SPLITTING Synonyms: 149 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ˈspli-tiŋ

Definition of splitting

as in rapid

moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed the horse took off at a splitting gallop

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splitting

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verb

present participle of split

as in dividing

to set or force apart split logs for the winter's supply of wood

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Recent Examples of splitting

Adjective

Wahlstrom, 25, has 73 points in 236 career NHL regular-season games, having spent five years with the New York Islanders before splitting time last season between the Boston Bruins and their AHL affiliate in Providence. — Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025 From splitting brunch bills to investing together, here’s how women are reshaping financial trust within friendships. — Essence, 5 Sep. 2025

Verb

More than half the units were two-bedrooms, sized for a family with a kid’s bike leaned up in the breezeway, not two guys splitting rent between shifts on the same rig. — Ken Lundin, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026 Mac Miller and Grande dated for about two years before splitting in May 2018. — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for splitting

Recent Examples of Synonyms for splitting

Adjective

This is the experience of some students in the state and it is being further complicated by the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence, rising college costs and limited exposure to jobs before graduation.

— P.R. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
Their operational training regularly includes rapid rope insertions from heights of 100 feet or more.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of rapid

Verb

In the accompanying video (above), Kondo also describes an ambition to coordinate multiple drones, sharing observations and dividing search tasks.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 11 Oct. 2026
Since rates are computed by dividing the number of cases by the population at risk in a specified time period, then by definition, if the number of cases stays the same but the size of the denominator shrinks, the rates will be higher.

— Nancy Krieger, STAT, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of dividing

Adjective

As his health faded in the last year of his life, Neruda rushed to finish his story, which gives the last chapters of his book a galloping, fragmented quality.

— Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 25 June 2021
Designed by renowned architect Dominique Perrault, its four stories tilting forward are said to evoke a galloping horse.

— Rob Hodgetts at Longchamp, CNN, 15 Oct. 2019

Definition of galloping

Adjective

Step Back OPay took off in 2019 in Nigeria with ambitions to be a super app that offered various features, including motorcycle taxi bookings, food deliveries, and quick loans.

— Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 12 Oct. 2026
The crusts are shaped using a crimping technique that, along with a quick baking time at high heat, leads to a unique, varied texture, the website states.

— Sadie Chafe, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of quick

Verb

Everyday routines depend on maps, banking, tickets, transit, rideshare and messaging, and completely disconnecting remains impractical for most people.

— Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Sep. 2026
The sole survivor disables HAL by disconnecting the power source.

— Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of disconnecting

Adjective

Desiree Rios | Bloomberg | Getty Images Cleveland Federal Reserve President Beth Hammack said Monday that tighter monetary policy might be needed to bring down inflation and the central bank should make fast, incremental adjustments.

— Alex Harring, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026
That will allow for faster and safer repatriation of the turtles that survive.

— Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of fast

Adjective

Though the Scandi brand was selling at a brisk pace to her online customers, Stover knew the economics weren’t going to work for the long term if every reorder was saddled with that kind of extra cost.

— Jessica Binns, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2026
The final product is a rousing, brisk, and genuinely inspiring biopic that never feels like homework.

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 12 Oct. 2026