What is another word for divorce?
975 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ dɪvˈɔːs], [ dɪvˈɔːs], [ d_ɪ_v_ˈɔː_s]
Divorce is the legal dissolution of a marriage, but there are other words that can be used to describe the ending of a marriage. Synonyms for divorce include separation, split, dissolution, annulment, disunion, parting, and break-up. Each of these words carries a slightly different connotation, with separation implying a temporary split, while annulment suggests that the marriage was invalid from the beginning. Disunion and break-up both imply a more emotional end to a relationship, while dissolution and parting are more neutral in tone. Ultimately, the choice of word depends on the particular circumstances of the marriage and the desired tone of the conversation or written communication.
Table of Contents
Similar words for divorce:
- abandonment (noun)
- act (noun)
- alienation (noun)
- annulment (noun)
- break up (noun)
- breakup (noun)
- chasm (noun)
- defection (noun)
- desertion (noun)
- detachment (noun)
- disjoint (noun)
- disjunction (noun)
- dissociation (noun)
- dissolution (noun)
- disunion (noun)
- disunity (noun)
- division (noun)
- divorce (noun)
- estrangement (noun)
- recreance (noun)
- rupture (noun)
- schism (noun)
- separation (noun)
- split-up of marriage (noun)
- uncoupling (noun)
- alienate (verb)
- annul (verb)
- break up (verb)
- cleave (verb)
- detach (verb)
- disassociate (verb)
- discard (verb)
- dismiss (verb)
- dissociate (verb)
- dissolve (verb)
- disunite (verb)
- divide (verb)
- drop (verb)
- estrange (verb)
- isolate (verb)
- separate (verb)
- split (verb)
- split up (verb)
- split up a marriage (verb)
- uncouple (verb)
Synonyms for Divorce:
-
n.
-
•
- alimony ,
- co-respondent ,
- contact ,
- ex ,
- joint custody .
-
•
- divide off .
- Disaffirmation ,
- Disclamation ,
- Extinguishment ,
- abnegation ,
- abolishment ,
- abolition ,
- annulment ,
- cancellation ,
- deletion ,
- denial ,
- destruction ,
- dismissal ,
- elimination ,
- eradication ,
- invalidation ,
- negation ,
- neutralization ,
- nullification ,
- obliteration ,
- refutation ,
- rejection ,
- repudiation ,
- retraction ,
- revocation ,
- undoing ,
- withdrawal .
- dis integration ,
- dis integrations ,
- dis-integration ,
- dis-integrations ,
- splitsvilles ,
- wind ups ,
- wind-ups .
- dis loyalties ,
- dis loyalty ,
- dis-loyalties ,
- dis-loyalty ,
- disownments ,
- forsakings ,
- re treats ,
- re volt ,
- re volts ,
- re-treat ,
- re-treats ,
- re-volt ,
- re-volts ,
- sunderings .
- de parting ,
- de partings ,
- de relict ,
- de relicts ,
- de-parting ,
- de-partings ,
- de-relict ,
- de-relicts ,
- defectings ,
- departings ,
- dis avowal ,
- dis avowals ,
- dis avowing ,
- dis-avowal ,
- dis-avowals ,
- dis-avowing ,
- disavowings ,
- falling aways ,
- going back ons ,
- maroonings ,
- running out ons .
- dis engagement ,
- dis engagements ,
- dis joining ,
- dis-engagement ,
- dis-engagements ,
- dis-joining ,
- disjoinings ,
- severings ,
- split ups ,
- split-ups ,
- splitup ,
- splitups .
- Disarticulation ,
- amputation ,
- cleavage ,
- disassembly ,
- disconnection ,
- disengagement ,
- disintegration ,
- dissection ,
- fissure ,
- incision ,
- rent ,
- segregation .
- breaking ups ,
- dis solution ,
- dis solutions ,
- dis-solution ,
- dis-solutions ,
- re solutions ,
- re-solution ,
- re-solutions .
