Synonyms for rive
Most common
Definitions
- v. 1
To tear apart by force; to rend; to split; to cleave.
- v. 2
To break apart; to split.
Forms
- Past participle
- rived
e.g. rived → rent, cleaved, breaked, disparted…
Choose the right word
Rive is a wood-workers' word for parting wood in the way of the grain without a clean cut.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- pull We need a new leader to pull our company together.
By length
- 3 letters
- rip1
- 4 letters
- pull1, rend
- 5 letters
- break1, split1
- 6 letters
- cleave1
- 7 letters
- dispart