The opposite sides of a rectangle are parallel.
Source: tatoeba (245518)
Rectangle
/ˈrɛktæŋɡl̩/
Synonyms for "rectangle" (39 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: biquadrate, bounding box, figure, four, four-part diaphony.
- Sentence evidence is available for rectangle, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from moby, opengloss, derived_reverse.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "rectangle".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "rectangle"
Keep "rectangle" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "rectangle" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "rectangle", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "rectangle" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
4 entriesMore specific
2 entriesaxis aligned rectanglesquare
Collocations
6 entriesrectangle arearectangle cornersrectangle heightrectangle shaperectangle widthrectangular coordinates
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
2 entriesTranslations
133 translations across 107 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- drejtkëndësh noun (quadrilateral)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὀρθογώνιον noun (quadrilateral)
Arabic
1 entries- مُسْتَطِيل noun (quadrilateral)
Armenian
1 entries- ուղղանկյուն noun (quadrilateral)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
1 entries- ܬܵܘܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ noun (quadrilateral)
Asturian
1 entries- rectángulu noun (quadrilateral)
Aymara
1 entries- wiskhalla noun (quadrilateral)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- düzbucaq noun (quadrilateral)
Basque
1 entries- laukizuzen noun (quadrilateral)
Belarusian
2 entries- прамавуго́льнік noun (quadrilateral)
- прастаку́тнік noun (quadrilateral)
Bengali
1 entries- আয়তক্ষেত্র noun (quadrilateral)
Breton
1 entries- skouergorneg noun (quadrilateral)
Bulgarian
1 entries- правоъгъ́лник noun (quadrilateral)
Burmese
2 entries- စတုဂံ noun (quadrilateral)
- လေးထောင့် noun (quadrilateral)
Catalan
1 entries- rectangle noun (quadrilateral)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 矩形 noun (quadrilateral)
- 長方形 /长方形 noun (quadrilateral)
Czech
1 entries- obdélník noun (quadrilateral)
Danish
1 entries- rektangel noun (quadrilateral)
Dutch
1 entries- rechthoek noun (quadrilateral)
Egyptian
1 entries- i-f:d:N23 noun (quadrilateral)
Esperanto
2 entries- ortangulo noun (quadrilateral)
- rektangulo noun (quadrilateral)
Estonian
1 entries- ristkülik noun (quadrilateral)
Faroese
1 entries- rætthyrningur noun (quadrilateral)
Finnish
1 entries- suorakulmio noun (quadrilateral)
French
1 entries- rectangle noun (quadrilateral)
Galician
1 entries- rectángulo noun (quadrilateral)
Georgian
1 entries- მართკუთხედი noun (quadrilateral)
German
3 entries- Karree noun (quadrilateral)
- Orthogon noun (quadrilateral)
- Rechteck noun (quadrilateral)
Greek
1 entries- ορθογώνιο παραλληλόγραμμο noun (quadrilateral)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- rektang noun (quadrilateral)
Hebrew
1 entries- מַלְבֵּן noun (quadrilateral)
Hindi
1 entries- आयत noun (quadrilateral)
Hungarian
1 entries- téglalap noun (quadrilateral)
Icelandic
1 entries- rétthyrningur noun (quadrilateral)
Ido
1 entries- rektangulo noun (quadrilateral)
Indonesian
1 entries- persegi panjang noun (quadrilateral)
Ingrian
1 entries- oikianurkkain noun (quadrilateral)
Interlingua
1 entries- rectangulo noun (quadrilateral)
Irish
1 entries- dronuilleog noun (quadrilateral)
Italian
1 entries- rettangolo noun (quadrilateral)
Japanese
2 entries- 矩形 noun (quadrilateral)
- 長方形 noun (quadrilateral)
Kankanaey
1 entries- kaman-ruwangan noun (quadrilateral)
Kannada
1 entries- ಆಯತ noun (quadrilateral)
Kashubian
1 entries- prostonórt noun (quadrilateral)
Kazakh
1 entries- тікбұрыш noun (quadrilateral)
Khmer
1 entries- ចតុកោណកែង noun (quadrilateral)
Korean
3 entries- 구형 noun (quadrilateral)
- 장방형 noun (quadrilateral)
- 직사각형 noun (quadrilateral)
Kumyk
1 entries- тюз мююшлюк noun (quadrilateral)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- тик бурчтук noun (quadrilateral)
- тикбурч noun (quadrilateral)
Lao
1 entries- ຮູບສີ່ແຈສາກ noun (quadrilateral)
Latin
2 entries- rēctagōnum noun (quadrilateral)
- rēctangulum noun (quadrilateral)
