Synonyms for cleave
Definitions
- v. 1
Followed by to or unto: to adhere, cling, or stick fast to something.
- v. 2
To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.
The wings clove the foggy air.
Forms
- Past participle
- cleaved
e.g. cleaved → sticked, clinged, adhered, cohered…
Example sentences
- adhere I have my own set of values that I must adhere to.
- cling I do not cling to life sufficiently to fear death.
- split That crisis threatened to split the nation in two.
By length
- 3 letters
- cut1, hug1
- 4 letters
- part1, open2, hold1, bind1, glue1, slit1, rive, rend
- 5 letters
- stick1, split1, crack1, cling1, sever2
- 6 letters
- divide2, attach2, adhere2, sunder2, cohere2
- 7 letters
- dispart
- 8 letters
- dissever
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (open2 = 2 syllables).