Synonyms 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

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

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

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1. crossnoun

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

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

   Antonyms:
   lengthways, lengthwise, good-natured, uncross

2. crisscross, cross, marknoun

   a marking that consists of lines that cross each other

   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

   Antonyms:
   lengthwise, good-natured, lengthways, uncross

3. Crossnoun

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

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

   Antonyms:
   lengthways, good-natured, lengthwise, uncross

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"

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

   Antonyms:
   lengthways, lengthwise, good-natured, uncross

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"

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

   Antonyms:
   lengthwise, good-natured, lengthways, uncross

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

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

   Antonyms:
   good-natured, lengthways, lengthwise, uncross

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

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

   Antonyms:
   good-natured, lengthways, lengthwise, uncross

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"

   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

   Antonyms:
   good-natured, lengthwise, lengthways, uncross

10. intersect, crossverb

    meet at a point

    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

    Antonyms:
    lengthwise, lengthways, good-natured, uncross

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"

    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

    Antonyms:
    lengthwise, good-natured, lengthways, uncross

12. crossverb

    fold so as to resemble a cross

    "she crossed her legs"

    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

    Antonyms:
    lengthwise, good-natured, lengthways, uncross

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"

    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

    Antonyms:
    lengthwise, good-natured, lengthways, uncross

14. crossverb

    meet and pass

    "the trains crossed"

    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

    Antonyms:
    lengthwise, good-natured, lengthways, uncross

15. crossverb

    trace a line through or across

    "cross your `t'"

    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

    Antonyms:
    lengthways, good-natured, lengthwise, uncross

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"

    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

    Antonyms:
    lengthwise, lengthways, good-natured, uncross

Matched Categories

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

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1. crossnoun

   Synonyms:
   gibbet (made of pieces of wood placed transversely)

2. crossnoun

   Synonyms:
   [With The prefixed.] gospel, christian doctrine, christian religion, divine revelation

3. crossnoun

   Synonyms:
   trial, vexation, trouble, affliction, misfortune

4. crossnoun

   Synonyms:
   intermixture (of blood in races)

5. crossadjective

   Synonyms:
   transverse, lying athwart

6. crossadjective

   Synonyms:
   fretful, peevish, petulant, pettish, snappish, waspish, touchy, testy, crusty, churlish, crabbed, captious, ill-natured, froward, morose, sulky, sullen, spleeny, surly, cynical, snarling, sour, GROUTY, ill-tempered, out of humor, out of temper

7. crossverb

   Synonyms:
   put across, put athwart

8. crossverb

   Synonyms:
   mark with a line or lines across

9. crossverb

   Synonyms:
   traverse, pass over, go over

10. crossverb

    Synonyms:
    thwart, hinder, obstruct, interfere with

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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

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1. List of paraphrases for "cross":

   cruz, croix, crosses, croce, red, crusade, crossing, cross-, transverse, crisscross, bilateral, crucifix, cross-cutting, cross-sectional, roja, crossover, transversal, straddling, traverse, inist, rist, crossed

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How to use CROSS in a sentence?

1. Tim Murtaugh:

   The president has taken the issue back, (Democrats are) taking the Blue Cross (private insurance) card out of your wallet and making it worthless.

2. Olafur Eliasson:

   One of the main sources of inspiration was for me my childhood in Iceland where the harbor,... where I spent a lot of time as my father was a sailor, sometimes filled up with boats so you could cross the harbor by going from one deck to the next.

3. Leah Askarinam:

   Gubernatorial candidates can campaign on issues that are state-specific like the states budget and education funding -- and they can cross party lines without facing the same kind of political pressure as The GOP candidates who have to work with a national legislature, weve seen candidates like John Bel Edwards support state policies that limit abortion access, for example, which is a much more difficult stance to take as a Democrat in The GOP.

4. David Mesher:

   There are lots of different HPV types and some types are closely related. Similar types tend to have some cross-protection.

5. Ben Chapman:

   Cross-contamination from raw food, undercooking food, hand-washing and spreading germs from raw food, those are the things that contribute to the more than 48 million cases of foodborne illness we have every year in the US.