- diverge
- v1. spread, spread apart, come apart, open, open up, radiate, fly off, go asunder, divaricate, branch off; divide, separate, subdivide, fork, part, ramify, disunite, divorce; sever, dissever, cleave, rive, split, sunder, bisect, dissect, disconnect.2. depart, deflect, vary, differ, change, step aside, steer clear of; curve, turn, bend, swerve, tack, slue, slew, yaw, bear off, wheel, wheel about, swing about; divert, sidetrack, shift, switch, shunt.3. deviate, digress, veer, straggle, turn aside; wander, ramble, meander, stray, drift, rove, divagate, Scot, and North Eng. sklent.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.