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

The reunion comes 15 years after the couple divorced amid rumors of a cheating scandal. —Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 13 June 2026

As Kat gets to know Charlie — a divorced single dad and math teacher — their fake romance blossoms into real love. —Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026

Theirs is chamber music that is socially divorced from the classical music world. —Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 11 June 2026

Seven of the couples have been married for more than 25 years, and three of the couples have, over the last decade, divorced. —Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 8 June 2026

Electra went on to marry former NBA star Dennis Rodman in November 1998 (the two divorced six months later) and Dave Navarro, the lead guitarist for Jane's Addiction, in 2003 (the two announced their separation in 2006, and finalized their divorce in 2007). —Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 27 May 2026

Maslany plays Paula, a divorced fact-checker and soccer mom who finds herself in a web of murder, blackmail and youth soccer. —Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026

Maslany plays Paula, a single mother, divorced and lonely. —Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026

Newly divorced and angling for an overdue promotion, Maslany’s Paula is also gearing up for a custody battle. —Judy Berman, Time, 20 May 2026

Verb

In the present, Eddie, a book editor, charms everyone in Daphne’s circle, including her mom, who divorced him decades earlier. —The Week Us, TheWeek, 17 June 2026

Three years later, Fitzpatrick and Stewart divorced. —Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 17 June 2026

Not only is she getting divorced, but she got called out by a famous internet troll who goes by the name of Goob. —Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026

Parker and Wacasey divorced in 2017. —Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026

Eldest daughter Abby is recently divorced, and coming to grips with being a single mother, while Paige is an ambitious NYC publicist thrown completely out of her element in Wyoming. —Cat Cardenas, Variety, 10 June 2026

Shanahan and Brin divorced in 2022. —George Avalos, Mercury News, 10 June 2026

The couple, who have four children together, divorced in 2017. —Jake Kauderer, Baltimore Sun, 8 June 2026

Eventually Erica Kane meets Dimitri, and they get married and divorced and married again. —Literary Hub, 3 June 2026