Antonyms of verb unify

1 of 5 senses of unify

Sense 1
unify, unite, merge -- (become one; "Germany unified officially in 1990"; "the cells merge")
       Antonym of disunify (Sense 1)
      => disunify, break apart -- (break up or separate; "The country is disunifying"; "Yugoslavia broke apart after 1989")

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

5 senses of unify

Sense 1
unify, unite, merge -- (become one; "Germany unified officially in 1990"; "the cells merge")
       => integrate -- (become one; become integrated; "The students at this school integrate immediately, despite their different backgrounds")

Sense 2
mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate -- (to bring or combine together or with something else; "resourcefully he mingled music and dance")
       => change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")

Sense 3
unite, unify -- (bring together for a common purpose or action or ideology or in a shared situation; "the Democratic Patry platform united several splinter groups")
       => change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")

Sense 4
unite, unify -- (act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief)
       => join, fall in, get together -- (become part of; become a member of a group or organization; "He joined the Communist Party as a young man")

Sense 5
unite, unify, merge -- (join or combine; "We merged our resources")
       => change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")

Antonyms of adj unified

2 senses of unified

Sense 1
incorporate, incorporated, integrated, merged, unified -- (formed or united into a whole)

INDIRECT (VIA united) -> divided -- (separated into parts or pieces; "opinions are divided")

Sense 2
coordinated, co-ordinated, interconnected, unified -- (operating as a unit; "a unified utility system"; "a coordinated program")

INDIRECT (VIA integrated) -> nonintegrated, unintegrated -- (not integrated; not taken into or made a part of a whole)

Similarity of adj unified

2 senses of unified

Sense 1
incorporate, incorporated, integrated, merged, unified -- (formed or united into a whole)
       => united (vs. divided) -- (characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity; "presented a united front")

Sense 2
coordinated, co-ordinated, interconnected, unified -- (operating as a unit; "a unified utility system"; "a coordinated program")
       => integrated (vs. nonintegrated) -- (formed into a whole or introduced into another entity; "a more closely integrated economic and political system"- Dwight D.Eisenhower; "an integrated Europe")

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