- bi section ,
- bi sections ,
- bi-sections ,
- breaking downs ,
- contrastings ,
- cutting ups ,
- departmentalizings ,
- detachings ,
- dis parting ,
- dis partings ,
- dis severance ,
- dis severances ,
- dis-parting ,
- dis-partings ,
- dis-severance ,
- dis-severances ,
- dismemberments ,
- dispartings ,
- distinguishings ,
- disunitings ,
- dividings ,
- parcelings ,
- separatings ,
- splitting ups ,
- sub division ,
- sub divisions ,
- sub-division ,
- sub-divisions .
- antagonization ,
- antagonizations ,
- break ups ,
- break-ups ,
- dis association ,
- dis associations ,
- dis-association ,
- dis-associations ,
- disassociations ,
- with holding ,
- with holdings ,
- with-holding ,
- with-holdings .
-
v.
• alienate • annul- Disaffirm ,
- abnegate ,
- abolish ,
- annul ,
- cancel ,
- delete ,
- deny ,
- destroy ,
- disavow ,
- disclaim ,
- efface ,
- eliminate ,
- eradicate ,
- extinguish ,
- invalidate ,
- negate ,
- neutralize ,
- nullify ,
- obliterate ,
- refute ,
- reject ,
- repudiate ,
- retract ,
- revoke ,
- undo ,
- veto ,
- withdraw .
- dis assemble ,
- dis assembled ,
- dis assembles ,
- dis assembling ,
- dis band ,
- dis banded ,
- dis banding ,
- dis bands ,
- dis mantle ,
- dis mantled ,
- dis mantles ,
- dis mantling ,
- dis perse ,
- dis-assemble ,
- dis-assembled ,
- dis-assembles ,
- dis-assembling ,
- dis-band ,
- dis-banded ,
- dis-banding ,
- dis-bands ,
- dis-mantle ,
- dis-mantled ,
- dis-mantles ,
- dis-mantling ,
- dis-perse ,
- puts an end to ,
- puts end to ,
- putting an end to ,
- putting end to ,
- takes apart .
- dis sever ,
- dis severed ,
- dis severing ,
- dis severs ,
- dis-sever ,
- dis-severed ,
- dis-severing ,
- dis-severs ,
- tare asunder ,
- tearing asunder ,
- tears asunder ,
- tore asunder .
- de tach ,
- de taches ,
- de-tach ,
- de-taches ,
- dis affiliate ,
- dis affiliated ,
- dis affiliates ,
- dis affiliating ,
- dis engage ,
- dis engaged ,
- dis engages ,
- dis engaging ,
- dis entangle ,
- dis entangled ,
- dis entangles ,
- dis entangling ,
- dis join ,
- dis joined ,
- dis joins ,
- dis mount ,
- dis mounted ,
- dis mounting ,
- dis mounts ,
- dis-affiliate ,
- dis-affiliated ,
- dis-affiliates ,
- dis-affiliating ,
- dis-engage ,
- dis-engaged ,
- dis-engages ,
- dis-engaging ,
- dis-entangle ,
- dis-entangled ,
- dis-entangles ,
- dis-entangling ,
- dis-join ,
- dis-joined ,
- dis-joins ,
- dis-mount ,
- dis-mounted ,
- dis-mounting ,
- dis-mounts ,
- re move ,
- re moved ,
- re moving ,
- re-move ,
- re-moves ,
- re-moving ,
- tare off ,
- tears off ,
- tore off ,
- torn off ,
- un fasten ,
- un fastened ,
- un fastening ,
- un fastens ,
- un fix ,
- un fixed ,
- un fixes ,
- un fixing ,
- un fixt ,
- un hitch ,
- un hitched ,
- un hitches ,
- un hitching ,
- un-fasten ,
- un-fastened ,
- un-fastening ,
- un-fastens ,
- un-fix ,
- un-fixed ,
- un-fixes ,
- un-fixing ,
- un-fixt ,
- un-hitch ,
- un-hitched ,
- un-hitches ,
- un-hitching ,
- unfixt ,
- with draw ,
- with drawing ,
- with drawn ,
- with draws ,
- with drew ,
- with-draw ,
- with-drawing ,
- with-drawn ,
- with-drew .
- dis associate ,
- dis associated ,
- dis associates ,
- dis associating ,
- dis-associate ,
- dis-associated ,
- dis-associates ,
- dis-associating .
