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Synonyms for split
Synonyms for split: part, disconnected, burst, cleave, divide, rip and schism. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 7 synonyms for split
Interchangeable with split, one per sense
Audited under split's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one split carries in that sense.
- partverb, in the sense "discontinue an association or relation"
- disconnectedadjective, in the sense "having been divided"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name split as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- burstburst is a verb in the sense "come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure"
- cleavecleave is a verb in the sense "separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument"
- dividedivide is a verb in the sense "separate into parts or portions"
- riprip is a noun in the sense "the act of rending or ripping or splitting something"
- schismschism is a noun in the sense "division of a group into opposing factions"
The first group is filed under split's own senses. The second reach split from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside them is that word's.
discontinue an association or relation
My friend and I split up.
split in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The two founders split after months of disagreement over the company's direction.
- After years of touring together, the band split and each member started a solo career.
How it behaves: In this sense split usually appears as the phrasal verb 'split up', is intransitive, and typically takes people or partnerships as its subject in informal, spoken registers.
The true synonym
part
Same sentence, swapped: My friend and I part up.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- burst
- cheese
- quit
Opposites, in this sense
reunite and unite reverse split as it is used in the sentence above. A different sense of split takes different opposites, which is why these sit inside the sense and not at the top of the page.
- reunite
- unite
having been divided
A split group.
The true synonym
disconnected
Same sentence, swapped: A disconnected group.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- opening
- total
- spread
Where split turns up in the game
split is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where split is the trap
- advancenoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is rise, in the sense "increase in price or value", and split is on the board beside it.
- lamnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is getaway, in the sense "a rapid escape (as by criminals)", and split is on the board beside it.
- spreadadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is dispersed, in the sense "distributed or spread over a considerable extent", with split sitting one tile away.
Play split
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so split reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from social life at Foothills outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. split carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.