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listing

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of listing

1 inclined or twisted to one side

  • the listing battleship limped back to port for repairs
Synonyms of listing

askew, aslant, atilt, awry, cock-a-hoop, cockeyed, crazy, crooked, lopsided, oblique, off-kilter, pitched, skewed, slanted, slanting, slantwise, tilted, tipping, uneven
Words Related to listing

asymmetrical (or asymmetric), unbalanced, unsymmetrical

contorted, disordered, distorted, irregular
Phrases Synonymous with listing

out of plumb (or off plumb)
Near Antonyms of listing

ordered, orderly, regular, uniform

balanced, symmetrical (or symmetric)
Antonyms of listing

even, level, straight

2 running in a slanting direction

  • the listing lines of a poem scrawled on a chalkboard
Synonyms of listing

cant, canted, diagonal, graded, inclined, leaning, oblique, pitched, raked, slant, slanted, slantwise, sloped, sloping, tilted, tilting
Near Antonyms of listing

horizontal, level

plumb, up-and-down, vertical

parallel, perpendicular

listing

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of listing

a record of a series of items (as names or titles) usually arranged according to some system

  • an alphabetical listing of all of the students currently enrolled in the school
Synonyms of listing

canon, catalog (or catalogue), checklist, list, menu, register, registry, roll, roll call, roster, schedule, table
Words Related to listing

agenda, bibliography, catalogue raisonné, compendium, compilation, directory, docket, enumeration, glossary, index, inventory, manifest, payroll

calendar, chronology, timetable

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