Synonyms of lines

lines 1 of 2

noun

plural of line

1

as in columns

a series of persons or things arranged one behind another

the line for tickets stretched around the block

Synonyms & Similar Words

• columns
• queues
• rows
• files
• strings
• trains
• cues
• ranges
• ranks
• chains
• sequences
• tiers
• echelons
• arrays
• progressions
• successions

2

as in procedures

a way of acting or proceeding

since the election, the president has taken a very conservative line

Synonyms & Similar Words

• procedures
• policies
• methods
• strategies
• programs
• methodologies
• approaches
• plans
• courses
• schemes
• intentions
• purposes
• designs
• blueprints
• paths
• pathways
• directions
• intents
• tacks

3

as in professions

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 & Similar Words

• professions
• occupations
• vocations
• works
• employments
• callings
• games
• lays
• trades
• jobs
• positions
• tasks
• missions
• places
• assignments
• calls
• livelihoods
• fields
• businesses
• functions
• arts
• offices
• loads
• duties
• situations
• appointments
• posts
• enterprises
• rackets
• engagements
• gigs
• lifeworks
• crafts
• berths
• billets
• livings
• handicrafts
• métiers
• workloads
• handcrafts

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pursuits
• hobbies
• avocations

4

as in areas

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 & Similar Words

• areas
• domains
• departments
• realms
• walks
• fields
• elements
• spheres
• circles
• kingdoms
• provinces
• specialties
• territories
• disciplines
• fronts
• terrains
• precincts
• games
• arenas
• subjects
• studies
• businesses
• confines
• fiefs
• fiefdoms
• frontiers
• bailiwicks
• firmaments
• baronies
• dimensions
• pursuits
• professions
• widths
• scopes
• demesnes
• occupations
• vocations
• reaches
• sweeps
• rackets
• amplitudes
• subfields
• turfs
• compasses
• extents
• breadths
• ambits
• subspecialties
• kens

5

as in limits

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 & Similar Words

• limits
• limitations
• boundaries
• confines
• ends
• caps
• barriers
• bounds
• terminations
• ceilings
• edges
• extents
• borders
• margins
• fences
• walls
• extremities
• termini
• rims
• fag ends
• restraints
• hedges
• stops
• verges
• bars
• brims
• outsides

6

as in pipes

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 & Similar Words

• pipes
• conduits
• tubes
• channels
• funnels
• drains
• ducts
• troughs
• pipings
• penstocks
• pipelines
• leaders
• tiles
• hydrants
• standpipes
• smokestacks
• drainpipes
• spouts
• waste pipes
• mains
• waterspouts
• stovepipes
• pipages

7

as in wires

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 & Similar Words

• wires
• cables
• ropes
• cords
• strings
• laces
• guys
• lacings
• halyards
• stays
• lanyards
• bungee cords
• whipcords

8

as in fleets

a group of vehicles traveling together or under one management

she owns a line of limousines

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fleets
• convoys
• parades
• trains
• caravans
• processions
• flotillas
• armadas
• columns
• motorcades
• cavalcades
• navies
• argosies
• corteges

9

as in routes

the direction along which something or someone moves

the airplane took a southerly line toward the capital

Synonyms & Similar Words

• routes
• paths
• ways
• steps
• trajectories
• tracks
• pathways
• courses
• routeways
• loops
• circles
• arcs
• orbits
• circuits
• descents
• flight paths
• ascents

10

as in families

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 & Similar Words

• families
• tribes
• houses
• clans
• races
• lineages
• people
• folks
• descendants
• households
• blood
• dynasties
• stocks
• kins
• kindreds
• kinsfolk
• kinfolks
• issues
• extended families
• offspring
• relatives
• nuclear families
• progenies
• broods
• blended families
• kiths
• scions
• seed
• kinsmen
• clansmen
• kinswomen

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• origins
• births
• pedigrees
• extractions
• descents
• ancestries

11

as in lineages

the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended

he comes from a noble line that goes back several centuries

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lineages
• pedigrees
• ancestries
• genealogies
• origins
• families
• extractions
• bloodlines
• strains
• blood
• breedings
• family trees
• descents
• stocks
• births
• parentages
• relations
• successions
• relatives
• races
• houses
• heredities
• kins
• kindreds

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• issues
• seed
• offspring
• progenies
• children
• sons
• posterities
• successors
• heirs
• inheritors

lines

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of line

1

as in cues

Related Words

• cues
• queues
• aligns
• lines up
• places
• files
• sequences
• sets
• displays
• maps (out)
• sets out
• emplaces
• ranges
• proportions
• prioritizes
• orders
• arrays
• balances
• unscrambles
• hierarchizes
• alphabetizes
• lays out
• systematizes
• standardizes
• organizes
• equalizes
• codifies
• evens
• classifies
• arranges
• disposes
• marshals
• grooms
• draws up
• regularizes
• makes up
• straightens (up)
• spruces (up)
• tidies (up)

Dissimilar Words

• disorders
• rumples
• deranges
• disarranges
• messes (up)
• musses (up)
• disarrays
• misaligns

2

as in margins

Related Words

• margins
• fences
• bounds
• surrounds
• contacts
• encircles
• encloses
• attaches (to)
• rims
• connects (with)
• links (with)
• communicates (with)
• embraces
• converges
• neighbors
• touches
• borders (on)
• skirts
• flanks
• meets
• marches (with)
• adjoins
• joins
• abuts
• fringes
• butts (on or against)
• verges (on)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of lines

Noun

But just burying the smaller overhead lines is a huge project. — Michael Abeyta, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026

Meanwhile, Hecht — a fifth-round pick — has rotated with Nick Samac on the depth lines. — Mike Kaye july 31, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026

Sometimes his approach is so left-of-center that whole lines feel arrhythmic, but there’s a sedative allure in the way his sweet melodies find stasis in the chaos. — Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 31 July 2026

Designers at Pininfarina were called on to pen the elegant, flowing lines of this low-slung, two-door racer, which Modena’s Carrozzeria Fantuzzi hand-formed in aluminum. — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 31 July 2026

The offensive line and defensive lines went at it for one-on-ones. — Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 31 July 2026

But hiring remote employees across state lines or national borders can introduce complexities that don’t arise when everyone works in the same location. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

De Vries barely looked at it, dismissing the message as spam or phishing without reading past the first few lines. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 31 July 2026

The company recently worked on the new KCI airport terminal that opened in 2023, adding final details such as the TSA lines and the parking guidance system in the garage. — Alexa Newsom, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026