Latvian
1 entries- taisnstūris noun (quadrilateral)
Limburgish
1 entries- rechhook noun (quadrilateral)
Lithuanian
1 entries- stačiakampis noun (quadrilateral)
Lombard
1 entries- retàngol noun (quadrilateral)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- pšawokut noun (quadrilateral)
Macedonian
1 entries- правоа́голник noun (quadrilateral)
Malay
1 entries- segiempat tepat noun (quadrilateral)
Mongolian
1 entries- тэгш өнцөгт noun (quadrilateral)
Māori
3 entries- porowhā noun (quadrilateral)
- tapawhā noun (quadrilateral)
- tapawhā hāngai noun (quadrilateral)
Navajo
3 entries- dikʼą́ągo heeneez noun (quadrilateral)
- dį́įʼgo yistłʼah noun (quadrilateral)
- nineezgo dikʼą́ noun (quadrilateral)
North Frisian
1 entries- Rochthuk noun (quadrilateral)
Northern Sami
1 entries- rektáŋgel noun (quadrilateral)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- rektangel noun (quadrilateral)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- rektangel noun (quadrilateral)
Occitan
1 entries- rectangle noun (quadrilateral)
Pashto
1 entries- مستطيل noun (quadrilateral)
Persian
2 entries- راستگوشه noun (quadrilateral)
- مستطیل noun (quadrilateral)
Piedmontese
1 entries- retàngol noun (quadrilateral)
Polish
1 entries- prostokąt noun (quadrilateral)
Portuguese
2 entries- rectângulo noun (quadrilateral)
- retângulo noun (quadrilateral)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਆਇਤ noun (quadrilateral)
Quechua
1 entries- wask'a noun (quadrilateral)
Romanian
1 entries- dreptunghi noun (quadrilateral)
Russian
1 entries- прямоуго́льник noun (quadrilateral)
Sardinian
1 entries- retàngulu noun (quadrilateral)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- ceart-cheàrnach noun (quadrilateral)
- dronn-uileannag noun (quadrilateral)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- pravougaonik noun (quadrilateral)
- prȁvokūtnīk noun (quadrilateral)
- пра̏вокӯтнӣк noun (quadrilateral)
- правоугаоник noun (quadrilateral)
Sicilian
1 entries- rittànculu noun (quadrilateral)
Silesian
1 entries- prostokůnt noun (quadrilateral)
Slovak
1 entries- obdĺžnik noun (quadrilateral)
Slovene
1 entries- pravokotnik noun (quadrilateral)
Somali
1 entries- laydi noun (quadrilateral)
Southern Altai
1 entries- тӱс толукту булуҥ noun (quadrilateral)
Spanish
1 entries- rectángulo noun (quadrilateral)
Sundanese
1 entries- pasagi burung noun (quadrilateral)
Swahili
1 entries- mstatili noun (quadrilateral)
Swedish
1 entries- rektangel noun (quadrilateral)
Tagalog
2 entries- parihaba noun (quadrilateral)
- rektanggulo noun (quadrilateral)
Tajik
3 entries- мустатил noun (quadrilateral)
- ростгуша noun (quadrilateral)
- росткунҷа noun (quadrilateral)
Tamil
1 entries- செவ்வகம் noun (quadrilateral)
Tatar
1 entries- турыпочмак noun (quadrilateral)
Telugu
1 entries- దీర్ఘ చతురస్రం noun (quadrilateral)
Thai
1 entries- สี่เหลี่ยมผืนผ้า noun (quadrilateral)
Turkish
2 entries- dikdörtgen noun (quadrilateral)
- mustatil noun (quadrilateral)
Turkmen
1 entries- gönüburçluk noun (quadrilateral)
Ukrainian
1 entries- прямоку́тник noun (quadrilateral)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- praworóžk noun (quadrilateral)
Urdu
1 entries- مُسْتَطِیل noun (quadrilateral)
Uyghur
1 entries- تىك تۆتبۇلۇڭ noun (quadrilateral)
Uzbek
2 entries- mustatil noun (quadrilateral)
- toʻgʻriburchak noun (quadrilateral)
Vietnamese
1 entries- hình chữ nhật noun (quadrilateral)
Waray-Waray
1 entries- rectanggulo noun (quadrilateral)
Welsh
1 entries- cyfongl noun (quadrilateral)
West Flemish
1 entries- rechtoek noun (quadrilateral)
West-Frisian
1 entries- rjochthoek noun (quadrilateral)
Yiddish
1 entries- גראָדעק noun (quadrilateral)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
A square is one type of rectangle, and a rectangle is one type of parallelogram.
Source: tatoeba (499403)
A square is both a rectangle and a rhombus.
Source: tatoeba (696271)
A square is always a rectangle, but a rectangle is not always a square.
Source: tatoeba (758908)
Showing 4 of 13 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "rectangle"?
Closest matches include biquadrate, bounding box, figure, four, four-part diaphony.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "rectangle"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.