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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | across |
| Synonyms: | angular, aslant, athwart, awry, contrariwise, crisscross, cross, crossing, crossways, diagonally, horizontally, longways, mullioned, over, perpendicular, sideways, thwart, transversal, transverse, transversely, traverse, vertically |
| Antonyms: | head on, lengthwise, straight on |
| Main Entry: | across |
| Part of Speech: | preposition |
| Definition: | traversing a space, side to side |
| Synonyms: | athwart, beyond, cross, crossed, crosswise, opposite, over, transversely |
| Main Entry: | diagonal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | angled |
| Synonyms: | askew, bevel, beveled, bias, biased, cater-cornered, catty-cornered, cornerways, cross, crossways, crosswise, inclining, kitty-cornered, oblique, skewing, slanted, slanting, transversal, transverse |
| Main Entry: | diagonally |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | at an angle |
| Synonyms: | askew, aslant, cater-corner, catty-corner, cornerwise, crosswise, kitty-corner, obliquely, on a slant, on the bias, slantingways, slantways, slantwise, slaunchways |
| Main Entry: | opposite |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unlike, conflicting; completely different |
| Synonyms: | adverse, antagonistic, antipodal, antipodean, antithetical, contradictory, contrapositive, contrary, contrasted, corresponding, counter, crosswise, diametric, diametrically opposed, different, differing, dissimilar, diverse, facing, flip-side, fronting, hostile, inconsistent, independent, inimical, inverse, irreconcilable, obverse, opposed, ornery*, paradoxical, polar, repugnant, retrograde, reverse, reversed, separate, unalike, unconnected, unrelated, unsimilar, violative, vis-á-vis |
| Notes: | contrary describes something that contradicts a proposition, converse is used when the elements of a proposition are reversed, opposite pertains to that which is diametrically opposed to a proposition, and reverse can mean each of those |
| Antonyms: | compatible, like, similar |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | transverse |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | across |
| Synonyms: | alternate, crosswise, diagonal, horizontal, oblique |
| Main Entry: | transversal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | transverse |
| Synonyms: | cross, crossing, crosswise, diagonal, intersecting, oblique, slanting, thwart, traverse |
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