Word Type

Adjective

Noun

Verb

Adjective

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

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

nominative parallel perpendicular

Derived Terms

Oblique Strategies deobliquing double-oblique nonoblique oblique angle oblique arch oblique arytenoid oblique ascension oblique bridge oblique case oblique circle oblique contour oblique cord oblique correction oblique dash oblique dendrite oblique effect oblique fabric oblique fire oblique flank oblique foliation oblique fracture oblique head oblique icebreaker oblique illumination oblique intent oblique ligament oblique line oblique mark oblique motion oblique muscle oblique narration oblique order oblique plane oblique projection oblique pyramid oblique reflection oblique rhyme oblique ridge oblique sailing oblique shock oblique spaceship oblique speech oblique sphere oblique stem oblique step oblique strain oblique stroke oblique stroke oblique subject oblique system of coordinates oblique tone oblique type oblique wing oblique-swimming triplefin obliquely obliqueness obliquity single-oblique stroke suboblique triple-oblique

Context

botany computing geometry grammar military music typography

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

ab abdominal abdominal muscle case grammatical case

Type Of (IsA)

case

Related Terms

angle asymmetrical base blade convergent divergent inclined nominative oblique case oblique line oblique motion slant

Similar Terms

bias bias cata-cornered catacorner cater cornered cater-cornered catercorner catty-corner catty-cornered convergent crabwise crabwise diagonal diagonal divergent diverging inclined indirect kitty-corner kitty-cornered nonparallel nonparallel oblique angled oblique-angled sideways

Synonym Network

devious external oblique muscle slash

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.