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perpendicular

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of perpendicular

rising straight up

  • river rafters staring awestruck at the canyonʼs nearly perpendicular cliffs
Synonyms of perpendicular

erect, plumb, raised, stand-up, standing, upright, upstanding, vertical
Words Related to perpendicular

elevated, lifted, upended, upraised

semierect

freestanding, stand-alone
Near Antonyms of perpendicular

prostrate, supine

diagonal, hanging, sagging, slant, slanted, slanting, slanty
Antonyms of perpendicular

flat, recumbent

Synonym Discussion of perpendicular

vertical, perpendicular, plumb mean being at right angles to a base line. vertical suggests a line or direction rising straight upward toward a zenith.
    • the side of the cliff is almost vertical
perpendicular may stress the straightness of a line making a right angle with any other line, not necessarily a horizontal one.
    • the parallel bars are perpendicular to the support posts
plumb stresses an exact verticality determined (as with a plumb line) by earth's gravity.
    • make sure that the wall is plumb

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