Cleft Synonyms and Antonyms

klĕft
Separated, split
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. separated
  2. split
  3. bipartite
  4. rent
  5. bisulcate
  6. cloven
  7. dissected
  8. cracked
  9. dichotomous
  10. divided
  11. parted
  12. forked
  13. riven
  14. gappy
Antonyms:
  1. joint
  2. joined
  3. united
Come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. stuck
  2. clung
  3. cohered
  4. adhered
  5. bonded
Divide, split
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. separated
  2. hewn
  3. severed
Antonyms:
  1. united
  2. melded
  3. joined
Break, gap
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. crack
  2. crevice
  3. fissure
  4. aperture
  5. breach
  6. break
  7. chasm
  8. cleavage
  9. cleave
  10. clove
  11. cranny
  12. crevasse
  13. crotch
  14. divide
  15. divided
  16. division
  17. flow
  18. forked
  19. fracture
  20. gap
  21. gorge
  22. incision
  23. indentation
  24. interstice
  25. opening
  26. parting
  27. ravine
  28. recess
  29. reft
  30. rift
  31. rima
  32. rive
  33. riven
  34. seam
  35. split
  36. torn
  37. trough
  38. scissure
Antonyms:
  1. closing
  2. closure
  3. solid
To split with a sharp instrument.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. tore
To split with a sharp instrument.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. torn

Words Related to Cleft

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. assembled
  2. connected
  3. cleft-palate
  4. lip-palate
  5. hard-palate

Cleft Sentence Examples

  • It has steps hewn in it, and has a cleft.

  • A young person with a cleft may need to wear dental braces earlier than most.

  • The divisions of the calyx extend only about one-third the length of the corolla, whereas in the other British species of Myosotis it is deeply cleft.

  • A long dorsal fln, high and pointed anteriorly, runs along nearly the whole length of the back; the caudal is strong and deeply cleft.

  • The cleft does not always proceed the whole length of the anther-lobe at once, but often for a time it extends only partially.

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