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Diagonal

🔄 Synonyms of "Diagonal"

14 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
strokenoun	An act of hitting; a blow, a hit.
obliquenoun	Not straightforward; indirect; by implication; (sometimes even) obscure, ambiguous, or confusing.
inclined	Having a tendency, preference, likelihood, or disposition.
slashnoun	A slashing action or motion:
slanted	Placed at an angle, on a slant.
solidusnoun	(typography) Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩, originally (UK) in its use as the shilling mark and now its formal designation by the ISO and Unicode.
separatrixnoun	(typography) The proofreader's mark resembling a slash ⟨ / ⟩ or vertical bar ⟨ \| ⟩ placed after a note in the margin to indicate that it should replace the item(s) struckthrough in the running text or to separate it from other margin notes.
virgulenoun	(typography, dated) A slash, ⟨/⟩ or ⟨／⟩.
slopingverb	Having a slope.
aslant	(archaic, literary) Slanting.
slantingnoun	Out of the perpendicular, not perpendicular.
aslope	Sloping, in a sloping manner; slanted along a slope.
sloped	That has or have a slope.
biasnoun	(countable, uncountable) Inclination towards something.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Diagonal"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
separatrixnoun	(typography) The proofreader's mark resembling a slash ⟨ / ⟩ or vertical bar ⟨ \| ⟩ placed after a note in the margin to indicate that it should replace the item(s) struckthrough in the running text or to separate it from other margin notes.
virgulenoun	(typography, dated) A slash, ⟨/⟩ or ⟨／⟩.
obliquenoun	Not straightforward; indirect; by implication; (sometimes even) obscure, ambiguous, or confusing.
slantingnoun	Out of the perpendicular, not perpendicular.
slanted	Placed at an angle, on a slant.
aslant	(archaic, literary) Slanting.
aslope	Sloping, in a sloping manner; slanted along a slope.
inclined	Having a tendency, preference, likelihood, or disposition.
sloped	That has or have a slope.
slopingverb	Having a slope.
biasnoun	(countable, uncountable) Inclination towards something.
solidusnoun	(typography) Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩, originally (UK) in its use as the shilling mark and now its formal designation by the ISO and Unicode.
strokenoun	An act of hitting; a blow, a hit.
slashnoun	A slashing action or motion:
shouldernoun	The part of an animal's body between the base of the neck and forearm socket.
skewed	(statistics, of information) Biased, distorted
transversenoun	Situated or lying across; side to side, relative to some defined "forward" direction; perpendicular or slanted relative to the "forward" direction; identified with movement across areas.
crossnoun	A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other.
catercorner	Alternative form of cater-corner. [(US, Canada) Diagonally across from.]
canted	Inclined at an angle to something else; sloping.