Word Type

Verb

Noun

Proper Noun

The word "divorce" can be used as verb, noun and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

marriage marry

Capable Of

divide family

Causes Desire

drink hit bottle

Defined As

official end to marriage

Derived Terms

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Entails

marry

Etymologically Related To

verse

Context

law

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

break break up part separate separation split split up

Type Of (IsA)

event type legal process painful experience separation

Manner Of

separate

Related Terms

connected dissolution dissolve legal legally marriage obtain qur separate separation sura

Synonym Network

disassociate disconnect disjunction dissolution dissolve disunion disunite divorcement part parting partition put away sever severance split up sunder unmarry

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.