Antonyms for CROSS
krɔs, krɒscross

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1. crossadjective

   Synonyms:
   antipodal, contrarily, opposed, reverse

2. crossnoun

   Synonyms:
   angry, annoyed, irritated

3. crossverb

   To contradict (another) or frustrate the plans of.

   She was rather cross about missing her train on the first day of the job.

   Synonyms:
   True Cross

4. crossnoun

   to cross-fertilize or crossbreed.

   They managed to cross a sheep with a goat.

   Synonyms:
   cross-fertilize, crossbreed

5. crossverb

   To pass the ball from one side of the pitch to the other side.

   He crossed the ball into the penalty area.

   Synonyms:
   hybrid

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1. cross

   Antonyms:
   amiable, good-tempered, goodhumored, blithesome, genial

   Synonyms:
   ill-tempered, fretful, illhumored, crusty, peevish, pettish, snarling, snappish, spleeny, splenetic, petulant, fractious

Matched Categories

1. • Breed
   • Emblem
   • Fold
   • Genetics
   • Intersect
   • Marking
   • Meet
   • Organism
   • Structure
   • Write

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1. crossnoun

   a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece

   Antonyms:
   lengthways, lengthwise, good-natured, uncross

   Synonyms:
   crossing, hybridisation, crossbreeding, crossbreed, crown of thorns, crisscross, hybridization, hybrid, interbreeding, mark, hybridizing

2. crisscross, cross, marknoun

   a marking that consists of lines that cross each other

   Antonyms:
   lengthwise, good-natured, lengthways, uncross

   Synonyms:
   hybridisation, marking, interbreeding, mark, sucker, hybridizing, crossbreeding, bell ringer, target, crisscross, print, fall guy, mug, scar, score, sign, brand, grade, chump, stigma, home run, hybridization, scratch, gull, crown of thorns, patsy, fool, marker, scrape, cross, crossing, crossbreed, stain, bull's eye, hybrid, soft touch

3. Crossnoun

   a representation of the structure on which Jesus was crucified; used as an emblem of Christianity or in heraldry

   Antonyms:
   lengthways, good-natured, lengthwise, uncross

   Synonyms:
   crossing, hybridisation, crossbreeding, crossbreed, crown of thorns, crisscross, hybridization, hybrid, interbreeding, mark, hybridizing

4. cross, crown of thornsnoun

   any affliction that causes great suffering

   "that is his cross to bear"; "he bears his afflictions like a crown of thorns"

   Antonyms:
   lengthways, lengthwise, good-natured, uncross

   Synonyms:
   crossing, hybridisation, crossbreeding, crossbreed, crown of thorns, crisscross, hybridization, hybrid, interbreeding, mark, cross, hybridizing

5. hybrid, crossbreed, crossnoun

   (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species

   "a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey"

   Antonyms:
   lengthwise, good-natured, lengthways, uncross

   Synonyms:
   crossing, hybridisation, loanblend, cross, crossbreed, loan-blend, crown of thorns, crisscross, hybridization, hybrid, interbreeding, mark, hybridizing, crossbreeding

6. hybridization, hybridisation, crossbreeding, crossing, cross, interbreeding, hybridizingadjective

   (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids

   Antonyms:
   good-natured, lengthways, lengthwise, uncross

   Synonyms:
   hybridisation, crossing, crossroad, ford, crossbreed, intersection, mark, crisscross, hybrid, carrefour, crossbreeding, hybridization, crossover, crossway, hybridizing, cross, miscegenation, interbreeding, crown of thorns, crosswalk

7. cross(a), transverse, transversal, thwartwiseadjective

   extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis

   "cross members should be all steel"; "from the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefully"; "transversal vibrations"; "transverse colon"

   Antonyms:
   lengthways, lengthwise, good-natured, uncross

8. crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-temperedverb

   annoyed and irritable

   Antonyms:
   good-natured, lengthways, lengthwise, uncross

   Synonyms:
   transversal, picky, particular, bad-tempered, busy, cross(a), transverse, cross, finicky, grumpy, grouchy, finical, crabby, crabbed, fussy, thwartwise, ill-tempered

9. traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut acrossverb

   travel across or pass over

   "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"

   Antonyms:
   good-natured, lengthwise, lengthways, uncross

   Synonyms:
   pass across, sweep, chase after, overcompensate, handle, cut through, deal, shroud, continue, come home, span, comprehend, embrace, hybridize, interbreed, encompass, cut across, address, give chase, get over, spoil, get well, surmount, go after, crosscut, pass through, plow, skip over, intersect, put over, tail, insure, brood, foil, penetrate, tag, master, trail, get through, click, report, transit, wipe, hide, frustrate, sink in, scotch, bounce back, overcome, compensate, cross, breed, traverse, underwrite, chase, move through, subdue, baffle, pass over, spread over, enshroud, jump, overlay, skip, overfly, track, cover, extend, wrap up, cover up, deny, incubate, crossbreed, dawn, thwart, bilk, get across, treat, hybridise, dog, hatch, fall into place

10. intersect, crossverb

    meet at a point

    Antonyms:
    lengthwise, lengthways, good-natured, uncross

    Synonyms:
    frustrate, foil, spoil, cut through, crossbreed, cover, cut across, bilk, hybridize, intersect, hybridise, pass over, cross, baffle, sweep, scotch, track, interbreed, thwart, span, get across, get over, traverse

11. thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilkverb

    hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

    "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"

    Antonyms:
    lengthwise, good-natured, lengthways, uncross

    Synonyms:
    vitiate, mar, sweep, dumbfound, plunder, foil, scupper, mystify, cut through, pamper, flub, span, dun, rape, crucify, baby, regulate, bedevil, itch, screw up, ball up, indulge, interbreed, stick, cut across, corrupt, elude, get over, deflower, spoil, puzzle, gravel, violate, beat, mollycoddle, bungle, intersect, bollocks up, fumble, evade, rag, blow, bollix, torment, amaze, bewilder, coddle, cosset, frustrate, peril, scotch, featherbed, crossbreed, cross, get, louse up, perplex, botch up, bodge, traverse, bobble, baffle, muff, bollocks, pass over, pose, fluff, vex, mishandle, endanger, foul up, stupefy, flummox, track, hybridize, cover, despoil, muck up, bumble, mess up, impair, bollix up, botch, thwart, bilk, get across, expose, go bad, hybridise, cocker, nonplus

12. crossverb

    fold so as to resemble a cross

    "she crossed her legs"

    Antonyms:
    lengthwise, good-natured, lengthways, uncross

    Synonyms:
    frustrate, foil, spoil, cut through, crossbreed, cover, cut across, bilk, hybridize, hybridise, pass over, intersect, baffle, sweep, scotch, track, interbreed, thwart, span, get across, get over, traverse

13. cross, traverse, span, sweepverb

    to cover or extend over an area or time period

    "Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres"; "The novel spans three centuries"

    Antonyms:
    lengthwise, good-natured, lengthways, uncross

    Synonyms:
    sail, cut through, get over, scotch, swing out, frustrate, spoil, cut across, foil, drag, sweep up, span, hybridize, brush, thwart, tangle, crossbreed, baffle, sweep, intersect, traverse, broom, pass over, swing, drag in, cover, cross, hybridise, get across, deny, embroil, bilk, track, interbreed

14. crossverb

    meet and pass

    "the trains crossed"

    Antonyms:
    lengthwise, good-natured, lengthways, uncross

    Synonyms:
    frustrate, foil, spoil, cut through, crossbreed, cover, cut across, bilk, hybridize, hybridise, pass over, intersect, baffle, sweep, scotch, track, interbreed, thwart, span, get across, get over, traverse

15. crossverb

    trace a line through or across

    "cross your `t'"

    Antonyms:
    lengthways, good-natured, lengthwise, uncross

    Synonyms:
    frustrate, foil, spoil, cut through, crossbreed, cover, cut across, bilk, hybridize, hybridise, pass over, intersect, baffle, sweep, scotch, track, interbreed, thwart, span, get across, get over, traverse

16. crossbreed, cross, hybridize, hybridise, interbreedverb

    breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties

    "cross a horse and a donkey"; "Mendel tried crossbreeding"; "these species do not interbreed"

    Antonyms:
    lengthwise, lengthways, good-natured, uncross

    Synonyms:
    traverse, frustrate, hybridise, spoil, cut through, sweep, cover, cut across, bilk, hybridize, pass over, intersect, baffle, foil, cross, scotch, track, crossbreed, thwart, span, get across, get over, interbreed

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1. crossadjective

   Synonyms:
   athwart, transverse, intersecting, adverse, baffling, contrary, perverse, petulant, peevish, cynical, surly, unamiable, inaffable, crabbed, crusty, captious, fractious, churlish, vixenish, querulous, fretful, choleric, touchy, waspish, morose, sullen, ill-natured, irascible acrimonious, irritable, inverse, interchanged

2. crossnoun

   Synonyms:
   crucifix, rood, gibbet, rebated cross, gammadion, fylfot, saltire, swastika, cross bottony

   Associated words:
   crucify, crucifixion, crucifier, cruciform, crucial, cruciate, crucigerous, crucifer, vexillum, crantara, consignation

3. crossnoun

   Synonyms:
   hybrid, mongrel, limmer

4. crossverb

   Synonyms:
   intersect, traverse, run counter to, thwart, baffle, frustrate, foil, intercross, interbreed, hybridize, cancel

How to use CROSS in a sentence?

1. Russel Silberston:

   If they manage to achieve cross-party support for a deal, likely a 'softer Brexit' sort of a deal – this could potentially be very good news for UK assets, if Parliament fails to come to an agreement, it would go to a second referendum. My concern is that this would call into question the role of Parliament and could have serious future political consequences.

2. Avni Joshi:

   If they initiate this process at 16, then they will not have any difficulty by the time they are 18, as the parents have already had a trial run of being independent even though the child is still at home with the parent available to cross check for compliance, the biggest mistake is to underestimate their disease and health care needs.

3. Shimon Peres:

   Why cross an ocean when you can cross a river Why should we sail to Washington when we can meet right away 10 miles from here (On Middle East peace initiative)

4. Jonathan Perez:

   What do they expect? For us to cross our arms and do nothing against such ineptitude!

5. Russell Moore:

   The cross and the Confederate flag cannot coexist without one setting the other on fire, white Christians, let's listen to our African-American brothers and sisters. Let's care not just about our own history, but also about our shared history with them.

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