DIVERGENT
Dictionary entry overview: What does divergent mean? • DIVERGENT (adjective)
The adjective DIVERGENT has 2 senses:
1. diverging from another or from a standard
2. tending to move apart in different directions
Familiarity information: DIVERGENT used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DIVERGENT (adjective)
Meaning:
Diverging from another or from a standard
Context example:
a divergent opinion
Similar:
different (unlike in nature or quality or form or degree)
Meaning:
Tending to move apart in different directions
Synonyms:
diverging; divergent
Similar:
branching (resembling the branches of a tree)
radiating (diverging from a common point)
Also:
oblique (slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled)
Antonym:
convergent (tending to come together from different directions)
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