Word Type

Noun

Adjective

Verb

Adjective

The word "lateral" can be used as noun, adjective, verb and adjective.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

longitudinal medial

Coordinate Terms

approximant fricative nasal plosive trill

Derived Terms

acousticolateral ambilateral anterodorsolateral anterolateral apicolateral axiolateral basilateral basolateral bilateral caudolateral centrolateral collateral contralateral controlateral costolateral counterlateral craniolateral dextrolateral distolateral dorsolateral ectolateral equilateral fricolateral frontolateral hemilateral heterolateral homolateral inferolateral intermediolateral ipsilateral isolateral labiolateral lateral aberration lateral area lateral canthus lateral cricoarytenoid muscle lateral cuneiform bone lateral flow test lateral fricative lateral gene transfer lateral geniculate nucleus lateral hood lateral line lateral mal lateral malleolus lateral mark lateral meristem lateral moraine lateral pass lateral pectoral nerve lateral pterygoid muscle lateral pterygoid nerve lateral pterygoid plate lateral raise lateral rectus lateral scale lateral sclerosis lateral sinus lateral stratum lateral sulcus lateral surface lateral thinker lateral thinking lateral transfer lateraling lateralise lateralism lateralist laterality lateralize laterally lateralmost lateraloccipital lateralward latericorn latero laterolateral left lateral linguolateral longilateral matrilateral mediolateral mesiolateral mesolateral midlateral monolateral multilateral nonlateral obliquolateral occipitolateral octavolateral octolateral omnilateral orbitolateral palmarolateral paralateral patrilateral plantarolateral plantolateral plurilateral polylateral posteriolateral posterolateral prolateral proximolateral quadrilateral quinquelateral retrolateral right lateral rostrolateral sacrolateral semilateral septilateral septolateral sinistrolateral sublateral superolateral supralateral temporolateral tetralateral trilateral unilateral ventrolateral ventrosublateral

Context

american football anatomy business linguistics phonetics phonology physics

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

pass passing passing game passing play

Type Of (IsA)

controlled vocabulary types regurgitant jet

Related Terms

vastus lateralis

Related Terms

airstream alveolar ridge bilateral block collateral egress employee hire lateral pass lateral thinking left level midline occlusion organizational passage position protrusion quadrilateral right salary side tip tongue trilateral unilateral

Similar Terms

distal distal side

Synonym Network

lateral pass side sidelong

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