| Main Entry: | split up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep apart; segregate; separate |
Synonyms: |
break off, break up, come apart, detach, disband, disconnect, divide, divorce, go separate ways, group, part, part company, rope off, seclude, sever, sort, stand between, undo |
| Main Entry: | allot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assign; give portion |
Synonyms: |
admeasure, allocate, appoint, apportion, appropriate, assign, budget, cut, cut the pie, designate, distribute, divvy, dole, earmark, mete, set aside, share, shell out, slice, split up |
| Notes: | to allocate something is to set it aside for a specific purpose; to allot something is to give it with an implied restriction and an understanding of sharing |
Antonyms: |
disallow, keep, retain, withhold |
| Main Entry: | annulment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | voiding an agreement |
Synonyms: |
abatement, abolition, abrogation, annihilation, breakup, cancellation, countermanding, dedomiciling, deletion, discharge, dissolution, erasing, going phfft, invalidation, negation, neutralization, nullification, obliteration, recall, repeal, rescinding, rescindment, rescission, retraction, reversal, revocation, split up, split*, undoing, vitiation, voiding |
Antonyms: |
enactment, restoration, retention, validation |
| Main Entry: | apportion |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | divide into shares |
Synonyms: |
accord, admeasure, administer, allocate, allot, assign, bestow, cut, cut up, deal, dispense, distribute, divvy, divvy up, dole out, give, lot, measure, mete, parcel, part, partition, piece up, prorate, ration, slice, split, split up |
Antonyms: |
hold, keep, monopolize, withhold |
| Main Entry: | detachment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disconnection |
Synonyms: |
disengagement, disjoining, dissolution, disunion, division, divorce, divorcement, partition, rupture, separation, severing, split-up |
Antonyms: |
attachment, combination, connection, linkage, merger |
| Main Entry: | dispel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drive away thought, belief |
Synonyms: |
allay, banish, beat off, break it up, break up, bust up, cancel, chase away, crumble, deploy, disband, disintegrate, dismiss, disperse, dissipate, distribute, eject, eliminate, expel, oust, repel, resolve, rout, scatter, scramble, split up |
Antonyms: |
accumulate, collect, garner, gather, recall |
| Main Entry: | disperse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | distribute; scatter |
Synonyms: |
banish, besprinkle, break up, broadcast, cast forth, circulate, deal, diffuse, disappear, disband, disburse, discharge, dislodge, dismiss, dispel, disseminate, dissipate, dissolve, divvy, dole out, eject, intersperse, measure out, partition, propagate, radiate, rout, scatter, scramble, send off, separate, shed, sow, split up, spray, spread, strew, take off in all directions, vanish |
Antonyms: |
arrange, assemble, collect, garner, gather |
| Main Entry: | dissolution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | separation, rupture |
Synonyms: |
breaking up, detachment, disintegration, disunion, division, divorce, divorcement, parting, partition, resolution, split-up |
Antonyms: |
combination, connection, solution, unification |
| Main Entry: | divide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | distribute |
Synonyms: |
allocate, allot, apportion, articulate, cut, cut in, cut one in, cut up, deal, deal out, disburse, dish out, dispense, disperse, divvy up, dole out, factor, fork out, go fifty-fifty, hand out, hand over, lot out, measure out, parcel, partition, piece up, portion, prorate, quota, ration, share, shell out, shift, slice, slice up, split up |
Antonyms: |
hold, keep, maintain, retain |
| Main Entry: | fragment |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break into pieces |
Synonyms: |
burst, come apart, crumble, disintegrate, disunite, divide, rend, rive, shatter, shiver, smash, splinter, split, split up |
Antonyms: |
complete, total |