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Synonyms for diagonal

Most common

slanting oblique slanted sloping

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Slanting — having a slanted or oblique direction

slanting, oblique, slanted, sloping, sloped, inclined, aslant formal dated, aslope dated

Noun

1. Oblique punctuation mark

slash, stroke, solidus, separatrix, virgule dated

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Having a slanted or oblique direction.

  2. n. 1

    A line joining non-adjacent vertices of a polygon.

Forms

Plural
diagonals → slashes, strokes, soliduses, separatrixes…

Example sentences

  • sloping The parked car began to roll down the sloping street.
  • slanted The rooms had slanted ceilings.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
diagonalsteady
obliquefalling
slopingfalling
slantedrising
slantingsteady

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

By length

4 letters
bias2
5 letters
slash1
6 letters
stroke1, sloped, aslant, aslope
7 letters
oblique2, sloping2, slanted2, solidus, virgule2
8 letters
inclined2, slanting2
10 letters
separatrix

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bias2 = 2 syllables).