Synonyms for across
əˈkrɔs, əˈkrɒsacross

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1. across

   Synonyms:
   athwart, against, transversely, transverseness to a line of movement becomes, opposition

   Antonyms:
   lengthwise, along, concurrently, parallel

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1. acrossadverb

   to the opposite side

   "the football field was 300 feet across"

   Synonyms:
   crosswise, crossways

2. across, crosswise, crosswaysadverb

   transversely

   "the marble slabs were cut across"

   Synonyms:
   crosswise, crossways

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1. acrossprep.

   Synonyms:
   athwart, over, from one side of to the other

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1. acrossadverb

   Synonyms:
   athwart, crosswise, traverse, transversely

2. acrossprep

   Synonyms:
   athwart, crosswise, traverse, transversely

PPDB, the paraphrase database(2.25 / 4 votes)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "across":

   throughout, through, around, via, between, in, beyond, overall, everywhere, within, over, among, travers, cross-

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1. Jeremy Goldbogen:

   First we have to find a blue whale, which can be very difficult because these animals range across vast swaths of the open ocean. By combining many years of field experience and some luck, we position a small, rigid-hulled, inflatable boat on the whale's left side, we then have to deploy the tag using a six-meter (20-foot) long carbon-fiber pole. As the whale surfaces to breathe, we tag the whale in a location that we think is closest to the heart: just behind the whale's left flipper.

2. Jean Baudrillard:

   A society which allows an abominable event to burgeon from its dung heap and grow on its surface is like a man who lets a fly crawl unheeded across his face or saliva dribble from his mouth -- either epileptic or dead.

3. Werley Nortreus:

   I denounce acts of racism and hates towards black people in Ukraine and across the world.

4. Brent Humphries:

   We have built our platform to be able to invest across the capital structure. We have the ability to structure and price different levels of risk, ranging from 7% yield to mid-to-high teens.

5. Communications Issac Sanchez:

   We're not out of the woods yet, until we see some significant rainfall in our state and across the West. The threat of wildfire is going to be there.