Across

//əˈkɹɒs//

Synonyms for "across" (58 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (12)

athwart crossways thwart transversely across the grain against astraddle astride athwartships bendwise beyond bias

Strong matches (17)

biased biaswise catercorner catercornered cattycorner confronting contrariwise contrawise crisscross cross cross grained cross-grained crossway crosswise diagonal

Adverb(2 words)

crossways crosswise

Related words (29)

facing fronting horseback in front of in opposition to kittycorner oblique obliquely on on horseback opposite over over against overthwart past sideways sidewise slant straddle straddle-legged

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straddleback thwartly thwartways toward transversal transverse traverse versus

Preposition(1 words)

throughout

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

9 relation types

Antonyms

4 entries

crossword crossword down down parallel

Synonyms

5 entries

athwart crossways over thwart transversely

Related terms

1 entries

cross

derived

43 entries

across country across from across lots across the board across the ditch across the line across the pond across the way across variable across-the-board acrosswise broad across the beam bump across come across come across with cut across

Showing 16 of 43 words.

derived from

1 entries

cross

distinct from

2 entries

diagonal down

etymologically related_to

1 entries

cross

has context

3 entries

aave crosswords southern us

related to

40 entries

cross crossing crossword crossword direction crossword puzzle crosswords direction far from gap grid horizontal horizontally intersection movement opposite

Showing 16 of 40 words.

Translations

243 translations across 52 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

oor prep (from the far side)

Albanian

1 entries

përtej prep (from the far side)

Arabic

3 entries

عَبْرَ prep (from the far side)
عَبْرَ prep (on the opposite side)
عَبْرَ prep (from one side to another)

Armenian

4 entries

դիմացը prep (on the opposite side)
խաչաձեւ prep (perpendicularly)
մի կողմից մյուսը prep (from one side to another)
միջով prep (from the far side)

Asturian

3 entries

al otru llau de prep (on the opposite side)
al traviés prep (from the far side)
al traviés prep (from one side to another)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

arasından prep (from the far side)
içindən prep (from the far side)
ortasından prep (from the far side)
üstündən prep (from the far side)

Bashkir

4 entries

аша prep (from the far side)
аша prep (on the opposite side)
аша prep (from one side to another)
аша prep (bridging a gap)

Belarusian

4 entries

насу́праць prep (on the opposite side)
насупро́ць prep (on the opposite side)
праз prep (from the far side)
праз prep (from one side to another)

Bulgarian

4 entries

водоравно adv (crosswords: horizontally)
оттатък adv (on the other side)
през adv (from one side to the other)
отвъд prep (on the opposite side)

Catalan

1 entries

a través de prep (from the far side)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᏗᎦᎾᏗᎯᏍᏗ prep (from the far side)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

but see 從...的一邊向 /从...的一边向 adv (in a particular direction)
but see 從一邊到另一邊 /从一边到另一边 adv (from one side to the other)
在對面 /在对面 adv (on the other side)
橫寫的 /横写的 adv (crosswords: horizontally)

Czech

4 entries

vodorovně adv (crosswords: horizontally)
přes prep (from the far side)
přes prep (on the opposite side)
přes prep (from one side to another)

Danish

4 entries

gennem prep (bridging a gap)
over prep (from the far side)
over prep (on the opposite side)
over prep (from one side to another)

Dutch

4 entries

horizontaal adv (crosswords: horizontally)
dwars prep (from the far side)
overheen prep (on the opposite side)
overheen prep (from one side to another)

Esperanto

3 entries

trans prep (from the far side)
trans prep (on the opposite side)
trans prep (from one side to another)

Finnish

4 entries

kohti adv (in a particular direction)
poikki adv (from one side to the other)
toisella puolella adv (on the other side)
vaakasuoraan adv (crosswords: horizontally)

French

1 entries

à travers prep (from one side to another)

Georgian

2 entries

გადასწვრივ prep (from one side to another)
გარდიგარდმო prep (from one side to another)

German

3 entries

gegenüber prep (on the opposite side)
quer prep (from one side to another)
über prep (from the far side)

Gheg Albanian

1 entries

asejd prep (from the far side)

Greek

4 entries

οριζόντιος adv (crosswords: horizontally)
αντίπερα prep (on the opposite side)
απέναντι prep (on the opposite side)
δια μέσου prep (from the far side)

