Synonyms of the word lateral


LATERALDISTAL - PASS - PASSING - SIDE - SIDELONG

lateral

  • adj. To the side; of or pertaining to the side.
  • adj. (anatomy) Pertaining to the left or right of the body; further from the midline.
  • adj. (phonetics, phonology) Pertaining to sounds generated by partially blocking the egress of the airstream…
  • n. An object, such as a passage or a protrusion, that is situated on the side of something else.
  • n. (linguistics) A sound produced through lateral pronunciation (such as /l/ in lateral).
  • n. (American football) A lateral pass.
  • n. (business) An employee hired for a position at the same organizational level or salary as their previous…
  • v. To move (oneself or something) in a lateral direction.
  • v. (American football) To execute a lateral pass.

distal

  • adj. (anatomy, geology) Remote from the point of attachment or origin.
  • adj. (dentistry) Facing the wisdom tooth or temporomandibular joint on the same side of the jaw.
  • adj. (linguistics) Far from the speaker.

pass

  • v. (heading) Physical movement.
  • v. (heading) To change in state or status, to advance.
  • v. (heading) To move through time.
  • v. (heading) To be accepted.
  • v. (intransitive) In any game, to decline to play in one's turn.
  • v. (heading) To do or be better.
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To take heed.
  • n. An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise…
  • n. A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.
  • n. A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over, or along anything.
  • n. A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
  • n. An attempt.
  • n. (fencing) A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
  • n. (figuratively) A thrust; a sally of wit.
  • n. A sexual advance.
  • n. (sports) The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.
  • n. (rail transport) A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into…
  • n. Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.
  • n. A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit…
  • n. (baseball) An intentional walk.
  • n. The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse.
  • n. (obsolete) Estimation; character.
  • n. (obsolete, Chaucer) A part, a division. Compare passus.
  • n. (cooking) The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the…
  • n. An act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass".
  • n. (computing) A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.
  • n. (computing, slang) A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).

passing

  • v. present participle of pass.
  • adj. That passes away; ephemeral.
  • adj. (now rare, literary) Pre-eminent, excellent, extreme.
  • adj. vague, cursory.
  • adj. going past - passing cars.
  • adv. (now literary or archaic) Surpassingly, greatly.
  • n. Death, dying; the end of something.
  • n. The fact of going past; a movement from one place to another or a change from one state to another.
  • n. (law) The act of approving a bill etc.
  • n. (sports) The act of passing a ball etc. to another player.
  • n. A form of juggling where several people pass props between each other, usually clubs or rings.

side

  • n. A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.
  • n. A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face.
  • n. One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone.
  • n. A region in a specified position with respect to something.
  • n. The portion of the human torso usually covered by the arms when they are not raised; the areas on the…
  • n. One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.).
  • n. One possible aspect of a concept, person or thing.
  • n. One set of competitors in a game.
  • n. (Britain, Australia, Ireland) A sports team.
  • n. A group having a particular allegiance in a conflict or competition.
  • n. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) Sidespin; english.
  • n. (Britain, Australia, Ireland, dated) A television channel, usually as opposed to the one currently being…
  • n. (US, colloquial) A dish that accompanies the main course; a side dish.
  • n. A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another.
  • n. (baseball) The batters faced in an inning by a particular pitcher.
  • v. (intransitive) To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with".
  • v. To lean on one side.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To suit; to pair; to match.
  • v. (transitive, shipbuilding) To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.
  • v. (transitive) To furnish with a siding.
  • adj. Being on the left or right, or toward the left or right; lateral.
  • adj. Indirect; oblique; incidental.
  • adj. (Britain archaic, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Wide; large; long, pendulous, hanging low, trailing;…
  • adj. (Scotland) Far; distant.
  • adv. (Britain dialectal) Widely; wide; far.

sidelong

  • adj. Directed to the side; sideways.
  • adj. Slanting or sloping; oblique.
  • adj. Indirect; suggestive; not straightforward.
  • adv. Towards the side; sideways.
  • adv. obliquely.

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