FORKED Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

forked

verb

Definition of forked

past tense of fork

as in parted

to go or move in different directions from a central point the road forks up ahead and you'll want to take the right fork

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Recent Examples of forked At another, co-founder and musician Nnamdï Ogbonnaya forked over his cover charge via tap-to-pay. — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026 In 2004, just months after Mark Zuckerberg created the social media platform, Thiel forked over $500,000 for a 10% stake in the budding company. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 29 July 2026 Because recycling operates as an industry, its aims are forked. — Kyle Devine, Longreads, 14 July 2026 This, as much as any, may have been the moment when reality forked. — Bryce Covert, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026 There will not be a press release on a Tuesday in late 2027 saying the internet has forked. — Teodor Calin, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 The joy on their faces when asked about their favorite parts of Messi’s performance was exactly what Jordan and probably many other families who forked over the money and sat through the chaos of the entry process hoped for. — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 17 June 2026 The victim, who’d never met Cutaia but knew of his crimes, forked over $850. — John Annese, New York Daily News, 15 June 2026 There is a giant chessboard on the ceiling above the coffee bar, black vines and forked lightning painted on the walls, and the meeting rooms are called things like Eleven, Hawkins, The Upside Down. — Matt Slater, New York Times, 4 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for forked

Verb

When their plan goes horribly awry, the couple is parted once again.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026
In its place is a head of dark, longer hair parted down the middle, with loose curtain bangs falling across his forehead and framing his face.

— Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of parted

Verb

Over the course of two long and decorated MLB careers — which includes Heyward’s five Gold Gloves, Freeman’s 10 All-Star selections, and five World Series rings between the two of them — their paths diverged and reconnected multiple times.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
And neural networks itself was originally inspired by neuroscience, but the way that neural networks work today has diverged considerably from that original inspiration.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of diverged

Verb

For example, peonies, irises, daffodils, and astilbes are best divided in the fall, while perennials like sedum, asters, coneflower, lilies, and black-eyed Susans are best divided in the spring.

— The Spruce, The Spruce, 25 Aug. 2026
Like the big men on Friday, this list is divided into seven different tiers.

— Zach Harper, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026