Synonyms of schism

schism

noun

ˈsi-zəm 

1

as in discord

a lack of agreement or harmony

schism within the charitable organization was preventing it from achieving its goals

Synonyms & Similar Words

• discord
• strife
• friction
• conflict
• war
• discordance
• dissent
• discordancy
• warfare
• division
• disunity
• dispute
• clash
• dissension
• disharmony
• dissonance
• infighting
• disunion
• variance
• altercation
• hostility
• dissidence
• disagreement
• divide
• inharmony
• contention
• disaccord
• argument
• collision
• debate
• fissure
• quarrel
• fight
• competition
• brawl
• animosity
• squabble
• falling-out
• antagonism
• enmity
• inconsistency
• bicker
• tiff
• spat
• incompatibility
• rancor
• incongruity
• incongruence
• run-in
• wrangle
• antipathy
• row
• cold war
• mix-up
• jar
• ill will
• inconsistence
• miff
• scrap
• incongruousness
• inconsonance
• hassle
• inharmoniousness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• agreement
• peace
• harmony
• accord
• cooperation
• concord
• concordance
• concurrence

2

as in split

the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces

the schism of the Christian church into the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches

Synonyms & Similar Words

• split
• dissolution
• breakup
• division
• partition
• separation
• bifurcation
• cleavage
• disunion
• fractionation
• scission
• fractionalization
• sundering
• dispersion
• rupture
• polarization
• divorce
• decomposition
• dispersal
• distribution
• subdivision
• breach
• severance
• segregation
• segmentation
• administration
• isolation
• diffusion
• dismemberment
• apportionment
• scattering
• disassembly
• dichotomization
• atomization
• seclusion
• sequestration

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• union
• unification
• association
• connection
• assemblage
• attachment
• conjunction
• linkage
• link
• consolidation
• fusion
• combination
• aggregation
• linkup

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of schism

Yet, a deep ideological schism remains over what victory for the Islamic Republic should look like. — Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026

This turns into a big argument about Issa being a weird little guy, and suddenly there are multiple potential roommate schisms in the house. — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026

Eventually, the conservatives succeeded; the denomination finally divided in a schism in 2024, with more than seventy-six hundred congregations leaving to join a conservative Global Methodist Church. — Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026

It's been just over a year since a change of leadership created a schism within the Boone County Democratic Committee. — Jolene Almendarez, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Aug. 2026