Synonyms of divided

divided 1 of 2

adjective

də-ˈvī-dəd 

as in split

disagreeing with each other

the club members are sharply divided on the need for more fund-raising

Synonyms & Similar Words

• split
• at odds
• disunited
• at loggerheads
• fractionated
• fractionalized
• balkanized
• factious
• cohesionless

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unanimous
• undivided
• united

divided

2 of 2

verb

past tense of divide

1

as in separated

to set or force apart

volunteers divided the donated groceries into several dozen piles

Synonyms & Similar Words

• separated
• split
• disconnected
• resolved
• severed
• subdivided
• isolated
• divorced
• parted
• pulled
• disunited
• dissociated
• dissected
• sundered
• disassociated
• disjoined
• detached
• decomposed
• ramified
• decoupled
• disjointed
• uncoupled
• broke up
• partitioned
• dissolved
• dissevered
• fragmented
• cleaved
• disintegrated
• segmented
• unlinked
• bifurcated
• unyoked
• segregated
• disassembled
• fractionated
• halved
• bisected
• ripped
• quartered
• fractured
• tore
• dichotomized
• broke down
• fractionalized
• broke
• fragmentized
• unraveled
• fragmentated
• trisected
• insulated
• cut off
• ruptured
• rent
• sequestered
• rifted
• secluded
• disentangled
• disengaged
• rived
• untied

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• united
• linked
• joined
• combined
• unified
• mixed
• associated
• assembled
• connected
• blended
• mingled
• coupled
• bound
• attached
• closed
• accumulated
• fused
• stuck
• welded
• cemented
• fastened
• agglutinated
• knit

2

as in parted

to go or move in different directions from a central point

the group divided based on those who wanted to go swimming and those who didn't

Synonyms & Similar Words

• separated
• parted
• diverged
• retreated
• scattered
• forked
• spread
• branched (out)
• dispersed
• distributed
• disbanded
• dissipated
• dispelled
• broadcast
• sowed
• cleared out
• receded
• bestrewed
• distanced
• broke up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• joined
• converged
• met
• assembled
• gathered

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of divided

Adjective

What readers are saying The comments reflect a divided opinion on the trial of Council Member Trayon White, who is accused of accepting a bribe. — Salvador Rizzo, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2026

That power to bring people together is at the heart of what makes the Contest so special, and is even more important now in an increasingly difficult and divided world. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026

Verb

The seven states would be divided between the upper basin (Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Utah) and the lower basin (Arizona, Nevada, and California) with the dividing line at Lees Ferry, Arizona, just south of Glen Canyon. — Story Hinckley, Christian Science Monitor, 5 Oct. 2026

Although the father of the proposal, Dave Regan, is the president of a union, the labor movement is bitterly divided over the effort. — Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026