- adiosed ,
- adioses ,
- adiosing ,
- casting aside ,
- casts aside ,
- de sert ,
- de-sert ,
- deep sixed ,
- deep sixing ,
- deepsix ,
- deepsixed ,
- deepsixes ,
- deepsixing ,
- dis card ,
- dis carded ,
- dis carding ,
- dis cards ,
- dis patch ,
- dis patched ,
- dis patches ,
- dis patching ,
- dis possess ,
- dis possessed ,
- dis possesses ,
- dis possessing ,
- dis-card ,
- dis-carded ,
- dis-carding ,
- dis-cards ,
- dis-patch ,
- dis-patched ,
- dis-patches ,
- dis-patching ,
- dis-possess ,
- dis-possessed ,
- dis-possesses ,
- dis-possessing ,
- freed of ,
- freeing of ,
- frees of ,
- had done with ,
- haddest done with ,
- hadst done with ,
- has done with ,
- hast done with ,
- hath done with ,
- having done with ,
- pro tested ,
- pro testing ,
- pro-tested ,
- pro-testing ,
- re peal ,
- re pealed ,
- re pealing ,
- re peals ,
- re-pealed ,
- re-pealing ,
- re-peals ,
- sweeping away ,
- sweeps away ,
- threw overboard ,
- throws overboard ,
- tosses aside ,
- tossing aside ,
- tost aside .
- casts out ,
- de cline ,
- de clines ,
- de ported ,
- de porting ,
- de-cline ,
- de-clines ,
- de-ported ,
- de-porting ,
- dis missed ,
- dis missing ,
- dis-missed ,
- dis-missing ,
- drave out ,
- drove out ,
- forced out ,
- lets out ,
- letted go ,
- letted out ,
- locked out ,
- locking out ,
- locks out ,
- out lawed ,
- out lawing ,
- out-lawed ,
- out-lawing ,
- pushed back ,
- pushes aside ,
- pushes back ,
- pushing aside ,
- pushing back ,
- re lease ,
- re leases ,
- re legate ,
- re legates ,
- re-lease ,
- re-leased ,
- re-leases ,
- re-legate ,
- re-legates ,
- sending off ,
- sends off ,
- sent off ,
- showed out ,
- showing out ,
- shows out ,
- sloughed off ,
- sloughing off .
- disconnect ,
- disengage ,
- disjoin ,
- dismantle ,
- excise ,
- fragment ,
- halve ,
- insulate ,
- part ,
- rend ,
- segregate ,
- sunder .
- de stroy ,
- de stroyed ,
- de stroying ,
- de stroys ,
- de-stroy ,
- de-stroyed ,
- de-stroying ,
- de-stroys ,
- dis charge ,
- dis charged ,
- dis charges ,
- dis charging ,
- dis organize ,
- dis organized ,
- dis organizes ,
- dis organizing ,
- dis solve ,
- dis solved ,
- dis solves ,
- dis solving ,
- dis-charge ,
- dis-charged ,
- dis-charges ,
- dis-charging ,
- dis-organize ,
- dis-organized ,
- dis-organizes ,
- dis-organizing ,
- dis-solve ,
- dis-solved ,
- dis-solves ,
- dis-solving ,
- in validate ,
- in validated ,
- in validates ,
- in validating ,
- in-validate ,
- in-validated ,
- in-validates ,
- in-validating ,
- over throw ,
- over throwing ,
- over thrown ,
- over throws ,
- over-throw ,
- over-throwing ,
- over-thrown ,
- over-throws ,
- post pone ,
- post pones ,
- post-pone ,
- post-pones ,
- rendered void ,
- rendering void ,
- renders void ,
- resolve in to ,
- resolved in to ,
- resolved into ,
- resolves in to ,
- resolves into ,
- resolving in to ,
- resolving into ,
- un made ,
- un make ,
- un makes ,
- un making ,
- un-made ,
- un-make ,
- un-makes ,
- un-making .
