across
|
|
|
|
| Main Entry: |
across |
| Synonyms: |
across the grain, against, astraddle,
astride, athwart, athwartships, bendwise, beyond, bias, biased, biaswise, catercorner, catercornered, confronting, contrariwise, contrawise, crisscross, cross-grained, cross, crossway, crossways, crosswise, diagonal, facing, fronting, horseback, in front of, in opposition to, kittycorner, oblique,
obliquely, on, on horseback, over against, overthwart, past, sideways, sidewise, slant, straddle-legged,
straddle, straddleback, thwart,
thwartly, thwartways, toward, transversal, transverse, transversely, traverse, versus
|
| |
| Main Entry: |
across the board |
| Synonyms: |
across-the-board, all-comprehensive, all-inclusive, all, all put together, altogether, as a body, as a whole, at
large, blanket, bodily, collectively, compendious, complete, comprehensive, corporately, en bloc,
en masse, encyclopedic, entirely, global, in a body, in all,
in all respects, in bulk, in its entirety,
in the aggregate, in the gross, in the lump, in
the mass, in toto, omnibus, on all counts, over-all, panoramic, sweeping, synoptic, total, totally,
tout ensemble, universal, whole,
wholly, without exception, without
omission
|
| |
| Main Entry: |
come across |
| Synonyms: |
alight upon, aller sans dire, be manifest,
be no secret, blunder upon, bump
into, chance upon, circulate, come
across with, come among, come down with, come on,
come through with, come up against, come upon, confront, cough up, deliver, deliver over, discover serendipitously, distribute, encounter, fall across, fall
among, fall foul of, fall in with, fall upon, fork over, forward, give in, give out, give
over, glare, go without saying, grease the palm, hand, hand in,
hand out, hand over, hang out, happen upon, hit upon, kick in, lay on one, light upon, meet, meet head-on, meet up with, meet with, need no explanation, pass, pass out, pass over, pitch upon, plunk
down, pony up, post, project,
reach, render, resign, run across, run into, run smack into, run up against, run upon, sauter aux yeux,
shout, speak for itself, stand out, stick out, strike the eye, stumble
on, stumble upon, stump up, surrender, tickle the palm, transfer, tumble
on, turn over
|
| |
| Main Entry: |
cut across |
| Synonyms: |
bar, catercorner, chiasmal, chiasmic, chiastic, crisscross,
cross, crossbar, crosscut, crossed, crossing, cruciate, cut, cut a corner, cut corners, cut
crosswise, cut through, decussate, decussated, diagonalize, intercross, intersect, intersected,
intersecting, lie across, make a beeline, secant, short-cut, slant across, slash,
slash across, transverse, traverse
|
| |
| Main Entry: |
get across |
| Synonyms: |
assail the ear, be glimpsed, be heard, broadcast, caress the ear, clarify, come through, communicate, contact,
convey, dawn on, disseminate, elucidate, explain, explicate, gain a hearing, get over,
get through to, get to, give,
give word, hand on, impart,
leave word, make an impression, make clear, make it clear, make known, make oneself heard, pass, pass along, pass on, penetrate, popularize, put across, put over, reach, reach the ear, register, render, report, send, send word, share, share with, signal, simplify, sink in, soak in, spell out, tell,
transfer, transmit, vulgarize
|
| |
| Main Entry: |
put across |
| Synonyms: |
accomplish, achieve, bring about, bring off, bring through, bring to effect, bring to pass, carry into execution, carry off, carry out, carry through,
clarify, come through with, compass,
crown with success, deceive, do the
trick, elucidate, explain, explicate, foist on, get across, get by, get over, get through, implement, impose on, impose upon,
make clear, make it clear, pass off on, pass the buck, play on, popularize, presume upon, pull off, put on, put over, put
through, put upon, shift the blame, shift the responsibility,
simplify, spell out, take advantage of, turn the trick, vulgarize,
work on
|
| |
| Main Entry: |
run across |
| Synonyms: |
alight upon, blunder upon, bump into, chance upon, come across,
come among, come on, come up
against, come upon, confront, discover
serendipitously, encounter, fall across, fall among,
fall foul of, fall in with, fall
upon, happen upon, hit upon, light upon, meet, meet head-on, meet up with, meet with, pitch upon, run into, run smack into, run up against, run upon, stumble on, stumble upon, tumble on
|
| |
Main entries similar to: across
against, athwart, beyond, bias, biased, catercorner, cattycorner, crisscross, cross, cross-grained, crosswise, diagonal, facing, horseback, in opposition to,
kittycorner, oblique, on, opposite, over, past, sideways, slant,
straddle, thwart, toward, transverse, traverse, versus
|