Synonyms of the word

oblique

• adj. Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.
• adj. Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.
• adj. Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
• adj. (botany) Of leaves, having the base of the blade asymmetrical, with one side lower than the other.
• adj. (botany) Of branches or roots, growing at an angle that is neither vertical nor horizontal.
• adj. (grammar) Pertaining to the oblique case (non-nominative).
• adj. (music) Employing one of the three contrapuntal motions, namely, 1. Parallel, 2. Contrary and 3. Oblique…
• n. (geometry) An oblique line.
• n. (typography) Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩.
• n. (grammar) The oblique case.
• v. (intransitive) To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction.
• v. (military) To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; — formerly accomplished…
• v. (transitive, computing) To slant (text, etc.) at an angle.

ab

• n. (informal) abdominal muscle.
• n. (slang) An abscess caused by injecting an illegal drug, usually heroin.
• v. Abbreviation of abort.
• n. Abbreviation of abortion.
• prep. Abbreviation of about.
• adv. Abbreviation of about.
• n. (US) The early stages of; the beginning process; the start.

abdominal

• adj. Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral.
• adj. (ichthyology) Having the ventral fins under the abdomen and behind the pectoral fins.
• adj. (ichthyology) Ventral, in describing a fin.
• adj. (zoology, obsolete) Belonging to the order Abdominales of fish.
• n. (zoology, obsolete) A fish of the order Abdominales.
• n. (colloquial, usually plural only) An abdominal muscle.

bias

• n. (countable, uncountable) inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality, prejudice, preference,…
• n. (countable, textiles) the diagonal line between warp and weft in a woven fabric.
• n. (countable, textiles) A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (such as the waist of a dress)…
• n. (electronics) a voltage or current applied for example to a transistor electrode.
• n. (statistics) the difference between the expectation of the sample estimator and the true population value,…
• n. (sports) In the game of crown green bowls: a weight added to one side of a bowl so that as it rolls, it…
• n. (fandom slang) A person's favourite member of a K-pop band.
• v. (transitive) To place bias upon; to influence.
• adj. Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.
• adj. Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.
• adv. In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally.

case

• n. An actual event, situation, or fact.
• n. (now rare) A given condition or state.
• n. A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession.
• n. (academia) An instance or event as a topic of study.
• n. (law) A legal proceeding, lawsuit.
• n. (grammar) A specific inflection of a word depending on its function in the sentence.
• n. (grammar, uncountable) Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within…
• n. (medicine) An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.
• n. (programming) A section of code representing one of the actions of a conditional switch.
• v. (obsolete) To propose hypothetical cases.
• n. A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.
• n. A box, sheath, or covering generally.
• n. A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.
• n. An enclosing frame or casing.
• n. A suitcase.
• n. A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be…
• n. The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.
• n. (printing, historical) A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type, traditionally…
• n. (typography, by extension) The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case)…
• n. (poker slang) Four of a kind.
• n. (US) A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry, equivalent to 192 fluid…
• n. (mining) A small fissure which admits water into the workings.
• n. A thin layer of harder metal on the surface of an object whose deeper metal is allowed to remain soft.
• adj. (poker slang) The last remaining card of a particular rank.
• v. (transitive) To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.
• v. (transitive) To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose.
• v. (transitive, informal) To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for…

cater-cornered

• adj. (US) cater-corner.

catercorner

• adj. Alternative form of cater-corner.
• adv. Alternative form of cater-corner.

catty-corner

• adj. (US, Canada) Catercorner.

catty-cornered

• adj. (US) catercorner.

convergent

• adj. That converges or focuses.
• adj. (analysis, topology) Of a sequence in a metric space or a topological space; having a (finite, proper)…
• n. (mathematics) the rational number obtained when a continued fraction has been terminated after a finite…

crabwise

• adj. In the manner of a crab; sideways.
• adj. (figuratively) Incidental.
• adv. In the manner of a crab; sideways.

devious

• adj. Deviating; not straightforward or honest, not frank; not standard.

diagonal

• adj. (geometry) Joining two nonadjacent vertices (of a polygon or polyhedron).
• adj. Having slanted or oblique lines or markings.
• adj. Having a slanted or oblique direction.
• adj. Of or related to the cattycorner legs of a quadruped, whether the front left and back right or front right…
• n. (geometry) A line joining non-adjacent vertices of a polygon.
• n. Anything forming or resembling such a line, particularly.

divergent

• adj. Growing further apart; diverging.
• adj. (mathematics) Of a series, not converging; not approaching a limit.
• adj. Disagreeing from something given; differing.
• adj. Causing divergence of rays.

diverging

• v. present participle of diverge.

inclined

• adj. At an angle to the horizontal; slanted or sloped.
• adj. Having a tendency, preference, likelihood, or disposition.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of incline.

indirect

• adj. Not direct; roundabout; deceiving; setting a trap; confusing.

kitty-corner

• adv. (US) Located diagonally in relation to something, especially across an intersection.

kitty-cornered

• adj. (US) Catercorner.

nonparallel

• adj. not parallel.

sideways

• n. plural of sideway.
• adj. Moving or directed toward one side.
• adj. (informal) Positioned sideways (with a side to the front).
• adj. (informal) Neither moving upward nor moving downward.
• adj. (chiefly US, colloquial) Not as planned; towards a worse outcome.
• adj. (usually with "with", informal) In conflict (with); not compatible (with).
• adv. With a side to the front.
• adv. Towards one side.
• adv. Askance; sidelong.
• adv. (informal) Neither upward nor downward.