- brake down ,
- breaks down ,
- broke down ,
- dichotomizes ,
- dis locate ,
- dis located ,
- dis locates ,
- dis locating ,
- dis member ,
- dis membered ,
- dis members ,
- dis-locate ,
- dis-located ,
- dis-locates ,
- dis-locating ,
- dis-member ,
- dis-membered ,
- dis-members ,
- pulling away ,
- pulls away ,
- sub divide ,
- sub divided ,
- sub divides ,
- sub dividing ,
- sub-divide ,
- sub-divided ,
- sub-divides ,
- sub-dividing ,
- un bind ,
- un binding ,
- un binds ,
- un bound ,
- un did ,
- un does ,
- un doing ,
- un done ,
- un-bind ,
- un-binding ,
- un-binds ,
- un-bound ,
- un-did ,
- un-does ,
- un-doing .
- Re sign ,
- am alienated from ,
- are alienated from ,
- art alienated from ,
- being alienated from ,
- dis continue ,
- dis continued ,
- dis continues ,
- dis continuing ,
- dis owned ,
- dis owning ,
- dis-continue ,
- dis-continued ,
- dis-continues ,
- dis-continuing ,
- dis-owned ,
- dis-owning ,
- dusted off ,
- dusting off ,
- dusts off ,
- eighty six ,
- eightysix ,
- forgat about ,
- forgetting about ,
- forgot about ,
- is alienated from ,
- parting from ,
- parts from ,
- re signed ,
- re signing ,
- re signs ,
- re-signed ,
- re-signs ,
- was alienated from ,
- wast alienated from ,
- wasted one ,
- wastes one ,
- wasting one ,
- were alienated from ,
- wert alienated from .
- dis unified ,
- dis unifies ,
- dis unify ,
- dis unifying ,
- dis-unified ,
- dis-unifies ,
- dis-unify ,
- dis-unifying ,
- disunified ,
- disunifying ,
- drave apart ,
- drives apart ,
- driving apart ,
- drove apart ,
- made hostile ,
- makes hostile ,
- making hostile ,
- put on outs ,
- put outs ,
- put the outs ,
- puts on outs ,
- puts on the outs ,
- puts outs ,
- puts the outs ,
- putting on outs ,
- putting on the outs ,
- putting outs ,
- putting the outs ,
- set odds ,
- sets at odds ,
- sets odds ,
- setting at odds ,
- setting odds ,
- with held ,
- with hold ,
- with holds ,
- with-held ,
- with-hold ,
- with-holds .
- Unglue ,
- amputate ,
- axe ,
- bisect ,
- cut ,
- disarticulate ,
- disassemble ,
- disintegrate ,
- dissect ,
- incise ,
- pare ,
- remove ,
- rip ,
- scissor ,
- slice ,
- unhinge .
Other synonyms:
- bite off ,
- disentangle ,
- disunion ,
- maiden ,
- old maid ,
- severance ,
- singleton ,
- spread-out ,
- untangle ,
- visitation .
- access .
- tease .
- single .
Other relevant words:
- Dichotomized ,
- Dichotomizing ,
- Ejected ,
- Hacked ,
- Hacking ,
- Intersected ,
- Islanded ,
- Islands ,
- Quartered ,
- Unfix ,
- adios ,
- alienate ,
- aliened ,
- aliening ,
- be alienated from ,
- block off ,
- branched ,
- branching ,
- break down ,
- break up ,
- cast aside ,
- cleave ,
- close off ,
- closed off ,
- closing off ,
- come undone ,
- deep-six ,
- deep-sixed ,
- deep-sixes ,
- deep-sixing ,
- detach ,
- dichotomize ,
- disaffiliate ,
- disaffiliated ,
- disaffiliates ,
- disaffiliating ,
- disassociate ,
- dismiss ,
- dissociate ,
- dissolve ,
- disunifies ,
- disunify ,
- disunite ,
- divide ,
- drive apart ,
- drop ,
- dust off ,
- estrange ,
- forget about ,
- forgets about ,
- forsake ,
- free of ,
- gave way ,
- give up ,
- give way ,
- giving way ,
- have done with ,
- hewn ,
- islanding ,
- isolate ,
- jettison ,
- junked ,
- junking ,
- keep apart ,
- keeping apart ,
- kept apart ,
- make hostile ,
- part company ,
- part from ,
- part with ,
- parted from ,
- parted with ,
- parting with ,
- parts with ,
- pull away ,
- pulled away ,
- put an end to ,
- put asunder ,
- put by ,
- put end to ,
- put on the outs ,
- quarantine ,
- render void ,
- resolve into ,
- ripping ,
- scatters ,
- sectioned ,
- sectioning ,
- segmented ,
- segmenting ,
- separate ,
- set at odds ,
- shake off ,
- shakes off ,
- split ,
- split up ,
- sweep away ,
- swept away ,
- take apart ,
- taking apart ,
- tear asunder ,
- tear off ,
- tearing off ,
- throw overboard ,
- throwing overboard ,
- took apart ,
- torn asunder ,
- toss aside ,
- tossed aside ,
- unbound ,
- uncouple ,
- unfixed ,
- unfixes ,
- unfixing ,
- unmake ,
- unmakes ,
- unmaking ,
- wash out ,
- washed out ,
- washes out ,
- washing out ,
- waste one ,
- whacked ,
- whacking .
