Antonyms for square
| Grammar : Adj, noun, verb |
| Spell : skwair |
| Phonetic Transcription : skwɛər |
Definition of square
Origin :- c.1300, "tool for measuring right angles," from Old French esquire "a square, squareness," from Vulgar Latin *exquadra, from *exquadrare "to square," from Latin ex- "out" (see ex-) + quadrare "make square, set in order, complete" (see quadrant).
- Meaning "rectangular shape or area" is recorded by late 14c.; replaced Old English feower-scyte. Sense of "open space in a town or park" is from 1680s. The mathematical sense of "a number multiplied by itself" is first recorded 1550s.
- adj honest, genuine
- adj four-sided
- adj old-fashioned, conventional
- noun person who is old-fashioned, conventional
- noun municipal park
- verb correspond, agree
- verb pay off, satisfy
- verb adapt, regulate
- Some declared it impossible any house in that square should hold the number invited.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- How different was the sight from what she saw when she looked out in Addison square!
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Mist, mist, rolling mist with a square black tower above it.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- He reached out a square, competent hand, and put it over hers.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- It is sawn off at the proper length, square at one end and slanting at the other.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- The discharge is proportional to the square root of the pressure.
- Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 » by Various
- You make him believe you're on the square, an' he'll do what's right.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- Chip, savage in his misery, regarded her over one square shoulder.
- Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
- In other words the pressure of the wind increases with the square of the velocity.
- Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
- These are 6x2 feet, and have a combined area of 24 square feet.
- Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
Synonyms for square
- aboveboard
- accommodate
- accord
- adjust
- align
- antediluvian
- area
- balance
- behind the times
- bourgeois
- boxlike
- boxy
- bribe
- button-down
- buy
- buy off
- center
- check out
- circle
- clear
- clear off
- clear up
- coincide
- common
- conform
- conservative
- corrupt
- dated
- decent
- diehard
- discharge
- dovetail
- equal
- equal-sided
- equilateral
- equitable
- ethical
- even
- even up
- fair
- fair-and-square
- fit
- fit in
- fix
- foursquare
- fuddy-duddy
- gee
- green
- harmonize
- have
- impartial
- impersonal
- jibe
- just
- level
- liquidate
- make even
- match
- nonpartisan
- objective
- on-the-level
- orthodox
- orthogonal
- out-of-date
- pay
- pay up
- plaza
- quadrate
- quadratic
- quadratical
- quit
- reactionary
- reconcile
- rectangular
- rectilinear
- rig
- right-angled
- settle
- space
- sporting
- sportspersonlike
- squared
- squarish
- stick-in-the-mud
- straight
- straightforward
- strait-laced
- stuffy
- suit
- tailor
- tailor-make
- tally
- tamper with
- traditionalist
- true
- unbiased
- unprejudiced
- upright
- village green
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