diverge

diverge is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as intransitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread apart; to turn aside or deviate (as from a given direction); -- opposed to converge; as, rays of light diverge as they proceed from the sun. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread apart; to turn aside or deviate (as from a given direction); -- opposed to converge; as, rays of light diverge as they proceed from the sun.
2. intransitive verb. To differ from a typical form; to vary from a normal condition; to dissent from a creed or position generally held or taken.
3. verb. move or draw apart

   "The two paths diverge here"

4. verb. be at variance with; be out of line with

   Synonyms: depart, deviate, vary

5. verb. extend in a different direction

   "The lines start to diverge here"

   "Their interests diverged"

6. verb. have no limits as a mathematical series

Synonyms

depart, deviate, vary

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in diverge:

grieved

Common word forms

diverged, diverges, diverging, divergement

Words from these letters

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