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athwart

adverb

Synonyms and Antonyms of athwart

1 from one side to the other of an intervening space

  • after it enters the Gulf of Mexico, the hurricane is predicted to advance athwart to the Texas coastline
Synonyms of athwart

across, over, through
Words Related to athwart

clear

2 in a line or direction running from corner to corner

  • we hung the twisted strips of crepe paper athwart to the floor and ceiling so that they formed giant crosses on all four walls
Synonyms of athwart

bias, cornerways, cornerwise, crossways, crosswise, diagonally, kitty-corner (also catty-corner), obliquely, transversely
Words Related to athwart

across
Phrases Synonymous with athwart

on the bias, on the diagonal
Near Antonyms of athwart

lengthwise, longitudinally

athwart

preposition

Synonyms and Antonyms of athwart

to the opposite side of

  • athwart the road was farmland as far as the eye could see
Synonyms of athwart

across, over, through
Words Related to athwart

around, round

beyond, past

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