Synonyms of the word

linear

• adj. Having the form of a line; straight.
• adj. Of or relating to lines.
• adj. Made in a step-by-step, logical manner.
• adj. (botany, of leaves) Long and narrow, with nearly parallel sides.
• adj. (physics) A type of length measurement involving only one spatial dimension (as opposed to area or volume).

additive

• adj. (mathematics) Pertaining to addition; that can be, or has been, added.
• adj. (mathematics, of a function, etc.) Distributive over addition.
• adj. (algebra) Having addition as an operator.
• adj. (chemistry) Pertaining to chemical addition.
• adj. (genetics) Describing genes (or the interaction etc. of such genes) which govern the same trait and whose…
• n. A substance added to another substance or product for its ability to alter its properties.
• n. (grammar) A word or phrase that adds something, such as also, even, or nor.

analog

• adj. (of a device or system) in which the value of a data item (such as time) is represented by a continuous(ly)…
• n. (countable) something that bears an analogy to something else.
• n. (countable, biology) an organ or structure that is similar in function to one in another kind of organism…
• n. (chemistry) a structural derivative of a parent compound that often differs from it by a single element.

analogue

• adj. (Britain, Canada) Alternative form of analog.
• n. (Britain, Canada) Alternative form of analog.

bilinear

• adj. (mathematics, of a function in two variables) Linear (preserving linear combinations) in each variable.
• adj. (physics) Relating to or consisting of two linear functions.
• n. (mathematics) A bilinear function.

collinear

• adj. lying on the same straight line.
• adj. coaxial.

elongate

• adj. lengthened, extended.
• adj. slender.
• v. To make long or longer by pulling and stretching; to make elongated.
• v. To depart to, or be at, a distance; especially, to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its…
• v. (obsolete) To remove further off.

lengthways

• adj. lengthwise.
• adv. lengthwise.

lengthwise

• adj. In the long direction of an oblong object.
• adv. In the long direction of an oblong object.

lineal

• adj. (family) Of a family relationship that includes mothers, fathers, daughters, sons, grandparents, grandchildren,…
• adj. Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to).
• adj. Composed of lines; delineated.
• adj. In the direction of a line; of a line; of or relating to a line; measured on, or ascertained by, a line;…

linelike

• adj. Resembling a line or some aspect of one.

one-dimensional

• adj. Having length, but no width, height or depth.
• adj. (figuratively) Lacking depth or believability; flat.
• adj. (figuratively) Lacking personal depth and substance; conceited, vain, shallow, superficial (see also;…

rectilineal

• adj. Alternative form of rectilinear.

rectilinear

• adj. In a straight line.
• adj. (geometry, art) Formed from straight lines.

running

• adj. Moving or advancing by running.
• adj. successive; one following the other without break or intervention.
• adj. Flowing; easy; cursive.
• adj. Continuous; keeping along step by step.
• adj. (botany) Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem.
• adj. (medicine) Discharging pus.
• adj. (of a nose) Discharging snot or mucus.
• adv. (informal) consecutively; in a row.
• n. The action of the verb to run.
• n. The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason.
• n. That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation.
• n. The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.
• v. present participle of run.

simple

• adj. Uncomplicated; taken by itself, with nothing added.
• adj. Without ornamentation; plain.
• adj. Free from duplicity; guileless, innocent, straightforward.
• adj. Undistinguished in social condition; of no special rank.
• adj. (now rare) Trivial; insignificant.
• adj. (now colloquial) Feeble-minded; foolish.
• adj. (heading, technical) Structurally uncomplicated.
• adj. (obsolete) Mere; not other than; being only.
• n. (medicine) A preparation made from one plant, as opposed to something made from more than one plant.
• n. (obsolete) A term for a physician, derived from the medicinal term above.
• n. (logic) A simple or atomic proposition.
• n. (obsolete) Something not mixed or compounded.
• n. (weaving) A drawloom.
• n. (weaving) Part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom.
• n. (Roman Catholicism) A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, archaic) To gather simples, i.e., medicinal herbs.