Synonyms for division
Most common
partition separation schism split section part partitioning dissension
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Partition — the act or process of dividing anything
partition, separation, schism, split, distribution, separate, difference, parting, alienation, breach, apportionment, disjunction, disunion, rupture, disconnection, lith UK
2. Section
section, part, category, department, branch, district, head, subdivision, segment, rank, faction, portion, share, ramification, allotment
3. Partitioning
4. Dissension
Other
class, group, race, electoral district, ward, demarcation, tribe, compartment, div informal, constituency, phylum, estate
Definitions
- n. 1
The act or process of dividing anything.
- n. 2
Each of the separate parts of something resulting from division.
- n. 3
The process of dividing a number by another.
- n. 4
A calculation that involves this process.
I've got ten divisions to do for my homework.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- divisions → partitions, separations, schisms, splits…
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Division and fraction are always regarded as in connection with the total; divisions may be equal or unequal; a fraction is one of several equal parts into which the whole is supposed to be divided. A subdivision is a division of a division.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- split That crisis threatened to split the nation in two.
- distribution The distribution of this product is a little slow.
- separation The separation felt like a never-ending nightmare.
- schism The community underwent a schism.
- department Excuse me, but where is the men's shoe department?
- category His latest work belongs to a different category.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| division | falling | |
| split | rising | |
| distribution | falling | |
| separation | falling | |
| schism | steady | |
| department | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- div
- 4 letters
- part1, head1, race1, rank1, ward1, lith
- 5 letters
- group1, class1, share1, split1, tribe1
- 6 letters
- estate2, branch1, breach1, schism2, phylum2
- 7 letters
- section2, portion2, segment2, faction2, discord2, parting2, rupture2
- 8 letters
- district2, separate3, category4, variance3, disunion3
- 9 letters
- partition3, allotment3
- 10 letters
- department3, difference3, separation4, alienation5, dissension3
- 11 letters
- subdivision4, compartment3, demarcation4, disjunction
- 12 letters
- distribution4, disagreement4, constituency5, segmentation4, partitioning4, ramification5
- 13 letters
- disconnection4, apportionment4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (estate2 = 2 syllables).