cleavage | Definition of cleavage

Synonyms and Antonyms of cleavage

the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces

the cleavages of an egg as an embryo develops

Synonyms of cleavage

bifurcation, breakup, dissolution, disunion, division, fractionalization, fractionation, partition, schism, scission, separation, split, sundering

Words Related to cleavage

breach, rupture

divorce, severance

decomposition, disassembly, dismemberment, segmentation, subdivision

atomization, dichotomization, polarization

diffusion, dispersal, dispersion, scattering

administration, apportionment, distribution

isolation, seclusion, segregation, sequestration

Near Antonyms of cleavage

assemblage, association

attachment, conjunction, connection, link, linkage, linkup

aggregation, combination, consolidation, fusion

Antonyms of cleavage

unification, union