Synonyms for across

10 synonyms
3 antonyms
1 meaning

adverb
preposition

Most common

crossways throughout beyond transversely athwart

All synonyms

Adverb

1. Crossways

crossways, cross-wise

Other

over, throughout, athwart, beyond, transversely, thwart, overthwart dated

Preposition

against

Antonyms

down, parallel, along

All antonyms of across →

Definitions

adv. 1
From one side to the other.
she helped the blind man across; the river is half a mile across
prep. 1
To, toward, or from the far side of (something that lies between two points of interest).
We rowed across the river.

Related words

Phrases: come across get across cut across put one across run across stumble across put across happen across

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Across, From, To, Through, Over or Into?

A journey from Naples to Rome; through Mexico; across the continent; over the sea; a journey into Asia; among savages; by land, by rail, for health, on foot, on the cars, etc.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

throughout That program will be broadcast throughout America.
beyond The mystery of life is beyond human understanding.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
across		rising
crossways		rising
throughout		steady
beyond		steady
transversely		falling
athwart		steady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters: over²
6 letters: beyond², thwart¹
7 letters: against², athwart²
9 letters: crossways
10 letters: throughout², overthwart
12 letters: transversely

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (over² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: outre
Italiano: attraverso
Deutsch: hinüber