The invention discloses a synthesis method of a cabozantinib dimer. The method comprises the following steps: preparation of 4-chloro-6,7-dimethoxyquinoline, preparation of an intermediate 1, and preparation of a cabozantinib dimer impurity; and preparation of cabozantinib dimer impurities: adding an organic solvent into a reactor at room temperature, stirring for 10 min, adding cyclopropanedicarboxylic acid, stirring for 20 min, then adding an intermediate 1 with the mass ratio of the intermediate 1 to the cyclopropanedicarboxylic acid being 400:115, carrying out a reaction for 3 h, enablingthe raw material to remain 4%, heating to 45 DEG C until the reaction is complete, adding water, separating out the product, and carrying out suction filtration to obtain the cabozantinib dimer impurities. By adopting the synthesis method of the cabozantinib dimer, no high-temperature and high-pressure reaction exists in the synthesis process, the synthesis method is mild and easy to operate, allthe steps are mild and controllable, the operation is simple, and the controllability is high.