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 weeks that followed have been packed with political posturing, protests and provocative talk-show fodder, much of it aimed at dividing people much more than to actually support women’s sports. — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026

Both my wife and I have been through the loss of our parents and found the following method has worked very well for dividing up sentimental possessions among the many brothers and sisters on both sides of the family. — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026

Purchasing contracts had not established procedures for dividing remediation costs, the organization said, leaving companies to negotiate responsibility after the problems surfaced. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 13 Aug. 2026

The two-dimensional fractal called the Sierpiński carpet is an example; it’s built by dividing a square into a grid of smaller squares and removing the middle square, repeatedly. — Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 12 Aug. 2026

Dozier hypothesized that rapidly dividing cells have a scent that dogs can smell. — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 11 Aug. 2026

After dividing the century into quarters, Nolan and a doctoral student, Timothy Bertoni, randomly selected 20 days from 1900, 1925, 1950, 1975, and 2000 and ranked the professions of the dead by the number of obituaries run. — Sam Roberts, Longreads, 11 Aug. 2026

Chin-Hong thinks about risk as a continuum, rather than dividing the world into safe and dangerous. — Angela Haupt, Time, 10 Aug. 2026

Drew Fisher of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, hit the attenuator dividing Interstate 94 from the Lyndale Avenue exit near Olson Memorial Highway, the Minnesota State Patrol said. — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026