PARTED Synonyms: 285 Similar and Opposite Words

parted 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of parted

as in severed

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parted

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verb

past tense of part

as in separated

to go or move in different directions from a central point after traveling together for three weeks, we parted at Rome

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as in departed

to leave a place often for another parted with great ceremony but with little preparation for the dangers that lay ahead

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as in divided

to set or force apart parted the prongs with pliers

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as in died

to stop living before I part, I hope I have the opportunity to say my good-byes

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Recent Examples of parted

Adjective

Faithe with her son, AydenAmanda Langston As the two parted ways, Amanda saw Faithe’s demeanor shift. — Meghan O'Brien, NBC news, 28 Mar. 2026 But after two years in Tucson, the two left the U of A and parted ways, Cunningham landing at Texas and Williams at Iowa State. — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026

Verb

Her hair was parted to one side and folded underneath to meet her chin. — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026 When their plan goes horribly awry, the couple is parted once again. — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for parted

Recent Examples of Synonyms for parted

Adjective

In the show’s second season, Lumon struggles to contain the fallout from these discoveries and fires the head of the severed floor, Harmony Cobel (Patricia Arquette), replacing her with her former deputy, Seth Milchick (Tillman).

— Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Sep. 2026
There’s a severed head on set, a childhood friend swinging fists in an elevator, and a director who wanted every drop of blood shot for real.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of severed

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

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Eisner, Diller’s second in command, departed for Disney when he didn’t get promoted, and he was soon followed out the door by another rising young executive, Jeffrey Katzenberg.

— Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
Bailey departed Burberry in 2018 and was succeeded as chief creative officer by Riccardo Tisci, formerly the creative director at Givenchy (Marco Gobbetti took over Bailey’s CEO role in 2017).

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of departed

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

Definition of divided

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Alexei Tsydenov, head of the nearby Republic of Buryatia, said the woman had died from an unspecified form of plague.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2026
Samuel, or Samuil in Bulgarian, was a warrior emperor who battled the Byzantine Empire to expand his kingdom but was ultimately defeated and died shortly afterward in 1014.

— COSTAS KANTOURIS, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of died

Adjective

Tabless battery cells, a split-path battery management system and a motor vent that lets air flow through are meant to double continuous power delivery.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Oct. 2026
His decision raises the prospect of a split 4-4 decision, which would be a victory for Boulder and leave the Colorado Supreme Court decision in place.

— Patrick Parenteau, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of split

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

During that time the female lead Rosa Salazar exited, by all accounts a mutual decision, and Fumero came on board.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
Éric Vallat, a former cognac executive who joined Lacoste as its chief executive officer last year, has exited the brand.

— Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026