LINED Synonyms: 77 Similar and Opposite Words

lined

verb

past tense of line

as in aligned

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as in surrounded

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Recent Examples of lined Multiple copies of Howl, Kaddish, and assembled collections of complete verse lined (and still line) my bookshelves. — Literary Hub, 3 June 2026 And in the bottom of the seventh, Yoshida led off with a single, Trevor Story walked, Ceddanne Rafaela, pinch-hitting for Marcelo Mayer, lined a ball past the outstretched glove arm of first baseman Keith, but far inside the right-field line for a two-run single. — Gabrielle Starr, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2026 Wells lined a ball that landed just fair down the right-field line. — Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025 Andrew Benintendi lined a fourth-inning sweeper from Ryan Bergert down the right-field line. — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for lined

Verb

The National Republican Senatorial Committee and Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC aligned with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, generally set the tone for where the party should invest its money.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 17 Sep. 2026
By ensuring all stakeholders are aligned and working toward common objectives, organizations can respond more quickly to change, deliver better outcomes and create a more agile and competitive business.

— Rick Elliott, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of aligned

Verb

Lenin and Trotsky believed that their Bolshevik Revolution would succeed only when the Soviet Union was surrounded by other Communist states.

— Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026
Leary said that once the riders were surrounded on the bridge, police took them into custody without incident.

— Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of surrounded

Verb

There was some experimenting with the memoir being all letters, one big letter, or placed interstitially among narrative, but there were always going to be the letters.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
The defendant attempted to flee the scene, but the victim and his friends gave chase, eventually flagging down a police officer who caught Amin and placed him under arrest, prosecutors said.

— Barry Williams, New York Daily News, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of placed

Verb

Served in a bucket rimmed with vanilla icing and more streusel crunch.

— Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 28 Aug. 2026
Tajín has long been sprinkled over fruit, rimmed around cocktail glasses and shaken onto just about anything that could use a chile-lime kick, so bringing that same flavor to tacos feels like a natural fit.

— Amber Love Bond, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of rimmed

Verb

In contrast, Nate Coulter, executive director of the Central Arkansas Library System, filed a lawsuit regarding Act 372 of 2023, the common-sense library law, in Fayetteville before liberal Judge Timothy Brooks.

— Robert Steinbuch, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026
Because the case was filed as a class action lawsuit, if a judge sides with the plaintiffs, that decision will apply not just to the 17 scientist plaintiffs, but to any researcher whose work has been affected by the term searches.

— Anil Oza, STAT, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of filed

Verb

The outdoor cinema is wrapped by a rough-hewn Brutalist perimeter—half-lined with concrete cubes, the other half enclosed with planks salvaged from the boardwalk destroyed during Hurricane Sandy.

— Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2026
The brand’s first offering is Travel Discovery Set ($135), featuring five scents enclosed in a sleek silver cigarette case, which feels substantial and heavy in the hand, like something your grandmother might have owned.

— Rhoda Feng, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of enclosed

Verb

Once emplaced, a ground sensor is also fixed to the set location.

— Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
The order affects several thousand engineers, scientists and technicians across every NASA center, and strips away long-standing union rights that were emplaced to protect more than half the agency's workforce.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 30 Aug. 2025

Definition of emplaced

Verb

The star, which has been fenced off, is being repaired by the Hollywood Historic Trust because of cracks from wear and tear, Martinez said.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
The organization highlighted careful monitoring, carried out with the farmers whose land the birds nested on, which allowed the nests to be fenced off from ground predators like foxes.

— Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026