FORKED Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

forked

verb

Definition of forked

past tense of fork

as in parted

to go or move in different directions from a central point the road forks up ahead and you'll want to take the right fork

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Recent Examples of forked Friends and colleagues got together, forked over twenty dollars or so, and drafted an imaginary team of real players. — New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026 The Bears forked over two first-rounders to the Tennessee Titans as part of the trade package to get Simmons. — Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026 In fact, those long nights in the county jail marked the beginning of a new trail—a trail that finally forked from the path of slavery. — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026 Chelsea have forked out £236million on Brighton players, the largest sum any Premier League club has spent on signings from another, and all of it since 2022. — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026 In 2004, just months after Mark Zuckerberg created the social media platform, Thiel forked over $500,000 for a 10% stake in the budding company. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 29 July 2026 Because recycling operates as an industry, its aims are forked. — Kyle Devine, Longreads, 14 July 2026 This, as much as any, may have been the moment when reality forked. — Bryce Covert, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026 There will not be a press release on a Tuesday in late 2027 saying the internet has forked. — Teodor Calin, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for forked

Verb

The actor wore a long, embellished coat with her ultra-dark espresso waves parted in the middle and styled in loose, super-shiny waves that flowed down past her shoulders.

— Kara Nesvig, Allure, 11 Nov. 2026
Still a chocolate shade of brown, Grande’s hair was parted on the left side of her head and pulled across her skull to create a flattering swoop.

— Arushi Jacob, Footwear News, 9 Nov. 2026

Definition of parted

Verb

Though Alicent was a relatively passive victim of nearly everything that went down last season, some fans online still criticized Cooke and the directors for Alicent’s onscreen character arc, which has diverged significantly from the books.

— Isabella Albaig, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2026
The two diverged when an audience member asked how much money AI could save.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of diverged

Verb

The General Assembly confronted many of those questions in 2018, when a legislative committee spent several months examining whether large school systems such as CMS should be separated into smaller districts.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 15 Nov. 2026
From the mid-19th century to the 1970s, mines in Pennsylvania routinely separated the low-quality coal—scraps mixed with rocks, often with high sulfur or ash content—from the good stuff.

— Shawn Tully, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2026

Definition of separated

Verb

Researchers said that antiquated formulas used to allocate energy costs along a power grid have historically divided those costs based on previous energy consumption, rather than new growth.

— News Editor, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026
The 81-year-old English author won the £50,000 prize for a post-apocalyptic novel that has divided opinion.

— Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 10 Nov. 2026