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, corner, 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, corner, 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, corner, 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, corner, 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, corner, 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, corner

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. Millan Mulraine:

   This suggests that U.S. household sentiment has turned an important corner, and is a hopeful sign on the outlook for consumer spending activity going forward, given signs of weakness in other parts of the economy.

2. Lisa LaFontaine:

   By enriching the organizations on both ends of animal transports, we can weave a safety net for animals in every corner of the country.

3. President Trump:

   I really do believe we're rounding the corner and the vaccines are right there, but not even discussing vaccines and not discussing therapeutics, we're rounding the corner.

4. Modesto Miguel del Hoyo:

   I've been talking about this with everyone today, on every corner, and everyone is happy about this change.

5. Aldous Huxley:

   There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that is your own self. So you have to begin there, not outside, not on other people. That comes afterwards, when you have worked on your own corner.