Home › Words › D › dividerdivider/dɪˈvaɪdə(ɹ)/divider means one who or that which divides or separates.divider is pronounced /dɪˈvaɪdə(ɹ)/.EtymologyFrom divide + -er.nounOne who or that which divides or separates.e.g.“I was greatly his inferior, but love is a quick divider of shares: he that gathers much has nothing over, and he that gathers little has no lack.” — 1891, George MacDonald, A Rough Shaking, page 33:One who or that which divides or separates.; A physical object for dividing up a space.e.g.“It is perfectly possible to separate one area of a room from another, or even to create an entirely new room, with a lightweight room divider that assembles with a minimum of fuss.” — 1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, →ISBN, page 58:One who or that which divides or separates.; A piece of card placed in a ring binder to separate groups of documents.One who or that which divides or separates.; An electronic device for separating a signal, frequency, etc., into two or more parts.A device resembling a drawing compass and used to transfer measurements of length.The median (US) or central reservation (UK) of a highway or other road where traffic in opposite directions are kept separated.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.divisioner 68% match — A member of a specified division. vs divider →divide 68% match — To split or separate (something) into two or more parts. vs divider →divisive 65% match — Having a quality that divides or separates. vs divider →dividing 64% match — Serving to divide or separate. vs divider →delimiter 64% match — That which delimits, that separates. vs divider →diverger 64% match — One who, or that which, diverges. vs divider →divisory 64% match — Serving to divide or split apart. vs divider →division 63% match — The act or process of dividing anything. vs divider →