Interlingua

1 entries

trans adv (from one side to the other)

Irish

1 entries

sall adv (from one side to the other)

Italian

4 entries

attraverso adv (crosswords: horizontally)
orizzontale adv (crosswords: horizontally)
attraverso prep (from the far side)
attraverso prep (on the opposite side)

Japanese

4 entries

...の向こうに prep (from the far side)
...の向こう側に prep (from the far side)
...を横切って prep (from the far side)
向こう prep (on the opposite side)

Khmer

1 entries

កាត់ prep (from the far side)

Korean

4 entries

반대편에서 adv (on the other side)
으로 adv (in a particular direction)
가로질러 prep (from the far side)
반대편에서 prep (on the opposite side)

Latin

2 entries

trāns prep (from the far side)
trāns prep (from one side to another)

Lower Sorbian

4 entries

pśez prep (from the far side)
pśez prep (on the opposite side)
pśez prep (from one side to another)
pśez prep (bridging a gap)

Macedonian

3 entries

попреку prep (perpendicularly)
преку prep (from the far side)
преку prep (on the opposite side)

Malayalam

4 entries

അപ്പുറം adv (on the other side)
അപ്പുറം prep (on the opposite side)
ഉടനീളം prep (from one side to another)
കുറുകേ prep (from the far side)

Mirandese

1 entries

atrabeç prep (from the far side)

Māori

1 entries

puta noa prep (from one side to another)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries

di ... re prep (from one side to another)
di ser ... re prep (from the far side)
di ser ... re prep (bridging a gap)
di ser hev re prep (perpendicularly)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

vannrett adv (crosswords: horizontally)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

vassrett adv (crosswords: horizontally)

Polish

4 entries

po drugiej stronie adv (on the other side)
poziomo adv (crosswords: horizontally)
naprzeciwko prep (on the opposite side)
po drugiej stronie prep (on the opposite side)

Portuguese

4 entries

em horizontal adv (crosswords: horizontally)
através prep (from the far side)
através prep (from one side to another)
através prep (bridging a gap)

Romanian

4 entries

de-a curmezișul adv (crosswords: horizontally)
dincolo adv (from one side to the other)
dincolo adv (on the other side)
orizontal adv (crosswords: horizontally)

Russian

4 entries

на друго́й стороне́ prep (on the opposite side)
напро́тив prep (on the opposite side)
поперёк prep (from the far side)
поперёк prep (perpendicularly)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

tarsainn adv (from one side to the other)
tarsainn adv (on the other side)
tarsainn adv (in a particular direction)
thairis adv (from one side to the other)

Serbo-Croatian

3 entries

preko prep (from the far side)
prekoputa prep (on the opposite side)
преко prep (from the far side)

Slovak

4 entries

vodorovne adv (crosswords: horizontally)
cez prep (from the far side)
cez prep (on the opposite side)
cez prep (from one side to another)

Slovene

4 entries

vodoravno adv (crosswords: horizontally)
prek prep (from one side to another)
prek prep (bridging a gap)
čez prep (from the far side)

Spanish

4 entries

a través adv (from one side to the other)
de través adv (from one side to the other)
a través de prep (from the far side)
a través de prep (from one side to another)

Swedish

4 entries

horisontellt adv (crosswords: horizontally)
vågrätt adv (crosswords: horizontally)
genom prep (bridging a gap)
tvärs över prep (perpendicularly)

Telugu

2 entries

అవతల prep (on the opposite side)
ఆవల prep (on the opposite side)

Ukrainian

4 entries

крізь prep (from one side to another)
навпро́ти prep (on the opposite side)
напро́ти prep (on the opposite side)
попере́к prep (from the far side)

Uzbek

1 entries

koʻndalang adv (crosswords: horizontally)

Welsh

1 entries

ar draws prep (from the far side)

West-Frisian

4 entries

dwers prep (from the far side)
dwers prep (on the opposite side)
dwers prep (from one side to another)
dwers prep (bridging a gap)

Sample sentences

37 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Jimmy tried to cajole his parents into letting him drive across the country with his friends.

Source: tatoeba (1993)

Can you swim across the river?

Source: tatoeba (16682)

I ran across an old friend near the bank.

Source: tatoeba (18436)

A banking scandal is sweeping across Capitol Hill.

Source: tatoeba (18455)

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