Antonyms for crescent
ˈkrɛs əntcres·cent

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1. crescentadjective

   any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters

   Antonyms:
   angular, angulate

2. crescent(a), crescent-shaped, semilunar, lunateadjective

   resembling the new moon in shape

   Antonyms:
   angular, angulate

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. crescent

   Synonyms:
   Quarter moon

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. decrescent

   the moon in it's waning phase.

   cloud prevented the astronomers from observing the decrescent moon.

   Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

How to use crescent in a sentence?

1. William Faulkner:

   No one is without Christianity, if we agree on what we mean by that word. It is every individual's individual code of behavior by means of which he makes himself a better human being than his nature wants to be, if he followed his nature only. Whatever its symbol -- cross or crescent or whatever -- that symbol is man's reminder of his duty inside the human race.

2. Ko Nakata:

   The Red Crescent Society is operating under the Islamic State's control. Why don't we seek Turkey's mediation and give the money for the people affected by the conflicts in Iraq and Syria? I believe this could be a rational, acceptable option.

3. State Mike Pompeo:

   It told the Iranians that President Trump and our administration had free rein to develop a Shia crescent that extended from Yemen to Iraq to Syria and into Lebanon, surrounding our ally Israel, and threatening American lives as well.

4. Elizabeth Hoff:

   We need to go in with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent for a door-to-door basement, if there are these cases we need to verify and make sure they get urgent treatment, i sent an immediate request to authorities for more supplies to be brought in. We are asking for mobile clinics and medical teams to be dispatched.

5. Christoph Horstel:

   Any neutral institution's inspection is highly welcome, since it will prove the Iranian Red Crescent is abiding with regulations to humanitarian aid. War parties' inspections will be clearly rejected.

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