All division synonyms

noun division

• boundary — The boundary of an area of land is an imaginary line that separates it from other areas.
• compartment — A compartment is one of the separate spaces into which a railway carriage is divided.
• sort — a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature: to develop a new sort of painting; nice people, of course, but not really our sort.
• head — Edith, 1897–1981, U.S. costume designer.
• parcel — an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
• degree — You use degree to indicate the extent to which something happens or is the case, or the amount which something is felt.
• associate — If you associate someone or something with another thing, the two are connected in your mind.
• fragment — fragmentation
• lump — a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal.
• slice — a thin, flat piece cut from something: a slice of bread.
• dividend — Mathematics. a number that is to be divided by a divisor.
• kind — of a good or benevolent nature or disposition, as a person: a kind and loving person.
• portion — a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it: I read a portion of the manuscript.
• ramification — the act or process of ramifying.
• offshoot — a branch or lateral shoot from a main stem, as of a plant.
• piece — a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate.
• grouping — any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation: a group of protesters; a remarkable group of paintings.
• divider — a person or thing that divides.
• rake-off — a share or amount taken or received illicitly, as in connection with a public enterprise.
• dissonance — inharmonious or harsh sound; discord; cacophony.
• disharmony — lack of harmony; discord.
• dissension — strong disagreement; a contention or quarrel; discord.
• feud — fee (def 4).
• difficulty — the fact or condition of being difficult.
• words — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
• dissent — to differ in sentiment or opinion, especially from the majority; withhold assent; disagree (often followed by from): Two of the justices dissented from the majority decision.
• variance — the state, quality, or fact of being variable, divergent, different, or anomalous.
• trouble — to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
• dissidence — disagreement: political dissidence.
• contrasting — to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of: Contrast the political rights of Romans and Greeks.
• distinguishing — distinctive; characteristic, as a definitive feature of an individual or group: Intricate rhyming is a distinguishing feature of her poetry.
• dissever — to sever; separate.
• rending — to separate into parts with force or violence: The storm rent the ship to pieces.
• dissection — the act of dissecting.
• disconnection — the act of disconnecting.
• departmentalizing — Present participle of departmentalize.
• detaching — Present participle of detach.
• disparting — Present participle of dispart.
• disseverance — The act of dissevering; separation.
• disuniting — Present participle of disunite.
• dividing — Serving to divide or separate.
• allotment — In Britain, an allotment is a small area of land in a town which a person rents to grow plants and vegetables on.
• allocation — An allocation is an amount of something, especially money, that is given to a particular person or used for a particular purpose.
• sharing — the full or proper portion or part allotted or belonging to or contributed or owed by an individual or group.
• rift — an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
• break — When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
• schism — division or disunion, especially into mutually opposed parties.
• gulf — a portion of an ocean or sea partly enclosed by land.
• breach — If you breach an agreement, a law, or a promise, you break it.
• self-estrangement — to turn away in feeling or affection; make unfriendly or hostile; alienate the affections of: Their quarrel estranged the two friends.