Synonyms of dividing

dividing

verb

present participle of divide

1

as in separating

to set or force apart

volunteers divided the donated groceries into several dozen piles

Synonyms & Similar Words

• separating
• splitting
• disconnecting
• resolving
• severing
• isolating
• pulling
• divorcing
• subdividing
• dissociating
• parting
• dissecting
• ramifying
• detaching
• disassociating
• decomposing
• decoupling
• sundering
• uncoupling
• disuniting
• dissolving
• fragmenting
• disjoining
• disjointing
• breaking up
• cleaving
• unyoking
• partitioning
• dissevering
• disintegrating
• tearing
• unlinking
• segmenting
• ripping
• segregating
• bisecting
• bifurcating
• halving
• disassembling
• fractionating
• quartering
• dichotomizing
• breaking
• fracturing
• unraveling
• rending
• breaking down
• fragmentating
• trisecting
• rupturing
• insulating
• fragmentizing
• sequestering
• disentangling
• fractionalizing
• cutting off
• secluding
• riving
• disengaging
• untying
• rifting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• linking
• mixing
• joining
• combining
• uniting
• assembling
• connecting
• blending
• unifying
• mingling
• associating
• coupling
• closing
• attaching
• binding
• accumulating
• sticking
• cementing
• fusing
• welding
• knitting
• fastening
• agglutinating

2

as in diverging

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

• separating
• diverging
• parting
• retreating
• spreading
• forking
• branching (out)
• scattering
• distributing
• dispersing
• dissipating
• dispelling
• disbanding
• broadcasting
• sowing
• distancing
• receding
• clearing out
• bestrewing
• breaking up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• joining
• converging
• meeting
• assembling
• gathering

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dividing

The freeway had been closed between Hazel Avenue and Sunrise Boulevard as investigators processed the shooting scene on the freeway dividing Rancho Cordova and Gold River. — Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 8 Sep. 2026

The trial has generated intense interest for more than a month, deeply dividing the public and drawing attention to issues around maternal mental health after childbirth. — Michael Casey, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Presumably, his unclear methodology boiled down to randomly sampling primes and dividing each from RSA-260 until one of them divided evenly. — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 4 Sep. 2026

This incident continued to come up all season, dividing the group and inflaming the relationship between the Bookos and married couple Janet and Jason Caperna. — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026

With popularity dating back to the 1950s, open-concept layouts are floor plans that intentionally don’t have any dividing walls between rooms to create one large space. — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Aug. 2026

The case has become a national cultural fixation and a social media spectacle, gripping and dividing spectators well beyond the Massachusetts courtroom where the 36-year-old mother is charged with killing her three young children. — Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026

Meanwhile, modern pop songs often have long lists of songwriters, dividing the already slim profits even further. — Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026

The district also proposes closing Flatirons Elementary and dividing its attendance area between Whittier and Foothill elementary schools. — Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026