APPERTAINING Antonyms

• cause to become detached or separated; take off

• separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment

• come to be detached

• an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)

• pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable

• make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten

• part; cease or break association with

• regard as unconnected

• to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms

• not pertinent to the matter under consideration

• not essential

• not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source

• coming from the outside

• of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own)

• relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world

• not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something

• not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source

• free from external control and constraint

• (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence

• a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)

• a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them

• (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces

• not controlled by a party or interest group

• independent; not united or joint

• a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication

• a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments

• standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything

• separated according to race, sex, class, or religion

• have the connection undone; having become separate

• act as a barrier between; stand between

• force, take, or pull apart

• mark as different

• separate into parts or portions

• divide into components or constituents

• arrange or order by classes or categories

• make a division or separation

• discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

• go one's own way; move apart

• become separated into pieces or fragments

• treat differently on the basis of sex or race

• move or break apart

• divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

• not joined or linked together

• not connected by birth or family

• lacking orderly continuity

• lacking a logical or causal relation

• not connected by kinship