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 Dad forked a bite of roast beef, eyed it, then shoved it in his mouth. — Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 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 At another, co-founder and musician Nnamdï Ogbonnaya forked over his cover charge via tap-to-pay. — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 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 The joy on their faces when asked about their favorite parts of Messi’s performance was exactly what Jordan and probably many other families who forked over the money and sat through the chaos of the entry process hoped for. — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 17 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for forked

Verb

Iris Law’s piecey pixie is parted to the side, with soft texture and a jagged, wispy bang for some edge.

— Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 27 Sep. 2026
On third-and-9 in the red zone, Kansas City’s front seven parted and gave up an 11-yard first-down run to Ollie Gordon, with De’Von Achane injured.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of parted

Verb

The race to determine who will lead one of the United States’s largest cities took a twist Tuesday, when the two women battling to win Los Angeles’s mayoral race sharply diverged over Israel.

— Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2026
In the poll, views on health care access and costs largely diverged along party lines.

— Ali Swenson, STAT, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of diverged

Verb

And then around ’98, when William made this decision that fractured the community forever, the well-meaning adults separated the genders.

— Selome Hailu, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026
This means that Cumberland in Western Maryland and Salisbury on the Eastern Shore — separated by the Chesapeake Bay and nearly the entire width of the state — could one day end up represented by the same member of Congress.

— Colin Pascal, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of separated

Verb

The country is already bitterly divided, with far-left and far-right parties leading opinion polls ahead of presidential elections next year.

— Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Yet Germany’s meager amount of uranium ore had been divided between different piles in the project.

— Mike McRae October 06, New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2026