Synonyms for corner
ˈkɔr nərcor·ner

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1. corner

   Synonyms:
   cavity, hole, nook, recess, retreat

   Antonyms:
   coin, abutment, prominence, salience, angle, protrusion, elbow, protection, convexity

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1. cornernoun

   a place off to the side of an area

   "he tripled to the rightfield corner"; "the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean"

   Synonyms:
   recess, box, street corner, nook, recession, niche, quoin, turning point

2. cornernoun

   the point where two lines meet or intersect

   "the corners of a rectangle"

   Synonyms:
   recess, box, street corner, nook, recession, niche, quoin, turning point

3. corner, nooknoun

   an interior angle formed by two meeting walls

   "a piano was in one corner of the room"

   Synonyms:
   recess, box, street corner, nook, recession, niche, quoin, turning point

4. corner, street corner, turning pointnoun

   the intersection of two streets

   "standing on the corner watching all the girls go by"

   Synonyms:
   recess, box, street corner, landmark, nook, watershed, recession, niche, quoin, turning point

5. cornernoun

   the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect

   "the corners of a cube"

   Synonyms:
   recess, box, street corner, nook, recession, niche, quoin, turning point

6. recess, recession, niche, cornernoun

   a small concavity

   Synonyms:
   nook, recessional, quoin, deferral, respite, receding, recess, ceding back, break, time out, recession, ecological niche, inlet, street corner, niche, box, turning point

7. cornernoun

   a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade

   "a corner on the silver market"

   Synonyms:
   recess, box, street corner, nook, recession, niche, quoin, turning point

8. corner, boxnoun

   a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible

   "his lying got him into a tight corner"

   Synonyms:
   recess, box, box seat, street corner, nook, loge, recession, niche, quoin, boxful, turning point, boxwood

9. cornernoun

   a projecting part where two sides or edges meet

   "he knocked off the corners"

   Synonyms:
   recess, box, street corner, nook, recession, niche, quoin, turning point

10. cornernoun

    a remote area

    "in many corners of the world they still practice slavery"

    Synonyms:
    recess, box, street corner, nook, recession, niche, quoin, turning point

11. corner, quoinverb

    (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone

    Synonyms:
    recess, box, street corner, nook, recession, niche, quoin, coigne, turning point, coign

12. cornerverb

    gain control over

    "corner the gold market"

    Synonyms:
    tree

13. corner, treeverb

    force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape

    Synonyms:
    shoetree, tree

14. cornerverb

    turn a corner

    "the car corners"

    Synonyms:
    tree

Matched Categories

1. • Area
   • Control
   • Monopoly
   • Part
   • Point
   • Turn

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1. cornernoun

   Synonyms:
   angle, bend, elbow, crotch, knee, cusp

2. cornernoun

   Synonyms:
   nook, recess, niche, retired place, secret place

3. cornernoun

   Synonyms:
   part, quarter

4. cornerverb

   Synonyms:
   [Colloquial U. S.] drive into a corner

5. cornerverb

   Synonyms:
   nonplus, pose, confound, confuse, puzzle, perplex, put to a stand

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1. cornernoun

   Synonyms:
   angle, cusp, cantle, bight, coin, quoin, coigne, nook, recess, niche, direction, quarter

2. cornerverb

   Synonyms:
   nonplus, pose, perplex, confuse

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1. List of paraphrases for "corner":

   angle, rincón, wedge, neighborhood, vertex, nook, kok, cornering, coin, spot, intersection

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1. Tim Ryan:

   The fentanyl crisis is killing our kids and devastating our communities, there is not a corner of Ohio that has not been affected by this epidemic in some way. We cannot look away as this crisis worsens. It’s time we take a whole-of-government approach to fight it. That means using every resource we have at our disposal to get this off the streets and out of our neighborhoods.

2. Maheta Molango:

   We have created new experiences for fans, a new VIP corner which is copied from NBA, a courtside concept, we are being creative, treating fans as customers.

3. Jeff Sessions:

   I reject the idea that America will be a better place if marijuana is sold in every corner store. And I am astonished to hear people suggest that we can solve our heroin crisis by legalizing marijuana – so people can trade one life-wrecking dependency for another that’s only slightly less awful.

4. Evan Falchuk:

   The many elected officials in Boston 2024's corner looked the other way for months, even when it became clear that Boston 2024 had been less than truthful about what it wanted from taxpayers, what those officials couldn't ignore was the real, credible threat of a binding vote, which is what ultimately led to the USOC pulling the bid.

5. John Mitkowski:

   In the corner of my eye, I'll notice a car driving erratically. I'll look up from my laptop and it's like,' What is he doing ?' my car might be trying to make a right, but the guy doesn't see it because he's trying to record me and the no driver in the car.