity,…

alter

• v. (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
• v. (intransitive) To become different.
• v. (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
• v. (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To agitate; to affect mentally.

change

• v. (intransitive) To become something different.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
• v. (transitive) To replace.
• v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
• v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
• v. (archaic) To exchange.
• v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
• n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
• n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
• n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
• n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
• n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
• n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
• n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
• n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
• n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
• n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

discriminate

• v. (intransitive) To make distinctions.
• v. (intransitive, construed with against) To make decisions based on prejudice.
• v. (transitive) To set apart as being different; to mark as different; to separate from another by discerning…
• adj. Having the difference marked; distinguished by certain tokens.

isolate

• v. (transitive) To set apart or cut off from others.
• v. (transitive) To place in quarantine or isolation.
• v. (transitive, chemistry) To separate a substance in pure form from a mixture.
• v. (transitive) To insulate, or make free of external influence.
• v. (transitive, microbiology) To separate a pure strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culture.
• v. (transitive) To insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity.
• n. Something that has been isolated.

modify

• v. (transitive) To make partial changes to.
• v. (intransitive) To be or become modified.

separate

• adj. Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else).
• adj. (followed by “from”) Not together (with); not united (to).
• v. (transitive) To divide (a thing) into separate parts.
• v. To disunite something from one thing; To disconnect.
• v. (transitive) To cause (things or people) to be separate.
• v. (intransitive) To divide itself into separate pieces or substances.
• v. (obsolete) To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service.
• n. (usually in the plural) Anything that is sold by itself, especially an article of clothing.