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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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

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. Barbara Marcus:

   We were absolutely overjoyed to see the response to 'What Pet Should I Get?' from every corner of the book world -- the bookselling community, media, educators, and readers nationwide.

2. Sally Augustin:

   Plants are great from a psychological perspective, you don't want to pack too many into a small space, but it can be great to have a small plant on your desktop, or something a little larger in the corner of your office.

3. Tim Bale:

   Cameron has painted himself into a corner when it comes to in-work benefits for EU migrants: it was a bone he threw to his skeptics without thinking it through, but having promised it, he's going to have to deliver something. The problem is whatever he gets now could end up looking worse than nothing at all.

4. Prince Harry:

   We cannot rest or truly recover until there is fair distribution to every corner of the world, the virus does not respect borders and access to the vaccine cannot be determined by geography.

5. Rick Caruso:

   But most of us immediately started thinking, OK, boy, we know how to get to the bottom of this, were going to figure this out and that is not something I want to ever see happen again. we have worked hard to try to turn a corner, to make a change.