Synonyms of divorced

divorced 1 of 2

adjective

as in separated

Related Words

• separated
• marriageable
• unmarried
• unpaired
• unwed
• unattached
• fancy-free
• footloose
• single

Dissimilar Words

• married
• attached
• wedded
• engaged
• paired
• mated
• pledged
• committed
• espoused
• hitched
• betrothed
• remarried
• promised
• affianced

divorced

2 of 2

verb

past tense of divorce

as in divided

to set or force apart

in your head you need to divorce your wishes and fantasies from the realities of the world as it is

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of divorced

Adjective

Special rules apply to adopted, kidnapped, or foster children; those who were born and died in the same year; and children of divorced or separated parents. — Nancy Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Aug. 2026

The divorced couple has also been involved in a bitter custody battle over their 2-year-old daughter. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 30 July 2026

Peter Parker is like a kid with divorced parents who’s been forced to split his time between mom and dad. — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026

Our divorced mom apparently stole and kept some of my childhood journals. — R. Eric Thomas, Washington Post, 27 July 2026

As a kid in Southern California, Maddox lived in separate homes with her divorced parents, with Arguelles cultivating her love for the arts. — Jake Kring-Schreifels, Time, 22 July 2026

Stiller steps into the role of divorced writing professor Gus Adler, who begins to fall for a mysterious woman named Stella West (Chastain). — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 21 July 2026

Fricker married director Barry Davis in 1979, and the two divorced in 1988. — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026

Silvia, a lonely single mother of three sons and owner of a successful dental clinic, matched with an American soldier named Brian, a handsome, divorced, 52-year-old on a mission in Syria in 2015. — Mackenzie Farkus, Christian Science Monitor, 13 July 2026

Verb

Well, there’s municipal signage very prominently in the movie that says you cannot get divorced unless you were married for one year, plus one day. — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026

However, the pair divorced two years later and were granted an annulment by the Catholic Church in 1992. — Ariana Quihuiz, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026

After Bernadette’s death, Vander Meer was married and divorced three times, according to Clark County records. — Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026

Molly, who is divorced from Richard, a businessman, lives with her adolescent son, Tommy. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

Miller and Emily Moreno married in 2022, divorced last year and the allegations of physical abuse were first made public in a series of news articles earlier this year. — Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

In addition to getting divorced after the Fox 11 job, she was later sideswiped by financial woes and a devastating health scare. — Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026

If anything, those who have divorced and remarried have had more chances to practice. — Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2026

Twain’s mother, Sharon Edwards, divorced her father, Clarence, when the future superstar was only 2 years old. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 31 July 2026