What are the opposite words for parallel?
Antonyms for the word "parallel" include words such as intersecting, crossing, converging, and diverging. These antonyms suggest a movement or direction away from parallelism. For instance, intersecting refers to two or more lines coming together while crossing refers to two or more lines passing through each other. Similarly, converging suggests a movement of lines towards each other while diverging means to move apart in different directions. The use of these antonyms can help convey different ideas and concepts, whether it is in mathematics, geometry or everyday language. By understanding the antonyms to parallel, we gain an expanded vocabulary that helps to express more nuanced and specific meanings.
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diverge
- branched,
- branching,
- divaricate,
- Divaricated,
- Divaricating,
- Excurse,
- turn aside,
- turned aside,
- bi furcate,
- bi furcated,
- bi furcates,
- bi furcating,
- bi-furcate,
- bi-furcated,
- bi-furcates,
- bi-furcating,
- de part,
- de parted,
- de parting,
- de parts,
- de-part,
- de-parted,
- de-parting,
- de-parts,
- dis agree,
- dis agreed,
- dis agreeing,
- dis agrees,
- dis approve,
- dis approved,
- dis approves,
- dis approving,
- dis sent,
- dis sents,
- dis-agree,
- dis-agreed,
- dis-agreeing,
- dis-agrees,
- dis-approve,
- dis-approved,
- dis-approves,
- dis-approving,
- dis-sent,
- dis-sents,
- divaricates,
- ex curse,
- ex cursed,
- ex curses,
- ex cursing,
- ex-curse,
- ex-cursed,
- ex-curses,
- ex-cursing,
- excursed,
- excurses,
- excursing,
- turning aside,
- turns aside.
- go in different directions
- be alike
- complement, correlation
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diverse
- contrastive,
- incommensurable,
- several,
- unalike,
- Diversiform,
- dis crete,
- dis similar,
- dis-crete,
- dis-similar,
- in commensurable,
- in-commensurable,
- like night and day,
- like night day,
- more contrasted,
- more contrastive,
- more differing,
- more diverse,
- more diversiform,
- more incommensurable,
- more unalike,
- most contrasted,
- most contrastive,
- most differing,
- most diversiform,
- most incommensurable,
- most opposite,
- most unalike,
- un alike,
- un equal,
- un liker,
- un likest,
- un-alike,
- un-equal,
- un-liker,
- un-likest.
- all
- not occurring at the same time
- different; various
- aligned, side-by-side
- akin, similar
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
wreathes
- Antonyms:
- uncover, unwrap, stay.
