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linear

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of linear

free from irregularities or digressions in course

the bullets from early firearms were notorious for not following a strictly linear path through the air

Synonyms of linear

direct, right, straight, straightaway, straightforward

Words Related to linear

unbent, uncurled, untwisted

undeviating, unswerving

Near Antonyms of linear

entwined, kinked, swirled, turned, turning, twined, twining, twisted, twisting, veering, warped

bending, coiled, coiling, corkscrew, curled, curling, curved, curving, looped, looping, spiral, spiraling (or spiralling), wavy, winding

meandering, weaving

devious, serpentine, sinuous

crooked, zigzag, zigzagging

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