What is another word for oblique?
228 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ m_ɪ_s_d_ˈaʊ_t], [ mɪsdˈa͡ʊt], [ mɪsdˈaʊt], [ əblˈiːk], [ əblˈiːk], [ ə_b_l_ˈiː_k]Table of Contents
Similar words for oblique:- all (adjective)
- angular (adjective)
- askew (adjective)
- beveled (adjective)
- circuitous (adjective)
- circular (adjective)
- crooked (adjective)
- deceptive (adjective)
- devious (adjective)
- diagonal (adjective)
- dishonest (adjective)
- disingenuous (adjective)
- equivocal (adjective)
- evasive (adjective)
- roundabout (adjective)
- side (adjective)
- sideways (adjective)
- slanting (adjective)
- slanting; at an angle (adjective)
- sloping (adjective)
- transversal (adjective)
- transverse (adjective)
- underhand (adjective)
- zigzag (adjective)
- bias (noun)
- cata-cornered (noun)
- catacorner (noun)
- cater-cornered (noun)
- catercorner (noun)
- catty-corner (noun)
- catty-cornered (noun)
- communication (noun)
- crabwise (noun)
- sideways (noun)
- other synonyms
- askew
- slanting
- tilted
Definition for Oblique:
- To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left.
Synonyms for Oblique:
adj.
•all (adjective) •angular (adjective)- more intersecting,
- more bifurcate,
- more sharp cornered,
- sharp cornered,
- more v shaped,
- more skewed,
- most akimbo,
- most v-shaped,
- more sharp-cornered,
- more vshaped,
- bi furcate,
- bi-furcate,
- most v shaped,
- more v-shaped,
- most sharp-cornered,
- most intersecting,
- more akimbo,
- more sharpcornered,
- vshaped,
- more y-shaped,
- most y-shaped,
- most staggered,
- most divaricate,
- most skewed,
- most sharpcornered,
- v shaped,
- most crotched,
- most vshaped,
- more staggered,
- more divaricate,
- yshaped,
- more crotched,
- most sharp cornered,
- more yshaped,
- most yshaped,
- more crossing,
- more y shaped,
- most crossing,
- most bifurcate,
- sharpcornered,
- y shaped,
- most y shaped.
- most buckled,
- most catawampus,
- more catawampus,
- most topsy turvey,
- more obliquely,
- more turned,
- most aslant,
- offcenter,
- more topsy-turvey,
- more topsy turvey,
- most turned,
- most askance,
- most crookedly,
- more aslant,
- more askance,
- off center,
- topsyturvey,
- more topsyturvey,
- more crookedly,
- most askant,
- to side,
- most obliquely,
- more askant,
- more buckled,
- topsy turvey,
- knotted,
- most topsy-turvey,
- most topsyturvey.
- topsyturvy,
- Agee,
- Knurly,
- screwy,
- warped,
- tilted,
- not straight,
- Incurving,
- Tortile,
- mis-shapen,
- out of shape.
- more obliquitous,
- in-sincere,
- in-sincerer,
- in sincerest,
- in sincerer,
- most obliquitous,
- shady,
- insincere,
- doubledealing,
- faking out,
- playing politics,
- in-sincerest,
- in sincere.
- Tilting,
- pitching,
- sloped,
- pitched,
- leaning,
- Tipping,
- distorted,
- angled,
- diverging,
- inclined,
- on the bias,
- tipped,
- inclining.
n.
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- minute,
- orthogonal.
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- straight.
Other synonyms:
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- cotangent,
- cosine,
- tangential,
- wiggly,
- angular,
- wavy,
- serpentine,
- cos,
- ridged,
- sine.
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- anfractuous,
- biased,
- obtuse,
- longitudinal,
- tangent,
- linear.
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- continuous,
- sin.
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- solid.
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- tight.
- awry.
Paraphrases for Oblique:
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Antonyms for Oblique:
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adj.
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all
parallel, perpendicular.
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slanting; at an angle
forthright, straightforward, direct.
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Other antonyms:
symmetrical, plumb, regular, orderly, ordered, uniform, balanced, antiparallel, even, horizontal, vertical, straight, level.
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all
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n.
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communication
nominative.
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communication
Oblique Sentence Examples:
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I searched for a spring or pool, following the wet place down a gentle slope, which inclined to my right oblique as I retreated.
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30. This muscle is similar in shape and dimensions to the internal oblique.
Hypernym for Oblique:
n.
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communication
possessive case, genitive case, objective case, genitive, dative case, vocative, ablative case, ablative, accusative, accusative case, vocative case, possessive, dative.
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communication
Hyponym for Oblique:
n.
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communication
case, grammatical case.
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communication