Straight-line Synonyms and Antonyms

strātlīn
A line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction; a line of zero curvature
(Noun)
Antonyms:
  1. curve

Words Related to Straight-line

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.

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  2. 118mph
  3. flatmating
  4. the-distance
  5. horizontal-plane
  6. right-angle
  7. diagonal
  8. great-circle
  9. low-speed

Straight-line Sentence Examples

  • He paused only long enough to locate her, and then made a straight line for her.

  • This is most clearly marked on the side of the Apennines, where the great Aemilian Way, which has been the high road from the time of the Romans to our own, preserves an unbroken straight line from Rimini to Piacenza, a distance of more than 150 m., during which the underfalls of the mountains continually approach it on the left, without once crossing the line of road.

  • The Via Flaminia was the earliest and most important road to the north; and it was soon extended (in 187 B.C.) by the Via Aemilia running through Bononia as far as Placentia, in an almost absolutely straight line between the plain of the P0 and the foot of the Apennines.

  • In all, there is a wonderful amount of specialization, though perhaps in a very straight line from generalized forms; but the affinity to Australian or Polynesian types is in many cases clearly traceable, and it cannot be supposed but that these last are of cognate origin with those of New Zealand.

  • Napoleon, in making the road over the Simplon, deviated from the straight line in order to leave it standing.

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