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Definition of LINE

1

a series of persons or things arranged one behind another <the line for tickets stretched around the block>

Synonyms column, cue, file, queue, range, string, train

Related Words echelon, rank, row, tier; chain, progression, sequence, succession; array

2

a way of acting or proceeding <since the election, the president has taken a very conservative line>

Synonyms line, methodology, policy, procedure, program

Related Words blueprint, design, plan, scheme, strategy; intent, intention, purpose; approach, direction, method, path, pathway, tack

3

the activity by which one regularly makes a living <my line of business is “pre-owned” vehicles, and have I got a deal for you!>

Synonyms calling, employment, game, lay, line, profession, trade, vocation, work

Related Words call, lifework; business, enterprise, field, livelihood, living, métier (also metier), racket [slang]; assignment, engagement, gig, mission; art, craft, handcraft, handicraft; appointment, berth, billet, office, place, position, post, situation; duty, function, job, load, task, workload

Near Antonyms avocation, hobby, pursuit

4

a region of activity, knowledge, or influence <advanced mathematics is a little outside of my line, but I'll see what I can do to help>

Synonyms area, arena, bailiwick, barony, business, circle, demesne, department, discipline, domain, element, fief, fiefdom, firmament, front, game, kingdom, line, precinct, province, realm, specialty, sphere, terrain, walk

Related Words frontier; study, subject; territory, turf; occupation, profession, pursuit, racket, vocation; ambit, amplitude, breadth, compass, confine, dimension(s), extent, ken, reach, scope, sweep, width; subfield, subspecialty

5

a real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go <you really crossed the line with that outrageous display of bad behavior>

Synonyms bound, boundary, cap, ceiling, confines, end, extent, limitation, line, termination

Related Words extremity, fag end, terminus; border, brim, edge, margin, rim, verge; outside; bar, barrier, fence, hedge, restraint, stop, wall

6

a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas) <the workers rushed to fix the leak in the gas line>

Synonyms channel, conduit, duct, leader, line, penstock, trough, tube

Related Words drain, drainpipe, funnel, hydrant, main, smokestack, spout, standpipe, stovepipe, tile, waste pipe, waterspout; pipage (or pipeage), pipeline, piping

7

a length of braided, flexible material that is used for tying or connecting things <he made sure to bring extra fishing line in case a fish broke free>

Synonyms cable, lace, lacing, line, rope, string, wire

Related Words guy, halyard, lanyard, stay; bungee cord, whipcord

8

a group of vehicles traveling together or under one management <she owns a line of limousines>

Synonyms armada, caravan, cavalcade, line, motorcade, train

Related Words argosy, convoy, flotilla, navy; column, cortege (also cortège), parade, procession

9

the direction along which something or someone moves <the airplane took a southerly line toward the capital>

Synonyms course, line, pathway, route, routeway [chiefly British], steps, track, way

Related Words circle, circuit, loop, orbit; arc, flight path, trajectory; ascent, descent

10

a group of persons who come from the same ancestor <a 10th of all island residents are members of the line of this early settler>

Synonyms blood, clan, folks, house, kin, kindred, kinfolk (or kinfolks), kinsfolk, line, lineage, people, race, stock, tribe

Related Words blended family, nuclear family; extended family, household, kith; brood; descendant (also descendent), issue, offspring, progeny, scion, seed; clansman, kinsman, kinswoman, relative; dynasty

Near Antonyms ancestry, birth, descent, extraction, origin, pedigree

11

the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended <he comes from a noble line that goes back several centuries>

Synonyms birth, blood, bloodline, breeding, descent, extraction, family tree, genealogy, line, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stock, strain

Related Words heredity, succession; family, house; kin, kindred, relations, relatives; race

Near Antonyms offspring; child, heir, inheritor, son, successor

Antonyms issue, posterity, progeny, seed