The moon's orbit is always concave toward the sun.
Source: tatoeba (2135214)
Concave
//ˈkɑn.keɪv//
Synonyms for "concave" (97 found)
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Closest matches (20)
Strong matches (29)
Related words (48)
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Antonyms
2 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
has context
5 entriesrelated to
15 entriessimilar
38 entriesShowing 16 of 38 words.
Translations
62 translations across 46 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- مُجَوَّف adj (curved inward)
- مُقَعَّر adj (curved inward)
Armenian
1 entries- գոգավոր adj (curved inward)
Asturian
1 entries- cóncavu adj (curved inward)
Bengali
1 entries- অবতল adj (curved inward)
Bulgarian
3 entries- вдлъбнат adj (curved inward)
- вдлъбнатина noun (A concave surface or curve)
- вдлъбвам verb (To render concave, or increase the degree of concavity.)
Catalan
1 entries- còncau adj (curved inward)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 凹 adj (curved inward)
Cornish
1 entries- kowgrom adj (curved inward)
Czech
2 entries- konkávní adj (curved inward)
- vydutý adj (curved inward)
Danish
1 entries- konkav adj (curved inward)
Dutch
1 entries- hol adj (curved inward)
Esperanto
1 entries- kava adj (curved inward)
Estonian
1 entries- nõgus adj (curved inward)
Faroese
2 entries- innhjólaður adj (curved inward)
- innskaraður adj (curved inward)
Finnish
2 entries- konkaavi adj (curved inward)
- kovera adj (curved inward)
French
1 entries- concave adj (curved inward)
Galician
1 entries- cóncavo adj (curved inward)
German
3 entries- eingewölbt adj (curved inward)
- konkav adj (curved inward)
- nach innen gewölbt adj (curved inward)
Greek
1 entries- κοίλος adj (curved inward)
Hawaiian
1 entries- ʻeʻele adj (curved inward)
Hungarian
2 entries- homorú adj (curved inward)
- konkáv adj (curved inward)
Icelandic
1 entries- íhvolfur adj (curved inward)
Indonesian
1 entries- cekung adj (curved inward)
Italian
1 entries- concavo adj (curved inward)
Japanese
1 entries- 凹面 adj (curved inward)
Kazakh
1 entries- ойыс adj (curved inward)
Korean
1 entries- 요면 adj (curved inward)
Latin
1 entries- concavus adj (curved inward)
Māori
2 entries- areare adj (curved inward)
- kōpapa adj (curved inward)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- rûçal noun (A concave surface or curve)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- konkav adj (curved inward)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- konkav adj (curved inward)
Persian
1 entries- کاو adj (curved inward)
Polish
1 entries- wklęsły adj (curved inward)
Portuguese
1 entries- côncavo adj (curved inward)
Romanian
1 entries- concav adj (curved inward)
Russian
2 entries- во́гнутый adj (curved inward)
- невы́пуклый noun (A concave surface or curve)
Slovak
3 entries- dutý adj (curved inward)
- konkávny adj (curved inward)
- vydutý adj (curved inward)
Spanish
1 entries- cóncavo adj (curved inward)
Swedish
1 entries- konkav adj (curved inward)
Tagalog
1 entries- malukong adj (curved inward)
Thai
2 entries- เว้า adj (curved inward)
- รูปร่างที่นูน noun (A concave surface or curve)
Turkish
2 entries- içbükey adj (curved inward)
- konkav adj (curved inward)
Tày
1 entries- boóng adj (curved inward)
Vietnamese
1 entries- lõm adj (curved inward)
Welsh
2 entries- ceugrom adj (curved inward)
- ceugrwm adj (curved inward)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
In the past, a woman was only attractive if her corset created a concave curve.
Source: tatoeba (10522432)
Concave curbs make little sense.
Source: tatoeba (10522433)
Concave is the antonym of convex.
Source: tatoeba (10522481)
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