split  

Thesaurus for split

• adjective
  • synonyms
    • disconnected, disunited, fragmented  
  • similar terms
    • cut, divided  
• noun
  • synonyms
    • rip, rent, snag, tear, Split, stock split, split up, schism, acrobatic feat, acrobatic stunt, bottle, bottleful, city, cleft, crack, crevice, division, fissure, formation, frozen dessert, gap, increase, metropolis, opening, part, percentage, portion, scissure, share, step-up, urban center  
• verb
  • synonyms
    • divide, split up, separate, dissever, carve up, cleave, rive, part, break, break up, burst, break open, change integrity, come apart, fall apart, move, tear  
  • antonyms
    • unite  

Pronunciation of split: S P L IH1 T (split)

Number of syllables of split: 1

Definition of split

• (n): an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea  
• (n): an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings"  
• (n): a lengthwise crack in wood; "he inserted the wedge into a split in the log"  
• (n): a promised or claimed share of loot or money; "he demanded his split before they disbanded"  
• (n): a bottle containing half the usual amount  
• (v): break open or apart suddenly; "The bubble burst"  
• (v): separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone"  
• (v): go one''s own away; move apart; "The friends separated after the party"  
• (v): discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up"  
• (v): separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"  
• (s): broken or burst apart longitudinally; "after the thunderstorm we found a tree with a split trunk"; "they tore big juicy chunks from the heart of the split watermelon"  
• (s): (especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain; "we bought split logs for the fireplace"  
• (s): having a long rip or tear; "a split lip"  
• (s): having been divided; having the unity destroyed; "Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of disconnected local forces"-Samuel Lubell; "a league of disunited nations"- E.B.White; "a fragmented coalition"; "a split group"  
• (s): being divided or separated; "split between love and hate"  

Examples of split

• The country was split into several prefectures.  
• The point of the split is to separate the discussion of two distinct questions.  
• Americans split on what to subtract.  
• There was a split among the crowd.  
• The landowner and sharecropper split the harvest.  
• The expulsion split the college.  
• They split the early primaries and caucuses.  
• The carriage was of the split trail type.  
• Friends said the split was amicable.  
• The speech split the conference.