Antonyms for COLUMN
ˈkɒl əmcol·umn

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1. columnnoun

   A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.

   Synonyms:
   pillar, post, sile

2. columnnoun

   Antonyms:
   row

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Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. columnnoun

   a line of units following one after another

   Synonyms:
   tower, chromatography column, editorial, pillar, newspaper column

2. column, chromatography columnnoun

   a vertical glass tube used in column chromatography; a mixture is poured in the top and washed through a stationary substance where components of the mixture are adsorbed selectively to form colored bands

   Synonyms:
   tower, chromatography column, editorial, pillar, newspaper column, column

3. columnnoun

   a vertical array of numbers or other information

   "he added a column of numbers"

   Synonyms:
   tower, chromatography column, editorial, pillar, newspaper column

4. column, tower, pillarnoun

   anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower

   "the test tube held a column of white powder"; "a tower of dust rose above the horizon"; "a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite"

   Synonyms:
   newspaper column, pillar, editorial, chromatography column, column, towboat, tugboat, tug, tower, mainstay

5. column, editorial, newspaper columnnoun

   an article giving opinions or perspectives

   Synonyms:
   tower, chromatography column, editorial, pillar, newspaper column, column

6. column, pillarnoun

   a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)

   Synonyms:
   tower, chromatography column, editorial, mainstay, pillar, newspaper column, column

7. column, pillarnoun

   (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure

   Synonyms:
   tower, chromatography column, editorial, mainstay, pillar, newspaper column, column

8. columnnoun

   a page or text that is vertically divided

   "the newspaper devoted several columns to the subject"; "the bookkeeper used pages that were divided into columns"

   Synonyms:
   tower, chromatography column, editorial, pillar, newspaper column

9. columnnoun

   any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body

   Synonyms:
   tower, chromatography column, editorial, pillar, newspaper column

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1. columnnoun

   Synonyms:
   pillar, post, shaft, obelisk, file, line, row, pilaster

   Associated words:
   entablature, frieze, architrave, triglyph, cornice, base, shaft, capital, plinth

2. columnnoun

   Synonyms:
   peristyle, portico, colonnade

   Associated words:
   entablature, frieze, architrave, triglyph, cornice, base, shaft, capital, plinth

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. row

   a horizontal column

   Submitted by anonymous on April 2, 2020  

How to use COLUMN in a sentence?

1. Art Buchwald:

   His column explaining Thanksgiving to the French when he wrote for the Paris edition of the Herald Tribune there. --bb

2. Frank Moore Colby:

   Averageness is a quality we must put up with. Men march toward civilization in column formation, and by the time the van has learned to admire the masters the rear is drawing reluctantly away from the totem pole.

3. Ethan Hawke:

   And I noticed recently if you put in a column of every movie I ever did where I carry a gun, and every movie where I don’t, and my salary… I really think it would be about 92 percent to 8 percent.

4. Jonah Heim:

   It’s huge, whenever you can get in the win column in the big leagues, it’s always a good day. We’re just excited we played a full team game today.

5. Randall Irmis:

   The Chaares Formation contains tuffs, or volcanic ashes, that can be dated with great accuracy, so in this basin, not only are there many high-quality, complete fossils that allow us to easily identify taxa, but there are also tuffs in between that allow us to date the entire column.

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