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vertical

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of vertical

rising straight up

a vertical cliff face

Synonyms of vertical

erect, perpendicular, plumb, raised, stand-up, standing, upright, upstanding

Words Related to vertical

elevated, lifted, upended, upraised

semierect

freestanding, stand-alone

Near Antonyms of vertical

prostrate, supine

diagonal, hanging, sagging, slant, slanted, slanting, slanty

Antonyms of vertical

flat, recumbent

Synonym Discussion of vertical

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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