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divide

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of divide

1 to set or force apart

  • volunteers divided the donated groceries into several dozen piles
Synonyms of divide

break up, decouple, disassociate, disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, dissever, dissociate, disunite, divorce, part, ramify, resolve, separate, sever, split, sunder, uncouple, unlink, unyoke
Words Related to divide

break down, decompose, disassemble, disintegrate, dissolve

bifurcate, bisect, cleave, dichotomize, dissect, fractionalize, fractionate, halve, partition, quarter, segment, subdivide, trisect

fragment, fragmentate, fragmentize

break, fracture, pull, rend, rift, rip, rive, rupture, tear

cut off, insulate, isolate, seclude, segregate, sequester

detach, disengage, disentangle, unravel, untie
Near Antonyms of divide

assemble, associate, blend, combine, mingle, mix

connect, couple

accumulate, agglutinate, attach, bind, cement, close, fasten, fuse, knit, stick, weld
Antonyms of divide

join, link, unify, unite

2 to go or move in different directions from a central point

  • the group divided based on those who wanted to go swimming and those who didnʼt
Synonyms of divide

branch (out), diverge, fork, part, separate, spread
Words Related to divide

bestrew, break up, broadcast, clear out, disband, dispel, disperse, dissipate, distribute, scatter, sow

distance, recede, retreat
Near Antonyms of divide

assemble, gather, meet
Antonyms of divide

converge, join

Synonym Discussion of divide

separate, part, divide, sever, sunder, divorce mean to become or cause to become disunited or disjointed. separate may imply any of several causes such as dispersion, removal of one from others, or presence of an intervening thing.
    • separated her personal life from her career
part implies the separating of things or persons in close union or association.
    • vowed never to part
divide implies separating into pieces or sections by cutting or breaking.
    • civil war divided the nation
sever implies violence especially in the removal of a part or member.
    • a severed limb
sunder suggests violent rending or wrenching apart.
    • a city sundered by racial conflict
divorce implies separating two things that commonly interact and belong together.
    • cannot divorce scientific research from moral responsibility

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