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

To claim Head of Household (HOH), the taxpayer generally must be unmarried (single, legally separated, divorced, or widowed) or be considered unmarried, pay more than half the cost of maintaining the home, and have a qualifying person. — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026

But my own family has felt the brunt of the exclusion after my father’s parents – both of whom were Parsi – divorced and each remarried outside. — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 21 June 2026

Many parents are single, divorced or live with same-sex partners. — ABC News, 18 June 2026

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

Verb

Since leaving the series, Jeana divorced Matt (who died suddenly in 2020) and has been spending more time in Florida. — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 10 July 2026

Majors divorced his first wife, Kathy Robinson, prior to his time on The Big Valley. — Joyann Jeffrey, PEOPLE, 10 July 2026

John and Nancy divorced in 2013, and Yaffe began working at Carolina Industrial Trucks in 2016. — Amber Gaudet, Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2026

After the Johnsons divorced, ownership of their business changed hands a number of times before a majority African American investment ​firm acquired the business in 2009 from Procter & Gamble. — Reuters, NBC news, 7 July 2026

But now Dekalb was 58, divorced, and the father of a 16-year-old who’d just gotten her first car. — Casey Parks, Washington Post, 5 July 2026

The pair divorced two years later, though Presley continued to speak highly of the relationship, especially after his 2009 death, and until her own in 2023. — Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 3 July 2026

Reading words in legal texts divorced from fundamental moral values will not save us from tyranny. — Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 2 July 2026

Madonna divorced from Guy Ritchie in 2008, before applying to adopt Mercy, and her adoption application was initially rejected by the courts. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 2 July 2026