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

He was found guilty in a subsequent civil trial, yet still awarded custody of the divorced couple’s two children. — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

The tender family comedy stars Oscar nominee Antonio Banderas (The Mask of Zorro) and Eva Birthistle (Bad Sisters) as a divorced couple who struggle to maintain the minimum communication required to share custody of their beloved only child Rose. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026

The couple divorced after their deaths and Patrick Clancy remarried. — Mike Toole, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026

Dakota Fanning stars as Wendy, a construction worker in Anchorage, Alaska, whose relationship with Jack (Jake Johnson), a money manager and the divorced father of two young children, hits an odd obstacle. — Rhoda Feng, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026

Horrigan plays Alex, a divorced 50-year-old literary agent with a son, Ruari (Aran Murphy), who has failed to launch. — David Faris, TheWeek, 3 Sep. 2026

Norwegians are unmarried, divorced, families, and old couples. — Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026

The divorced father of three appears to be going full steam ahead into a career in catwalking these days. — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2026

Ana Mahony, a finance veteran, founded Addition Wealth after struggling to help her divorced mother manage finances, highlighting a gap in accessible personalized guidance. — Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Verb

Luna implores Yue, recently divorced, not to get stuck in a holding pattern, either in her career or her relationships — but Luna, too, needs to make some changes. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026

Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck have been divorced for nearly a decade. — Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 10 Oct. 2026

The Bakkers divorced in 1992, while Jim was still serving his prison sentence. — John Wigger, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026

Messner, who divorced Bakker in the ‘90s and later remarried, died in 2007. — Ronnie Glassberg, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026

Tammy Faye divorced Bakker in 1992 and died of cancer in 2007 at 65. — Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026

The stepson has divorced the ex-wife and moved on to a relationship with a much nicer woman who is responsible for the reunion of my husband’s family. — Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2026

The host had invited five other men who had been unable to attend before lucky number six, also divorced, said yes and swept Barbara off her feet. — Genevieve Uzamere, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026

Former Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem is getting divorced, according to South Dakota court filings. — Luke Barr, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026