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.

  •bent (adjective)
  • angular.
  •crooked (adjective)
  • tilted,
  • askew.
  •diagonal (adjective)
  • kitty-cornered,
  • cater-cornered,
  • crossways,
  • catty-cornered.
  •dishonest (adjective)
  • deceptive.
  •evasive (adjective)
  • casuistic,
  • sophistical.
  •indirect, evasive (adjective)
  • circumlocutory,
  • circular,
  • devious,
  • obscure,
  • sidelong,
  • vague,
  • roundabout,
  • circuitous,
  • obliquitous,
  • backhanded,
  • implied,
  • collateral.
  •lateral (adjective)
  • crabwise.
  •oblique (adjective)
  • inclined,
  • diagonal,
  • tilted,
  • Bevelled,
  • askew,
  • zigzag,
  • skewed,
  • aslant,
  • leaning,
  • slanted.
  •sideways (adjective)
  • lateral.
  •slanting; at an angle (adjective)
  • diagonal,
  • inclining,
  • pitching,
  • Tipping,
  • askance,
  • tilted,
  • turned,
  • cater-cornered,
  • distorted,
  • twisted,
  • askew,
  • asymmetrical,
  • skew,
  • tipped,
  • aslant,
  • pitched,
  • on the bias,
  • bent,
  • sideways,
  • slanted,
  • sloped,
  • sloping,
  • diverging,
  • awry,
  • crooked,
  • leaning,
  • Tilting,
  • inclined,
  • strained,
  • angled.
  •underhand (adjective)
  • lubricious.

• n.

