Synonyms of divided

divided 1 of 2

adjective

də-ˈvī-dəd 

as in split

disagreeing with each other

the club members are sharply divided on the need for more fund-raising

Synonyms & Similar Words

• split
• at odds
• disunited
• at loggerheads
• fractionated
• fractionalized
• balkanized
• factious
• cohesionless

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unanimous
• undivided
• united

divided

2 of 2

verb

past tense of divide

1

as in separated

to set or force apart

volunteers divided the donated groceries into several dozen piles

Synonyms & Similar Words

• separated
• split
• disconnected
• resolved
• severed
• subdivided
• isolated
• divorced
• parted
• pulled
• disunited
• dissociated
• dissected
• sundered
• disassociated
• disjoined
• detached
• decomposed
• ramified
• decoupled
• disjointed
• uncoupled
• broke up
• partitioned
• dissolved
• dissevered
• fragmented
• cleaved
• disintegrated
• segmented
• unlinked
• bifurcated
• unyoked
• segregated
• disassembled
• fractionated
• halved
• bisected
• ripped
• quartered
• fractured
• tore
• dichotomized
• broke down
• fractionalized
• broke
• fragmentized
• unraveled
• fragmentated
• trisected
• insulated
• cut off
• ruptured
• rent
• sequestered
• rifted
• secluded
• disentangled
• disengaged
• rived
• untied

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• united
• linked
• joined
• combined
• unified
• mixed
• associated
• assembled
• connected
• blended
• mingled
• coupled
• bound
• attached
• closed
• accumulated
• fused
• stuck
• welded
• cemented
• fastened
• agglutinated
• knit

2

as in parted

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 didn't

Synonyms & Similar Words

• separated
• parted
• diverged
• retreated
• scattered
• forked
• spread
• branched (out)
• dispersed
• distributed
• disbanded
• dissipated
• dispelled
• broadcast
• sowed
• cleared out
• receded
• bestrewed
• distanced
• broke up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• joined
• converged
• met
• assembled
• gathered

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of divided

Adjective

City and county leaders remain divided over negotiations, including how cases should be handled through Mableton's municipal court. — Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026

The two remaining counts — a felony charge of first-degree involuntary manslaughter and a misdemeanor charge of driving the wrong way on a divided highway that resulted in a crash — were also dismissed. — Kansas City Star, 25 Aug. 2026

Verb

Deficit turnaround Meloni inherited an Italy that was politically divided and fraught with fiscal problems. — Jenni Reid,chloe Taylor, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026

Despite the latest round of talks, Russia and Ukraine remain deeply divided over how to end a war that has lasted more than four years and become the deadliest in Europe since World War Two. — Miles J. Herszenhorn, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026