Antonyms for perpendicular
ˌpɜr pənˈdɪk yə lərper·pen·dic·u·lar

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1. perpendicularadjective

   Synonyms:
   evendown, orthogonal, normal

2. perpendicularadjective

   Of a style of English Gothic architecture from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.

   In most houses, the walls are perpendicular to the floor

   Synonyms:
   orthogonal, evendown, normal

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1. perpendicular

   Antonyms:
   horizontal

   Synonyms:
   vertical, upright, standing upright

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1. • Gothic
   • Cord
   • Straight Line

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1. perpendicularnoun

   a straight line at right angles to another line

   Antonyms:
   nonconvergent, diagonal, gradual, catty-corner, sideways, crabwise, oblique-angled, collateral, kitty-corner, catty-cornered, antiparallel, catercorner, nonparallel, catacorner, cater-cornered, kitty-cornered, parallel, oblique, bias, nonintersecting, cata-cornered

   Synonyms:
   perpendicular style, plumb line

2. perpendicular, perpendicular style, English-Gothic, English-Gothic architecturenoun

   a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting

   Antonyms:
   oblique, collateral, nonparallel, nonconvergent, catty-corner, bias, gradual, catacorner, oblique-angled, antiparallel, crabwise, kitty-corner, cata-cornered, nonintersecting, catercorner, kitty-cornered, diagonal, sideways, catty-cornered, parallel, cater-cornered

   Synonyms:
   perpendicular style, plumb line

3. plumb line, perpendicularnoun

   a cord from which a metal weight is suspended pointing directly to the earth's center of gravity; used to determine the vertical from a given point

   Antonyms:
   sideways, cater-cornered, catty-corner, oblique, parallel, catacorner, nonintersecting, catercorner, antiparallel, oblique-angled, crabwise, collateral, catty-cornered, nonparallel, bias, cata-cornered, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered, diagonal, gradual, nonconvergent

   Synonyms:
   perpendicular style, plumb line

4. perpendicularadjective

   an extremely steep face

   Antonyms:
   parallel, catercorner, bias, oblique-angled, catty-corner, oblique, crabwise, nonconvergent, catty-cornered, catacorner, kitty-corner, sideways, nonintersecting, gradual, collateral, cata-cornered, diagonal, antiparallel, kitty-cornered, cater-cornered, nonparallel

   Synonyms:
   perpendicular style, plumb line

5. perpendicularadjective

   intersecting at or forming right angles

   "the axes are perpendicular to each other"

   Antonyms:
   collateral, catty-corner, oblique, catercorner, catty-cornered, bias, sideways, nonparallel, parallel, crabwise, diagonal, gradual, nonconvergent, cata-cornered, kitty-corner, nonintersecting, catacorner, antiparallel, oblique-angled, cater-cornered, kitty-cornered

   Synonyms:
   vertical

6. vertical, perpendicularadjective

   at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line

   "a vertical camera angle"; "the monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab"; "measure the perpendicular height"

   Antonyms:
   cata-cornered, oblique-angled, oblique, crabwise, nonparallel, gradual, antiparallel, sideways, diagonal, kitty-cornered, parallel, kitty-corner, bias, nonintersecting, catacorner, nonconvergent, catty-corner, cater-cornered, catty-cornered, collateral, catercorner

   Synonyms:
   erect, upright, vertical

7. perpendicularadjective

   extremely steep

   "the great perpendicular face of the cliff"

   Antonyms:
   catacorner, cater-cornered, antiparallel, collateral, catercorner, oblique, kitty-cornered, nonintersecting, kitty-corner, nonconvergent, catty-cornered, gradual, sideways, crabwise, nonparallel, parallel, cata-cornered, diagonal, bias, catty-corner, oblique-angled

   Synonyms:
   vertical

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1. perpendicularadjective

   Antonyms:
   horizontal oblique

   Synonyms:
   upright, vertical

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