Oblique Synonyms and Antonyms

ō-blēk, ə-blēk
Indirect
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. indirect
  2. circuitous
  3. devious
  4. roundabout
  5. obscure
  6. anfractuous
  7. circular
  8. tortuous
Antonyms:
  1. direct
  2. forthright
  3. straightforward
  4. explicit
A diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. external oblique muscle
  2. musculus obliquus externus abdominis
  3. abdominal external oblique muscle
Any grammatical case other than the nominative
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. oblique-case
Antonyms:
  1. nominative

Words Related to Oblique

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Oblique Sentence Examples

  • Their mouth is of moderate width, oblique, and armed with small but firmly set teeth.

  • Note thick walls and oblique slit-like pits with opposite inclination on the two sides of the cell seen in surface view.

  • S, Optical section of part of thick-walled stereid of Phanerogam, with almost obliterated cavity and narrow slit-like oblique pits.

  • The face is flat and wide, the nose short, the mouth large and the eyes only slightly oblique.

  • In this the crowns of the molars are more or less shortened, with their cusps either arranged in longitudinal lines, or forming four upper and three lower more or less distinct oblique ridges.

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