Synonyms for Crosswise

Synonyms for "crosswise" (80 found)

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Closest matches (16)

Adverb(1 words)

acrossacross the grainathwart athwartships awkward bendwise bias biased biaswise bulky catercorner catercornered cattycorner

Adjective(2 words)

catacorner chiasmic

Strong matches (24)

choking clumsy constrictive contrariwise contrary contrawise counterproductive crisscross crosscross grainedcross-grained crossing crossway crossways cumbersome diagonal hindering hindersome hulking hulky

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impractical

Noun(1 words)

course across

Adverb(2 words)

crossways diagonal

Related words (40)

Related word relations

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

6 relation types

More general

3 entries

directiondirectional adverborientation

More specific

4 entries

diagonal sideways transverse transversely

Collocations

6 entries

crosswise alignmentcrosswise directioncrosswise orientationperpendicular axissideways orientationtransverse direction

Derivations

1 entries

crosswise orientation

Antonyms

1 entries

lengthwise

similar

7 entries

cross cross-section cross-sectional horizontal thwartwise transversal transverse

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

This line is crosswise.

Source: tatoeba (1671731)

A truck stopped crosswise in the middle of the road.

Source: tatoeba (2258092)

He placed the board crosswise on top of the two sawhorses.

Source: tatoeba (12079162)

The wind blew the branches of the tree crosswise, making it sway.

Source: tatoeba (12079163)

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Crosswise