Need another word that means the same as “divisive”? Find 6 synonyms and 30 related words for “divisive” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Divisive” are: dissentious, factious, alienating, estranging, isolating, schismatic
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “divisive” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| alienating | Causing hostility or loss of friendliness. Her sudden alienating aloofness. |
| dissentious | Dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion. Dissentious rogues. |
| estranging | Making one feel out of place or alienated. The landscape was estranging. |
| factious | Dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion. A factious country. |
| isolating | Relating to or being a language in which each word typically expresses a distinct idea and part of speech and syntactical relations are determined almost exclusively by word order and particles. Working from your home office every day is isolating. |
| schismatic | Characterized by or favouring schism. Schismatic religious movements were gaining currency. |
| antagonistic | Characterized by antagonism or antipathy. Europe was antagonistic to the Unites States. |
| combative | Having or showing a ready disposition to fight. He made some enemies with his combative style. |
| competition | An occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants. He wanted to know what the competition was doing. |
| conflict | Be in conflict. He was immobilized by conflict and indecision. |
| confrontational | Tending to deal with situations in an aggressive way; hostile or argumentative. He distanced himself from the confrontational approach adopted by his predecessor. |
| contradiction | A situation in which inconsistent elements are present. He spoke as if he thought his claims were immune to contradiction. |
| contradictory | A contradictory proposition. The two studies came to contradictory conclusions. |
| cracked | Of paint or varnish; having the appearance of alligator hide. You must think my family are cracked. |
| differ | Be different. He differed from his contemporaries in ethical matters. |
| disagree | (of statements or accounts) be inconsistent or fail to correspond. She disagrees with her husband on many questions. |
| disagreement | A conflict of people’s opinions or actions or characters. Disagreements between parents and adolescents. |
| discomfit | Make (someone) feel uneasy or embarrassed. He was not noticeably discomfited by her tone. |
| disconcert | Disturb the composure of; unsettle. The abrupt change of subject disconcerted her. |
| discord | Lack of agreement or harmony between things. The discord between indigenous and Western cultures. |
| discordant | (of sounds) harsh and jarring because of a lack of harmony. The singers continued their discordant chanting. |
| discrepant | Not compatible with other facts. Widely discrepant statements. |
| dissension | Disagreement among those expected to cooperate. These issues caused bitter dissension in the party. |
| dissonance | The auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience. An unusual degree of dissonance for such choral styles. |
| dissonant | Lacking in harmony. Irregular dissonant chords. |
| factious | Dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion. A factious country. |
| fight | The act of fighting any contest or struggle. General Hill fights his troops well. |
| incompatible | (of one thing or person) not consistent or able to coexist with (another. Incompatible colors. |
| inconsistency | An inconsistent aspect or element. The inconsistency between his expressed attitudes and his actual behaviour. |
| inharmonious | Lacking in harmony of parts. An inharmonious or incongruous mixture of architectural styles. |
| opposition | A contrast or antithesis. Despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead. |
| partisan | A member of an armed group formed to fight secretly against an occupying force, in particular one operating in German-occupied Yugoslavia, Italy, and parts of eastern Europe in the Second World War. The partisans opened fire from the woods. |
| rivalry | The act of competing as for profit or a prize. There always has been intense rivalry between the clubs. |
| sectarian | (of an action) carried out on the grounds of membership of a sect, denomination, or other group. The negations of sectarian ideology. |
| strife | Angry or bitter disagreement over fundamental issues; conflict. Decades of civil strife. |
| struggle | An open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)–Thomas Paine. Before she could struggle he lifted her up. |
The synonyms and related words of "Brag" are: blow, bluster, boast, gas, gasconade, shoot a…
The synonyms and related words of "Pierce" are: thrust, make a hole in, penetrate, puncture,…
The synonyms and related words of "Weary" are: aweary, tired, tired out, exhausted, fatigued, overtired,…
The synonyms and related words of "Kick" are: complain, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off, give…
The synonyms and related words of "Useless" are: futile, pointless, purposeless, impractical, vain, in vain,…
Want to describe something with adjectives that start with 'J'? Though they are not numerous,…