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Synonyms for arch

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  1. Main

    chief, main, principal; see principal.

  2. Playfully mischievous

    roguish, saucy, mischievous, waggish; see jaunty.

noun

arc, curve, vault, dome, cupola, ogive, span, bend, archivolt, squinch, architrave, arching, archway, curvature, bend, cove, camber.

Arches include: round, horseshoe, lancet, ogee, trefoil, basket-handle, decorated, Tudor, Egyptian, Gothic, Ionian, flat, Roman.

verb

extend, round, stretch, camber, curve, bend, form, shape, hunch, hump, hook, arch over.

Antonyms straighten*, unbend, smooth.

See arch in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II

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