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RECTILINEAR Antonyms

There are 19 antonyms of the word rectilinear. (opposite meanings)
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Best Opposite Words For RECTILINEAR

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bending
verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj
noun

• movement that causes the formation of a curve

• the property of being bent or deflected

• the act of bending something

circuitous
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct

• deviating from a straight course

crooked
adjectiveadj
adjective

• having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned

• not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive

adjective satellite

• irregular in shape or outline

• having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect

curved
verb, adverb, adjectivev, adv, adj
adjective

• having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend

curving
verb, nounv, n
adjective

• having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend

curvy
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• having curves

• (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves

devious
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading

• characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive

• deviating from a straight course

flexuous
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• having turns or windings

indirect
adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
adjective

• not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination

• descended from a common ancestor but through different lines

• extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action

adjective satellite

• having intervening factors or persons or influences

• not as a direct effect or consequence

jagged
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• having a sharply uneven surface or outline

• having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed

meandering
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• of a path e.g.

roundabout
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island

• a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride on for amusement

adjective satellite

• marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct

• deviating from a straight course

serpentine
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• resembling a serpent in form

sinuous
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• curved or curving in and out

• gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease

tortuous
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious

• marked by repeated turns and bends

• not straightforward

twisting
verb, adjectivev, adj
noun

• the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean

• the act of rotating rapidly

adjective satellite

• marked by repeated turns and bends

wavy
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• (of hair) having waves

• uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves

winding
verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj
noun

• the act of winding or twisting

adjective satellite

• marked by repeated turns and bends

• of a path e.g.

zigzag
verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj
noun

• an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions

adverb

• in a zigzag course or on a zigzag path

adjective satellite

• having short sharp turns or angles

verb

• travel along a zigzag path

Alternatives for BENDING

Alternatives for CIRCUITOUS

Alternatives for CROOKED

Alternatives for CURVED

Alternatives for CURVING

Alternatives for CURVY

Alternatives for DEVIOUS

Alternatives for FLEXUOUS

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