Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bifurcate

2 senses of bifurcate

Sense 1
bifurcate -- (split or divide into two)
       => diverge -- (extend in a different direction; "The lines start to diverge here"; "Their interests diverged")

Sense 2
bifurcate -- (divide into two branches; "The road bifurcated")
       => branch, ramify, fork, furcate, separate -- (divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks")

Antonyms of adj bifurcate

1 sense of bifurcate

Sense 1
bifurcate, biramous, branched, forked, fork-like, forficate, pronged, prongy -- (resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches; "the biramous appendages of an arthropod"; "long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects"; "a forked river"; "a forked tail"; "forked lightning"; "horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots")

INDIRECT (VIA divided) -> united -- (characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity; "presented a united front")

Similarity of adj bifurcate

1 sense of bifurcate

Sense 1
bifurcate, biramous, branched, forked, fork-like, forficate, pronged, prongy -- (resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches; "the biramous appendages of an arthropod"; "long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects"; "a forked river"; "a forked tail"; "forked lightning"; "horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots")
       => divided (vs. united) -- (separated into parts or pieces; "opinions are divided")