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Synonyms for corner
ˈkɔr nərcor·ner

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. corner

    Synonyms:
    cavity, hole, nook, recess, retreat

    Antonyms:
    coin, abutment, prominence, salience, angle, protrusion, elbow, protection, convexity

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. cornernoun

    a place off to the side of an area

    "he tripled to the rightfield corner"; "the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean"

    Synonyms:
    recess, box, street corner, nook, recession, niche, quoin, turning point

  2. cornernoun

    the point where two lines meet or intersect

    "the corners of a rectangle"

    Synonyms:
    recess, box, street corner, nook, recession, niche, quoin, turning point

  3. corner, nooknoun

    an interior angle formed by two meeting walls

    "a piano was in one corner of the room"

    Synonyms:
    recess, box, street corner, nook, recession, niche, quoin, turning point

  4. corner, street corner, turning pointnoun

    the intersection of two streets

    "standing on the corner watching all the girls go by"

    Synonyms:
    recess, box, street corner, landmark, nook, watershed, recession, niche, quoin, turning point

  5. cornernoun

    the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect

    "the corners of a cube"

    Synonyms:
    recess, box, street corner, nook, recession, niche, quoin, turning point

  6. recess, recession, niche, cornernoun

    a small concavity

    Synonyms:
    nook, recessional, quoin, deferral, respite, receding, recess, ceding back, break, time out, recession, ecological niche, inlet, street corner, niche, box, turning point

  7. cornernoun

    a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade

    "a corner on the silver market"

    Synonyms:
    recess, box, street corner, nook, recession, niche, quoin, turning point

  8. corner, boxnoun

    a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible

    "his lying got him into a tight corner"

    Synonyms:
    recess, box, box seat, street corner, nook, loge, recession, niche, quoin, boxful, turning point, boxwood

  9. cornernoun

    a projecting part where two sides or edges meet

    "he knocked off the corners"

    Synonyms:
    recess, box, street corner, nook, recession, niche, quoin, turning point

  10. cornernoun

    a remote area

    "in many corners of the world they still practice slavery"

    Synonyms:
    recess, box, street corner, nook, recession, niche, quoin, turning point

  11. corner, quoinverb

    (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone

    Synonyms:
    recess, box, street corner, nook, recession, niche, quoin, coigne, turning point, coign

  12. cornerverb

    gain control over

    "corner the gold market"

    Synonyms:
    tree

  13. corner, treeverb

    force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape

    Synonyms:
    shoetree, tree

  14. cornerverb

    turn a corner

    "the car corners"

    Synonyms:
    tree

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. cornernoun

    Synonyms:
    angle, bend, elbow, crotch, knee, cusp

  2. cornernoun

    Synonyms:
    nook, recess, niche, retired place, secret place

  3. cornernoun

    Synonyms:
    part, quarter

  4. cornerverb

    Synonyms:
    [Colloquial U. S.] drive into a corner

  5. cornerverb

    Synonyms:
    nonplus, pose, confound, confuse, puzzle, perplex, put to a stand

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. cornernoun

    Synonyms:
    angle, cusp, cantle, bight, coin, quoin, coigne, nook, recess, niche, direction, quarter

  2. cornerverb

    Synonyms:
    nonplus, pose, perplex, confuse

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "corner":

    angle, rincón, wedge, neighborhood, vertex, nook, kok, cornering, coin, spot, intersection

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How to use corner in a sentence?

  1. Nury Martinez:

    They're raising him like a little White kid, i was like, 'This kid needs a beatdown. Let me take him around the corner, and then I'll bring him back.

  2. Officer Kevin Fry:

    As Mr. Chatman approaches the corner, he makes a slight turn, a subtle turn to the right with his upper body. I see in his right hand a dark gray or black object.

  3. Piquet Jr:

    JEV seemed like he was saving energy a lot by that point of the race already, i even thought he had a problem so I went to the inside, he started closing the door and I was ready to really commit to the corner and brake on the inside and pass.

  4. Debra Aho Williamson:

    There's more to do here, but I'm proud of the work that we've done to get in front of these issues, we've started to turn a corner and have a clear plan for what we need to do now.

  5. John Kavanagh:

    The UFC is going to do what The UFC is going to do, think they are more invested in the American and maybe the Chinese market now as of late, and Bellator are more in the European market, my relationship is very strong with Bellator and I'm committed to helping them corner the European market.


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