Meanings
comparative more divergent · superlative most divergent
- Growing further apart; diverging.
Four zebras stood despondent facing divergent directions like an old European film or a '90s band photo.
2020, “Zoo”, in Still at the Rough Cusp of Renaissance, performed by Good Fuck1 more example
Divergent thinking and transformations are, of course, no novel phenomena. They have always occurred in the translation process, but perhaps we have not been fully aware of them, or have not been able to categorise them with sufficient precision until now.
1995, Paul Kussmaul, Training The Translator, John Benjamins Publishing Co, page 47 - Disagreeing from something given; differing.
a divergent statement
- Causing divergence of rays.
a divergent lens
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivediverging from another or from a standard
adjectivetending to move apart in different directions
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latindis-“apart”
- Englishdivergent
From Latin dis- (“apart”) + vergere (“to turn”) + the adjectival suffix -ent.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian отклоняващ се, разходящ
- отклоняващ се (otklonjavašt se)growing further apart; diverging
- разходящ (razhodjašt)of a series, not converging
Catalan divergent
- divergentof a series, not converging
Chinese Mandarin 發散 /发散
- 發散 /发散 (fāsàn)of a series, not converging
Czech divergentní, rozbíhavý
- divergentnígrowing further apart; diverging
- rozbíhavýgrowing further apart; diverging
Finnish hajaantuva, hajautuva
- hajaantuvagrowing further apart; diverging
- hajautuvagrowing further apart; diverging
- laajenevagrowing further apart; diverging
- eriytyvägrowing further apart; diverging
- divergenttigrowing further apart; diverging
- hajaantuvaof a series, not converging
French divergent
- divergentof a series, not converging
Hungarian széthúzó, divergens
- széthúzógrowing further apart; diverging
- divergensof a series, not converging
Italian divergente
- divergenteof a series, not converging
Māori tīhoi, tīhoi
- tīhoigrowing further apart; diverging
- tīhoiof a series, not converging
Polish rozbieżny, rozbieżny
- rozbieżnygrowing further apart; diverging
- rozbieżnyof a series, not converging
Portuguese divergente
- divergenteof a series, not converging
Romanian divergent, divergent
- divergentgrowing further apart; diverging
- divergentof a series, not converging
Russian расходящийся
- расходящийся (rasxodjaščijsja)of a series, not converging
Spanish divergente, divergente
- divergentegrowing further apart; diverging
- divergenteof a series, not converging
Swedish divergent
- divergentof a series, not converging
Tagalog palayo
- palayoof a series, not converging
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with divergent
Cite this entry
divergent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/divergent
“divergent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/divergent. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “divergent,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/divergent.
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