POLARIZES Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

polarizes

verb

Definition of polarizes next

present tense third-person singular of polarize

as in divides

to cause (people) to break up into opposing groups A hot button issue that is sure to polarize the public.

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Recent Examples of polarizes The group polarizes into shifting alliances as battle lines are drawn and re-drawn throughout the dinner party, the conflict between and within the women serving as choreography for the shifting relationships. —

Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026 But the White House is also risking a wider fracture over an issue that rarely polarizes the GOP. —

David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 27 Jan. 2026 As technology distracts, polarizes and automates, people are still finding refuge on analog islands in the digital sea. —

Michael Liedtke, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2025 Content that outrages, polarizes or triggers anxiety keeps us watching. —

Avital Pardo, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for polarizes

divides

Verb

The story centers on the daughter of a water tycoon who joins forces with a township gangster to challenge the powerful system that divides their society.

— Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 12 Mar. 2026
That spell was broken on Thursday with five People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft operating around the Taiwan Strait over the previous 24 hours, according to Taiwan’s military, with several flying near the median line that divides the waterway.

— Wayne Chang, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026