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

Millions of seniors in the United States are single, divorced or widowed and have no children. — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2026

Their biggest series that decade was Kate & Allie, the CBS comedy starring Susan Saint James and SNL original Jane Curtin as divorced best friends sharing a Greenwich Village apartment. — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026

Christine and Vic are still married as of October 2026, but the other six couples have all divorced or split. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 15 Oct. 2026

The discussions focused on how the church can support couples and families a decade on from a major document issued by Pope Francis, which opened the possibility of divorced and remarried Catholics being able to receive communion. — Antonia Mortensen, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026

Yet they, too, divorced Native Americans from the history of the land. — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

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

Verb

His oldest sister, Ora, was recently divorced with three kids of her own but took in McKinney and his sister. — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

Coleman, who lives in Cyprus, did not grow up in the same home as Hubbard, who was divorced from Coleman's mother. — Olivia Gazis, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

While Barrymore and Kopelman divorced in 2016, her friendship with Diaz has remained strong. — Mariah Alanskas, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2026

Finally, Louise herself, who had since left the region and was now twice divorced, returned to advocate for the historical importance of her old home, which never did receive official landmark status, locally or otherwise. — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026

Passmore plays David, a divorced, broke, and unraveling father who sets out for California with his oldest son, William (Nagy), on a two-thousand-mile drive. — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026

The sextuplets had just turned 5 when their parents divorced, and their older twin siblings were 9. — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 13 Oct. 2026

His parents divorced in 2009 and the show was rebranded as Kate Plus Eight, focusing on Kate as a single mother. — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026

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