- cast out ,
- casting out ,
- drive out ,
- drives out ,
- driving out ,
- force out ,
- forces out ,
- forcing out ,
- let out ,
- lets go ,
- letting go ,
- letting out ,
- lock out ,
- push aside ,
- push back ,
- pushed aside ,
- send off ,
- show out ,
- slough off ,
- sloughs off .
- Separating ,
- Uncombine ,
- Unlink ,
- break it off ,
- come apart ,
- come away ,
- coming apart ,
- dedomicile ,
- go different ways ,
- go separate ways ,
- goes away ,
- going away ,
- relationship or marriage alienate ,
- take leave ,
- taking leave ,
- uncombined ,
- unlinked ,
- unlinking ,
- untie the knot .
- Disparting ,
- Recreance ,
- Recreancy ,
- alienation ,
- bi-section ,
- bisection ,
- bisections ,
- break-up ,
- breaking down ,
- breakup ,
- bustup ,
- carvings ,
- castoff ,
- castoffs ,
- crackup ,
- crackups ,
- departmentalizing ,
- detachment ,
- disassociation ,
- disavowal ,
- disavowals ,
- dismemberment ,
- disownment ,
- dissociation ,
- dissolution ,
- disunity ,
- division ,
- elusion ,
- elusions ,
- estrangement ,
- evasion ,
- failings ,
- falling away ,
- falseness ,
- parceling ,
- perfidy ,
- rendings ,
- rift ,
- running out on ,
- rupture ,
- segmentation ,
- segmentations ,
- separation ,
- split-up ,
- splitsville ,
- splittings ,
- tergiversation ,
- uncoupling ,
- vivisection ,
- vivisections ,
- wind-up ,
- windup ,
- windups ,
- withholdings .
-
•
-
•
-
•
-
•
How to use "Divorce" in context?
Divorce is a hard thing to go through, but necessary in some cases. couples who are not happy in their marriages may choose to get a divorce, but it is not easy. There are many factors that go into a divorce, and each couple is unique. Some common reasons for a divorce are: incompatibility, a lack of trust, and a difference in opinion about where the family should live. The best way to go through the process is to be prepared for what is ahead. There are a few things that every divorcing couple should do, no matter what their situation is. They should develop a plan and talk about it with their lawyer.
Paraphrases for Divorce:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
- highest relevancy
- medium relevancy
- lowest relevancy
-
Equivalence
-
Proper noun, singular
divorced.
-
Noun, singular or mass
Divorcing.
-
Proper noun, singular
-
Independent
-
Noun, singular or mass
annulment, cancellation, dissolution, repudiation, segregation.
-
Verb, base form
segregate.
-
Noun, singular or mass
-
Other Related
-
Adjective
married.
-
Noun, singular or mass
marriage, separation.
-
Adjective
Homophones for Divorce:
- diverge, debris, diverse, devries, Dita Bark, depress, defrock, dvorak, dippers, DPRK, dive brake, deep-freeze, deepfreeze, dibrach, diaper rash, debark, due process, deep freeze, dobrich, divorcee, De Vries, daybreak, d.p.r.k., divers, diaphoresis.
Hyponym for Divorce:
n.
-
act
separation.
-
act
Word of the Day
FEV
- Synonyms:
- bound bailiff.