  •
  • winding.
  •
  • slanting,
  • beveled,
  • obliqueness,
  • biased.
  •
  • anfractuous,
  • circular,
  • ridged,
  • longitudinal,
  • tortuous,
  • linear.
  •
  • cos,
  • cosine,
  • minute,
  • degree,
  • obtuse,
  • cotangent.
  •communication (noun)
  • oblique case.
  •indirect (noun)
  • obscure,
  • vague.
  •oblique (noun)
  • catty-corner,
  • kitty-corner,
  • devious,
  • indirect,
  • nonparallel,
  • cata-cornered,
  • catacorner,
  • sideways,
  • cater-cornered,
  • catty-cornered,
  • oblique case,
  • kitty-cornered,
  • catercorner,
  • diagonal,
  • crabwise,
  • bias.
  •slanting (noun)
  • bent,
  • awry,
  • strained,
  • twisted,
  • askance,
  • turned,
  • skew,
  • asymmetrical,
  • crooked,
  • sloping.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • cosine,
  • side,
  • crooked,
  • angular,
  • cos,
  • beveled,
  • wiggly,
  • cotangent,
  • ridged,
  • wavy,
  • sine.
  •
  • longitudinal,
  • anfractuous,
  • obtuse,
  • linear,
  • biased.
  •
  • circular.
  •
  • degree,
  • tortuous.
  •
  • minute.
  •askew
  • awry,
  • sloping.
  •crosswise
  • transverse.
  •inclining
  • slanting.
  •indirect
  • indirect,
  • sinuous.
  •tilted
  • cockeyed,
  • upturned.
  •Other relevant words:
  • diverge,
  • distorted,
  • err,
  • incline,
  • stroke,
  • digress,
  • astray,
  • ablative case,
  • winding,
  • transversal,
  • Amphibolous,
  • disposal,
  • apex,
  • line,
  • questionable,
  • cardioid,
  • discursive,
  • bend,
  • swerve,
  • slanting,
  • ambagious,
  • ambiguous,
  • Devex,
  • deviant,
  • crooked,
  • lopsided,
  • left-handed,
  • sheer,
  • backhand,
  • dissembling,
  • run,
  • catty-cornered,
  • catacorner,
  • akimbo,
  • cater-cornered,
  • Crescentic,
  • hedging,
  • roam,
  • indirectly,
  • cunning,
  • disingenuous,
  • circuitous,
  • lean,
  • excursive,
  • intersection,
  • Raked,
  • angle,
  • muscle,
  • bifurcate,
  • ridged,
  • Recurvous,
  • curved,
  • circular,
  • periphrastic,
  • misleading,
  • Italicized,
  • proclivity,
  • oblique angle,
  • cos,
  • dishonest,
  • bear off,
  • slenderly,
  • false,
  • crazy,
  • Lunular,
  • atilt,
  • cross,
  • sidelong,
  • collateral,
  • parabolic,
  • equivocal,
  • badly,
  • disposition,
  • abdominal external oblique muscle,
  • nonintersecting,
  • underline,
  • helical,
  • perverse,
  • declension,
  • wrongly,
  • circumlocutory,
  • attend,
  • jagged,
  • edge,
  • traverse,
  • genitive case,
  • oblique line,
  • round,
  • pitched,
  • semilunar,
  • mark,
  • ambivalent,
  • devious,
  • asymmetrical,
  • deceptive,
  • skew,
  • sinister,
  • dative case,
  • roundabout,
  • implied,
  • jesuitical,
  • sway,
  • slantwise,
  • obliqueness,
  • falciform,
  • sinistral,
  • appetite,
  • oblique case,
  • Equivocating,
  • curvilinear,
  • rambling,
  • backslash,
  • far,
  • point,
  • go,
  • slue,
  • cusp,
  • evening,
  • deceitful,
  • sloping,
  • beveled,
  • incorrectly,
  • rhomboid,
  • anfractuous,
  • faultily,
  • declivitous,
  • wandering,
  • obtuse,
  • obscure,
  • canted,
  • upturned,
  • depart,
  • inclination,
  • tortuous,
  • grammatical case,
  • Tilting,
  • pitching,
  • turn,
  • askance,
  • catercorner,
  • curvilineal,
  • surreptitious,
  • cagey,
  • Falcated,
  • obliquity,
  • diversionary,
  • indirect,
  • virgule,
  • backhanded,
  • diverging,
  • circuitously,
  • Dovetailed,
  • dip,
  • lenticular,
  • across,
  • squint,
  • objective case,
  • catty-corner,
  • slop,
  • falsely,
  • sinusoid,
  • wander,
  • corner,
  • obliquely,
  • banking,
  • clandestine,
  • kinky,
  • twisting,
  • voluntary muscle,
  • solidus,
  • twisted,
  • Curviform,
  • erratic,
  • covert,
  • suspicious,
  • start,
  • linear,
  • slope,
  • imperfectly,
  • rake,
  • degree,
  • divergent,
  • thwart,
  • tendency,
  • biceps,
  • Tipping,
  • thinly,
  • twisty,
  • cordiform,
  • partiality,
  • possessive case,
  • divagate,
  • sinuous,
  • quit,
  • nonparallel,
  • desire,
  • rule,
  • musculus obliquus externus abdominis,
  • underhand,
  • tricky,
  • circumlocutionary,
  • spiral,
  • differ,
  • sophistical,
  • careen,
  • duplicitous,
  • cosine,
  • bias,
  • veer,
  • off-kilter,
  • secondhand,
  • affection,
  • crinkled,
  • avert,
  • bent,
  • lateral,
  • inaccurately,
  • acute,
  • angled,
  • Oblique-angled,
  • Aduncous,
  • leave,
  • Circumambient,
  • sine,
  • angle off,
  • aquiline,
  • locative case,
  • underscore,
  • divide,
  • obliquitous,
  • Furcated,
  • drift,
  • bevel,
  • shifty,
  • forked,
  • sly,
  • erroneously,
  • Deviating,
  • evasive,
  • meandering,
  • Geniculated,
  • improperly,
  • deviative,
  • recurved,
  • Leanly,
  • crosswise,
  • side,
  • tilt,
  • bowed,
  • projection,
  • widely,
  • corrupt,
  • semicircular,
  • out-of-the-way,
  • score,
  • implicit,
  • Overthwart,
  • inclining,
  • underhanded,
  • roving,
  • lentiform,
  • wavy,
  • longitudinal,
  • convergent,
  • crump,
  • dative,
  • digressive,
  • Amphibolic,
  • cotangent,
  • tipped,
  • unjustly,
  • crabwise,
  • lead,
  • Cambered,
  • deviate,
  • wiggly,
  • Declivous,
  • cant,
  • external oblique muscle,
  • tend,
  • crossway,
  • Furcular,
  • range,
  • vocative case,
  • Circumlocutional,
  • separatrix,
  • crossways,
  • hooked,
  • paraboloid,
  • kidney-shaped,
  • Luniform,
  • descent,
  • kitty-corner,
  • tactful,
  • slash,
  • sideways,
  • wishy-washy,
  • kitty-cornered,
  • casuistic,
  • minute,
  • offhand,
  • declivity,
  • waffling,
  • angular,
  • Kimbo,
  • athwart,
  • sloped,
  • instrumental case,
  • reniform,
  • awry,
  • bow-legged,
  • transverse,
  • accusative case,
  • dusk,
  • serrated,
  • lubricious,
  • crook,
  • angling,
  • vaulted,
  • locative,
  • Banked,
  • rove,
  • instrumental,
  • asquint,
  • slant,
  • Cordated,
  • vague,
  • orbital,
  • furtive,
  • cockeyed,
  • mistakenly,
  • vary,
  • Conchoidal,
  • on the bias,
  • squinty,
  • Canting,
  • vicarious,
  • strained,
  • turned,
  • prejudice,
  • cata-cornered,
  • twist,
  • biased,
  • deflect,
  • rotary.

Antonyms for Oblique:

• adj.

  • all
    parallel, perpendicular.
  • slanting; at an angle
    forthright, straightforward, direct.
  • Other antonyms:
    symmetrical, plumb, regular, orderly, ordered, uniform, balanced, antiparallel, even, horizontal, vertical, straight, level.

• n.

  • communication
    nominative.