Synonyms for divide

Synonyms for (noun) divide

Synonyms: water parting, watershed, divide

Definition: a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems

Similar words: line

Definition: a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent


Synonyms: divide

Definition: a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility)

Similar words: disagreement, dissension, dissonance

Definition: a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters


Synonyms for (verb) divide

Synonyms: divide, fraction

Definition: perform a division

Usage: Can you divide 49 by seven?

Similar words: compute, cipher, calculate, cypher, reckon, work out, figure

Definition: make a mathematical calculation or computation


Synonyms: disunite, divide, part, separate

Definition: force, take, or pull apart

Usage: He separated the fighting children; Moses parted the Red Sea

Similar words: displace, move

Definition: cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense

Usage: Move those boxes into the corner, please; I'm moving my money to another bank; The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant


Synonyms: divide, separate, part

Definition: come apart

Usage: The two pieces that we had glued separated

Similar words: change

Definition: undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature

Usage: She changed completely as she grew older; The weather changed last night


Synonyms: dissever, divide, separate, split, split up, carve up

Definition: separate into parts or portions

Usage: divide the cake into three equal parts; The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I

Similar words: change integrity

Definition: change in physical make-up


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