What does asunder mean?

asunder means "widely separated especially in space". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in asunder?

asunder has 3 syllables: a-sun-der. The stress falls on "sun". In IPA it is /əˈsʌndɚ/.

What is another word for asunder?

Close synonyms include apart. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is asunder a common word?

asunder is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with asunder?

1 word rhymes with asunder. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

asunder — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
widely separated especially in space
“as wide asunder as pole from pole”
Similarseparate

adverb

1 senseA word that modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb.

1.
into parts or pieces
“he took his father's watch apart”
“split apart”
“torn asunder”
Synonymsapart

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What does asunder mean?: asunder means "widely separated especially in space". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

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