oblique
adjectiveHow many syllables in oblique?
There are 3 syllables in the word oblique.How to pronounce oblique:
Definition of oblique:
- oblique (adjective):
- indirect or evasive
- neither perpendicular nor parallel inclined
- slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled.
Synonyms for oblique:
askew
aslant
asymmetric
asymmetrical
atilt
awry
backhanded
bias
cata-cornered
catacorner
cater-cornered
catercorner
catty-corner
circuitous
circumlocutory
cockeyed
convergent
crabwise
crazy
crooked
diagonal
distorted
divergent
diverging
elliptical
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Antonyms for oblique:
aligned
all right
balanced
direct
even
forthright
honest
in line
level
ok
on course
perpendicular
right
roman
square
straight
straightforward
symmetrical
symmetrically
true
unleaning
upright
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- ruminate
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- chalazas
- welcoming
- riding-horse
- reveler
- dreadlocked
- desiccate
- kilogram
- regretting
- deflated
- commandment
- cadbury
- microfiches
- grief-stricken
- Don Quixote
- confidant
- lie dormant
- Cadeo
- surpassing
- hungrier
- deserted
- stupefy
- deceptive
- cabrilla
- ordinal
- microphyll
- hard-working
- domineer
- defilement
- out-and-out
- hankering
- downhearted
- dissonant
- conniving
- balances
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