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division

noun

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1 something that divides, separates, or marks off

  • we poked our heads over the division between the yards to see what the fuss was about
Synonyms of division

divider, partition, separation, separator
Words Related to division

barrier, fence, wall

border, boundary, limit

2 a large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization

  • the complaints division handled all of the calls from the angry townsfolk
Synonyms of division

agency, arm, branch, bureau, department, desk, office, service
Words Related to division

subdepartment, subdivision

3 one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic

  • one of the major divisions of birds
Synonyms of division

bracket, category, class, classification, family, genus, grade, group, kind, league, order, rank(s), rubric, set, species, tier, type
Words Related to division

description, feather, ilk, kidney, like, manner, nature, sort

branch, section, speciality, specialty, subclass, subdivision, subgroup, subspecies, variety

breed, race

generation

heading, label, title

4 the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces

  • the assembly line was a major development in the division of labor among workers
Synonyms of division

bifurcation, breakup, cleavage, dissolution, disunion, fractionalization, fractionation, partition, schism, scission, separation, split, sundering
Words Related to division

breach, rupture

divorce, severance

decomposition, disassembly, dismemberment, segmentation, subdivision

atomization, dichotomization, polarization

diffusion, dispersal, dispersion, scattering

administration, apportionment, distribution

isolation, seclusion, segregation, sequestration
Near Antonyms of division

assemblage, association

attachment, conjunction, connection, link, linkage, linkup

aggregation, combination, consolidation, fusion
Antonyms of division

unification, union

5 the act or process of giving out something to each member of a group

  • the person in charge of the division of the profits among the business partners
Synonyms of division

admeasurement, allocation, allotment, apportionment, disbursement, dispensation, distribution, issuance
Words Related to division

reallocation, reapportionment, redistribution, redivision, repartition

division, partition, separation

6 a lack of agreement or harmony

  • that church has been racked by division for some time now, and a split into two denominations seems unavoidable
Synonyms of division

conflict, disaccord, discord, discordance, discordancy, disharmony, dissension (also dissention), dissent, dissidence, dissonance, disunion, disunity, friction, infighting, inharmony, schism, strife, variance, war, warfare
Words Related to division

clash, collision, competition, contention

altercation, argument, bicker, brawl, debate, disagreement, dispute, divide, fissure

falling-out, fight, hassle, jar, miff, mix-up, quarrel, row, run-in, scrap, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle

incompatibility, incongruence, incongruity, incongruousness, inconsistence, inconsistency, inconsonance, inharmoniousness

animosity, antagonism, antipathy, cold war, enmity, hostility, ill will, rancor
Near Antonyms of division

concurrence, cooperation
Antonyms of division

accord, agreement, concord, concordance, harmony, peace

Synonym Discussion of division

part, portion, piece, member, division, section, segment, fragment mean something less than the whole. part is a general term appropriate when indefiniteness is required.
    • they ran only part of the way
portion implies an assigned or allotted part.
    • cut the pie into six portions
piece applies to a separate or detached part of a whole.
    • a puzzle with 500 pieces
member suggests one of the functional units composing a body.
    • a structural member
division applies to a large or diversified part.
    • the manufacturing division of the company
section applies to a relatively small or uniform part.
    • the entertainment section of the newspaper
segment applies to a part separated or marked out by or as if by natural lines of cleavage.
    • the retired segment of the population
fragment applies to a part produced by or as if by breaking off.
    • only a fragment of the play still exists

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