Tom's boss made a unilateral decision to close several small branches of the company.
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Unilateral
//ˌjuːnɪˈlætərəl//
Synonyms for "unilateral" (59 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (29)
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
8 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
41 translations across 35 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- أُحَادِيّ الجَانِب adj (done by one side only)
Armenian
1 entries- միակողմանի adj (done by one side only)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- birtərəfli adj (done by one side only)
Belarusian
2 entries- аднабако́вы adj (done by one side only)
- аднабо́чны adj (done by one side only)
Bulgarian
1 entries- едностра́нен adj (done by one side only)
Catalan
1 entries- unilateral adj (done by one side only)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 單向 /单向 adj (done by one side only)
- 單方面 /单方面 adj (done by one side only)
- 單邊 /单边 adj (done by one side only)
- 片面 adj (done by one side only)
Cornish
1 entries- untu adj (done by one side only)
Czech
1 entries- jednostranný adj (done by one side only)
Danish
1 entries- ensidig adj (done by one side only)
Dutch
1 entries- eenzijdig adj (done by one side only)
Finnish
1 entries- yksipuolinen adj (done by one side only)
French
1 entries- unilatéral adj (done by one side only)
Galician
1 entries- unilateral adj (done by one side only)
Georgian
2 entries- ერთმხრივი adj (done by one side only)
- ცალმხრივი adj (done by one side only)
German
1 entries- einseitig adj (done by one side only)
Greek
1 entries- μονομερής adj (done by one side only)
Ido
1 entries- unlatera adj (done by one side only)
Indonesian
1 entries- unilateral adj (done by one side only)
Irish
1 entries- aontaobhach adj (done by one side only)
Italian
1 entries- unilaterale adj (done by one side only)
Kazakh
1 entries- біржақты adj (done by one side only)
Macedonian
1 entries- едностран adj (done by one side only)
Malay
1 entries- sehala adj (done by one side only)
Norwegian
1 entries- unilateral adj (done by one side only)
Polish
1 entries- jednostronny adj (done by one side only)
Portuguese
1 entries- unilateral adj (done by one side only)
Romanian
1 entries- unilateral adj (done by one side only)
Russian
1 entries- односторо́нний adj (done by one side only)
Slovak
1 entries- jednostranný adj (done by one side only)
Spanish
1 entries- unilateral adj (done by one side only)
Swedish
1 entries- ensidig adj (done by one side only)
Telugu
1 entries- ఏకపక్ష adj (done by one side only)
Ukrainian
2 entries- однобі́чний adj (done by one side only)
- односторо́нній adj (done by one side only)
Welsh
1 entries- unochrog adj (done by one side only)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
The Coronavirus is a global crisis, not limited to any continent and it requires cooperation rather than unilateral action.
Source: tatoeba (8609779)
I believe that "unilateral" relationships do not exist.
Source: tatoeba (10681421)
“Such unilateral actions, as that of today, are detrimental to the spirit of cooperation between the two countries in the fight against terrorism,” the ministry noted.
Source: tatoeba (11008330)
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