Synonyms for fork
- noun
- verb
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Bifurcation
2. Branch — one of the parts into which anything is furcated or divided; a prong; a branch of a stream, a road, etc.; a…
3. Pommel — the upper front brow of a saddle bow, connected in the tree by the two saddle bars to the cantle on the other…
Other
Verb
1. Separate
Definitions
- n. 1
One of the parts into which anything is furcated or divided; a prong; a branch of a stream, a road, etc.; a barbed point, as of an arrow.
a thunderbolt with three forks
- n. 2
The upper front brow of a saddle bow, connected in the tree by the two saddle bars to the cantle on the other end.
- n. 3
Any of several types of pronged (tined) tools (physical tools), as follows: A utensil with spikes used to put solid food into the mouth, or to hold food down while cutting, or for serving food.
- v. 1
To divide into two or more branches or copies.
A road, a tree, or a stream forks.
Related words
- Word family
- fork-tongued forky
- Phrases
- fork out fork over digging fork pastry fork fork hoe garden fork manure fork spading fork
Example sentences
- branching Looks like the Japanese maple is finally branching.
- pommel The pommel horse requires more balance than strength.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| fork | rising | |
| branching | steady | |
| pommel | rising | |
| axilla | steady | |
| trifurcation | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- eff
- 5 letters
- swell1, prong1
- 6 letters
- branch1, divide2, crotch1, pommel2, axilla, ramify3
- 7 letters
- furcate
- 8 letters
- separate3
- 9 letters
- branching2, pitchfork2, bifurcate3
- 10 letters
- divaricate
- 11 letters
- bifurcation4
- 12 letters
- ramification5, trifurcation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (divide2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- fourchette
- Italiano
- forchetta