Synonyms of cross

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verb (1)

1

as in to betray

to be unfaithful or disloyal to

people who cross the local mob boss usually are found floating in the river

Synonyms & Similar Words

• betray
• sell (out)
• double-cross
• stab in the back
• two-time
• sell down the river
• backstab
• go back on
• give away
• inform (on)
• shop
• peach
• snitch (on)
• turn in
• split (on)
• tell (on)
• rat (on)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protect
• save
• defend
• stand by
• guard
• safeguard
• shield

2

as in to intersect

to divide by passing through or across

there's a light where that street crosses Main Street

Synonyms & Similar Words

• intersect
• bisect
• cut
• crisscross
• decussate

3

as in to traverse

to make one's way through, across, or over

you may have to cross some woods on the way

Synonyms & Similar Words

• traverse
• follow
• walk
• navigate
• travel
• track
• cover
• pass (over)
• transit
• cut (across)
• course
• ride
• proceed (along)
• go
• hike
• peregrinate
• perambulate
• tread
• run
• tramp
• traipse
• crisscross

4

as in to strike

to enter the mind of

the idea did cross me that he might be pulling my leg

Synonyms & Similar Words

• strike
• come (to)
• occur (to)
• remember
• dawn (on)
• appear
• recall
• arrive
• emerge
• learn
• recollect
• memorize
• con
• reminisce
• materialize

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• forget
• ignore
• disregard
• overlook
• neglect
• unlearn

cross

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noun

1

as in fire

a test of faith, patience, or strength

dyslexia is just my cross to bear, and I accepted it long ago

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fire
• ordeal
• gauntlet
• trial
• crucible
• gantlet
• baptism of fire
• baptism
• initiation
• challenge
• misfortune
• tragedy
• hardship
• tribulation
• trouble
• grievance
• adversity
• woe
• grief
• privation
• mishap
• misadventure
• difficulty
• inconvenience
• acid test
• nuisance
• litmus test
• discomfort
• complication
• mischance
• affliction
• rigor
• vicissitude
• asperity
• annoyance

2

as in hybrid

an offspring of parents with different genes especially when of different races, breeds, species, or genera

the mare is an Arabian-Thoroughbred cross

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hybrid
• intercross
• mongrel
• crossbreed
• crossbred
• outcross
• mule
• half-bred

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• thoroughbred
• full-blood
• purebred
• pureblood

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adjective

1

as in mixed

being offspring produced by parents of different races, breeds, species, or genera

raises both purebred and cross lambs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hybrid
• mixed
• crossbred
• mongrel
• crossed
• hybridized
• coldblood
• grade
• dihybrid
• cold-blooded
• trihybrid
• outcrossed
• half-bred
• interbred

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• blooded
• thoroughbred
• purebred
• full-blood
• inbred
• pedigree
• full-blooded
• pedigreed
• straightbred
• linebred

2

as in irritable

easily irritated or annoyed

she was cross all day because of a nagging headache

Synonyms & Similar Words

• irritable
• fiery
• out of humor
• out of sorts
• short
• peevish
• testy
• snappish
• sensitive
• waspish
• petulant
• passionate
• irascible
• pettish
• grouchy
• grumpy
• crotchety
• snarky
• crabby
• choleric
• raspy
• perverse
• stuffy
• prickly
• contentious
• ratty
• cranky
• snippy
• snappy
• surly
• short-tempered
• disagreeable
• ornery
• snippety
• quick-tempered
• combative
• belligerent
• bilious
• bearish
• cantankerous
• fretful
• fractious
• argumentative
• bellicose
• off-colored
• cross-grained
• sulky
• dyspeptic
• pugnacious
• curmudgeonly
• querulous
• scrappy
• tetchy
• ill-tempered
• snarly
• sullen
• touchy
• quarrelsome
• off-color
• truculent
• pouty
• ill-humored
• ill-natured
• disputatious
• huffy
• thin-skinned
• hot-blooded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• friendly
• outgoing
• sweet
• cordial
• sociable
• companionable
• genial
• affable
• agreeable
• gregarious
• extroverted
• amiable
• extraverted
• patient
• good-natured
• relaxed
• carefree
• tolerant
• understanding
• easygoing
• well-disposed
• stoic
• stoical
• uncomplaining
• obliging
• forbearing
• long-suffering
• good-tempered
• happy-go-lucky

cross (out)

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verb (2)

as in to delete

to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it

cross out the old phone number and write in the new one

Synonyms & Similar Words

• delete
• strike (out)
• cancel
• scratch (out)
• stroke (out)
• remove
• erase
• x (out)
• censor
• edit (out)
• wipe out
• kill
• blue-pencil
• eradicate
• blot out
• elide
• dele
• obliterate
• clip
• suppress
• expunge
• root (out)
• clean (up)
• efface
• shorten
• excise
• rub out
• crop
• cut
• launder
• silence
• bleep
• abbreviate
• expurgate
• black out
• red-pencil
• repress
• blip
• bowdlerize
• redact

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stet

cross (up)

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verb (3)

as in to damage

to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of

your refusal to cooperate will cross up the whole investigation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• damage
• mar
• injure
• hurt
• compromise
• cripple
• weaken
• break
• spoil
• harm
• impair
• bloody
• erode
• destroy
• flaw
• vitiate
• disfigure
• ruin
• undermine
• wear (away)
• blemish
• crab
• endamage
• gum (up)
• deface
• wound
• wash out
• deteriorate
• wipe out
• batter
• shatter
• wreck
• enfeeble
• demolish
• tarnish
• enervate
• tear down
• ding
• torture
• scour
• blight
• dent
• smash
• torment
• waste
• desolate
• botch
• crush
• queer
• bang up
• lacerate
• devastate
• mutilate
• disable
• annihilate
• maim
• total
• lame
• hamstring
• scourge
• pulverize
• decimate
• raze
• dint
• bash
• do in
• dash
• mangle
• clobber

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• repair
• rebuild
• help
• patch
• reconstruct
• fix
• remedy
• cure
• renovate
• heal
• revamp
• rectify
• mend
• improve
• rehabilitate
• doctor
• better
• revise
• edit
• enhance
• recondition
• remodel
• perfect
• enrich
• ameliorate
• refine
• meliorate

Phrases Containing cross

• cross (out)
• cross (up)
• cross fire
• cross paths (with)
• cross section
• double cross