Traverse Synonyms and Antonyms

trə-vûrs, trăvərs
To move in a zigzag manner, as on a ski slope
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. zigzag
To move, as a gun, laterally
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. cross
  2. cross-over
  3. pivot
  4. move over
  5. pass-through
  6. swivel
  7. span
  8. sweep
To look at carefully or critically
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. check
  2. con
  3. examine
  4. go over
  5. inspect
  6. peruse
  7. scrutinize
  8. study
  9. survey
  10. view
  11. case
To take a stand against
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. buck
  2. challenge
  3. contest
  4. dispute
  5. oppose
  6. resist
Antonyms:
  1. confirm
  2. back up
To refuse to admit the truth, reality, value, or worth of
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. contradict
  2. contravene
  3. controvert
  4. deny
  5. disaffirm
  6. gainsay
  7. negate
  8. negative
  9. oppugn
Travel across
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. traversal
Situated or lying across
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. crossing
  2. crosswise
  3. thwart
  4. transversal
  5. transverse

Words Related to Traverse

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.

Traverse Sentence Examples

  • Giving him a few minutes to traverse the drive, she got up and went into the kitchen.

  • The rainfall, though moderate, is still sufficient to maintain the supply of water in the great rivers that traverse the country to the Arctic Sea, and to support an abundant vegetation.

  • Mr Stuart, in 1862, made his third and final attempt to traverse the continent from Adelaide along a central line, which, inclining a little westward, reaches the north coast of Arnheim Land, opposite Melville Island.

  • Groups of dwellings, such as are still to be seen on some of the small canals at Burano, clustered together along the banks of the deeper channels which traverse the lagoon islands and give access to the tide.

  • With the exception of Green and Traverse bays, Lake Michigan has few indentations of the coast line, and except at the north end it is free from islands.

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