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

Lenni, a child welfare worker and divorced mother of two, spends her days fighting for other people’s families while her own is in a constant state of hilarious chaos. — Peter White, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2026

During the ordeal, Del Mar started a group called Fathers Helping Fathers, which advocated for unwed or divorced fathers seeking legal advice on custody. — Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026

The series followed two divorced, childhood friends who decide to combine households and raise their children together in New York City. — ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026

But not long after filming ended, around the time of the 2025 wildfires, the couple divorced. — Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026

Wagner was married to Wood from 1957 to 1962, when the two divorced. — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2026

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

Verb

The pair later married, but divorced after just 72 days and Kardashian soon after sold the property. — Meg Walters, InStyle, 7 Nov. 2026

Warnecke himself was divorced from his second wife three years later. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2026

My son and his wife were divorced within eight months, as my former daughter-in-law wanted. — R. Eric Thomas, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2026

But the causality usually breaks down if resources are allocated by policy interventions that are divorced from returns on investment. — Oliver Melton, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2026

After Snider’s death, Turley said, Barbier left for Missouri, and they were divorced a year later. — Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2026

Strayer and Robison would be divorced within a couple of years, which may account for why the song was never played live until this year. — Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Nov. 2026

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