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Synonyms of the word 
PERPENDICULAR → CORD - FACE - NORMAL - ORTHOGONAL - PLUMB - RECTANGULAR - RIGHT - STEEP - STRAIGHT - UNSLOPED - UPENDED - UPRIGHT - VERTICALperpendicular- adj. (geometry) At or forming a right angle (to).
- n. (geometry) A line or plane that is perpendicular to another.
- n. A device such as a plumb line that is used in making or marking a perpendicular line.
cord- n. A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fiber (rope, for example); (uncountable) such…
- n. A small flexible electrical conductor composed of wires insulated separately or in bundles and assembled…
- n. A unit of measurement for firewood, equal to 128 cubic feet (4 × 4 × 8 feet), composed of logs and/or…
- n. (figuratively) Any influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord.
- n. (anatomy) Any structure having the appearance of a cord, especially a tendon or nerve.
- n. Dated form of chord: musical sense.
- n. Misspelling of chord: a cross-section measurement of an aircraft wing.
- v. To furnish with cords.
- v. To tie or fasten with cords.
- v. To flatten a book during binding.
- v. To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.
face- n. (anatomy) The front part of the head, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth and the surrounding area.
- n. One's facial expression.
- n. The public image; outward appearance.
- n. The frontal aspect of something.
- n. (figuratively) Presence; sight; front.
- n. The directed force of something.
- n. Good reputation; standing in the eyes of others; dignity; prestige. (See lose face, save face).
- n. Shameless confidence; boldness; effrontery.
- n. The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end.
- n. (geometry) Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron. More generally, any of the bounding pieces…
- n. Any surface; especially a front or outer one.
- n. The numbered dial of a clock or watch, the clock face.
- n. (slang) The mouth.
- n. (slang) Makeup; one's complete facial cosmetic application.
- n. (slang, professional wrestling) Short for baby face. A wrestler whose on-ring persona is embodying heroic…
- n. (cricket) The front surface of a bat.
- n. (golf) The part of a golf club that hits the ball.
- n. (card games) The side of the card that shows its value (as opposed to the back side, which looks the same…
- n. (heraldry) The head of a lion, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
- n. (typography) A typeface.
- n. Mode of regard, whether favourable or unfavourable; favour or anger.
- n. (computing) An interface.
- n. The amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, etc., without any interest or discount; face value.
- v. (transitive, of a person or animal) To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to…
- v. (transitive, of an object) To have its front closest to, or in the direction of (something else).
- v. (transitive) To cause (something) to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction.
- v. (transitive) To deal with (a difficult situation or person).
- v. (intransitive) To have the front in a certain direction.
- v. (transitive) To have as an opponent.
- v. (intransitive, cricket) To be the batsman on strike.
- v. (obsolete) To confront impudently; to bully.
- v. To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon.
- v. To line near the edge, especially with a different material.
- v. To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception,…
- v. (engineering) To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth; to dress the face of (a stone, a casting,…
normal- adj. According to norms or rules.
- adj. Healthy; not sick or ill.
- adj. (Of a school) teaching teachers how to teach (to certain norms).
- adj. (chemistry) Of, relating to, or being a solution containing one equivalent weight of solute per litre…
- adj. (organic chemistry) Describing a straight chain isomer of an aliphatic hydrocarbon, or an aliphatic compound…
- adj. (physics, of a mode in an oscillating system) In which all parts of an object vibrate at the same frequency…
- adj. (rail transport, of points) in the default position, set for the most frequently used route.
- adj. (geometry) Perpendicular to a tangent line or derivative of a surface in Euclidean space.
- adj. (mathematics) Adhering to or being what is considered natural or regular in a particular field or context.
- adj. (topology, of a topology) In which disjoint closed sets can be separated by disjoint neighborhoods.
- n. (geometry) A line or vector that is perpendicular to another line, surface, or plane.
- n. (slang, countable) A person who is normal, who fits into mainstream society, as opposed to those who live…
- n. (uncountable) The usual state.
orthogonal- adj. (geometry) Of two objects, at right angles; perpendicular to each other.
- adj. (mathematics).
- adj. (statistics) Statistically independent, with reference to variates.
- adj. (software engineering) Of two or more aspects of a problem, able to be treated separately.
- adj. Of two or more problems or subjects, independent of or irrelevant to each other.
plumb- adj. Truly vertical, as indicated by a plumb line.
- adj. (cricket) Describing an LBW where the batsman is hit on the pads directly in front of his wicket and should…
- adv. In a vertical direction; perpendicularly.
- adv. (informal) Squarely, directly; completely.
- n. A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical…
- n. (nautical) A weight on the end of a long line, used by sailors to determine the depth of water.
- v. To determine the depth, generally of a liquid; to sound.
- v. To attach to a water supply and drain.
- v. To think about or explore in depth, to get to the bottom of, especially to plumb the depths of.
- v. To use a plumb bob as a measuring or aligning tool.
- v. To accurately align vertically or horizontally.
- v. (dated) To seal something with lead.
- v. (intransitive) To work as a plumber.
- v. (rare) To fall or sink like a plummet.
- v. (US, colloquial, figuratively, obsolete) To trace a road or track; to follow it to its end.
- v. (nautical) To position vertically above or below.
rectangular- adj. Having a shape like a rectangle.
- adj. Having axes that meet each other with right angles.
right- adj. (archaic) Straight, not bent.
- adj. Of an angle, having a size of 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two…
- adj. Complying with justice, correctness or reason; correct, just, true.
- adj. Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.
- adj. Healthy, sane, competent.
- adj. Real; veritable.
- adj. (Australia) All right; not requiring assistance.
- adj. (dated) Most favourable or convenient; fortunate.
- adj. Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north. This arrow points…
- adj. Designed to be placed or worn outward.
- adj. (politics) Pertaining to the political right; conservative.
- adv. On the right side.
- adv. Towards the right side.
- interj. Yes, that is correct; I agree.
- interj. I agree with whatever you say; I have no opinion.
- interj. Signpost word to change the subject in a discussion or discourse.
- interj. Used to check agreement at the end of an utterance.
- interj. Used to add seriousness or decisiveness before a statement.
- n. That which complies with justice, law or reason.
- n. A legal or moral entitlement.
- n. The right side or direction.
- n. The right hand.
- n. (politics) The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.
- n. The outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.
- v. To correct.
- v. To set upright.
- v. (intransitive) To return to normal upright position.
- v. To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.
- adv. Exactly, precisely.
- adv. Immediately, directly.
- adv. (Britain, US, dialect) Very, extremely, quite.
- adv. According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really.
- adv. In a correct manner.
- adv. (dated, still used in some titles) To a great extent or degree.
steep- adj. Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.
- adj. (informal) expensive.
- adj. (obsolete) Difficult to access; not easy reached; lofty; elevated; high.
- adj. (of the rake of a ship's mast, or a car's windshield) resulting in a mast or windshield angle that strongly…
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To soak an item (or to be soaked) in liquid in order to gradually add or remove…
- v. (intransitive) To imbue with something.
- n. A liquid used in a steeping process.
- n. A rennet bag.
straight- adj. Not crooked or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.
- adj. (obsolete, rare) Strait; narrow.
- adj. Figurative uses.
- adj. Colloquial uses.
- adj. (sciences, mathematics) concerning the property allowing the parallel-transport of vectors along a course…
- adv. Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line.
- adv. Directly; without pause, delay or detour.
- adv. Continuously; without interruption or pause.
- n. Something that is not crooked or bent such as a part of a road or track.
- n. (poker) Five cards in sequence.
- n. (colloquial) A heterosexual.
- n. (slang) A normal person; someone in mainstream society.
- n. (slang) A cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana. Also straighter.
- v. (transitive) To straighten.
unslopedupended- v. simple past tense and past participle of upend.
upright- adj. Vertical; erect.
- adj. Greater in height than breadth.
- adj. (figuratively) Of good morals; practicing ethical values.
- adj. (of a golf club) Having the head approximately at a right angle with the shaft.
- adv. in or into an upright position.
- n. Any vertical part of a structure, especially one of the goal posts in sports.
- n. A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic…
- n. (informal) An upright piano.
- n. Short for upright vacuum cleaner.
- v. (transitive) To set upright or stand back up (something that has fallen).
vertical- adj. Standing, pointing, or moving straight up or down; along the direction of a plumb line; perpendicular…
- adj. In a two dimensional Cartesian co-ordinate system, describing the axis oriented normal (perpendicular,…
- adj. (marketing) Of or pertaining to vertical markets.
- adj. (wine tasting) Involving different vintages of the same wine type from the same winery.
- n. A vertex or zenith.
- n. A vertical geometrical figure; a perpendicular.
- n. An individual slat in a set of vertical blinds.
- n. A vertical component of a structure.
- n. (marketing) A vertical market.
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