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Antonyms for column
ˈkɒl əmcol·umn

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Wiktionary3.8 / 4 votes

  1. columnnoun

    A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.

    Synonyms:
    pillar, post, sile

  2. columnnoun

    Antonyms:
    row

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. columnnoun

    a line of units following one after another

    Synonyms:
    tower, chromatography column, editorial, pillar, newspaper column

  2. column, chromatography columnnoun

    a vertical glass tube used in column chromatography; a mixture is poured in the top and washed through a stationary substance where components of the mixture are adsorbed selectively to form colored bands

    Synonyms:
    tower, chromatography column, editorial, pillar, newspaper column

  3. columnnoun

    a vertical array of numbers or other information

    "he added a column of numbers"

    Synonyms:
    tower, chromatography column, editorial, pillar, newspaper column

  4. column, tower, pillarnoun

    anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower

    "the test tube held a column of white powder"; "a tower of dust rose above the horizon"; "a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite"

    Synonyms:
    newspaper column, pillar, editorial, chromatography column, towboat, tugboat, tug, tower, mainstay

  5. column, editorial, newspaper columnnoun

    an article giving opinions or perspectives

    Synonyms:
    tower, chromatography column, editorial, pillar, newspaper column

  6. column, pillarnoun

    a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)

    Synonyms:
    tower, chromatography column, editorial, mainstay, pillar, newspaper column

  7. column, pillarnoun

    (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure

    Synonyms:
    tower, chromatography column, editorial, mainstay, pillar, newspaper column

  8. columnnoun

    a page or text that is vertically divided

    "the newspaper devoted several columns to the subject"; "the bookkeeper used pages that were divided into columns"

    Synonyms:
    tower, chromatography column, editorial, pillar, newspaper column

  9. columnnoun

    any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body

    Synonyms:
    tower, chromatography column, editorial, pillar, newspaper column

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. columnnoun

    Synonyms:
    pillar, post, shaft, obelisk, file, line, row, pilaster

    Associated words:
    entablature, frieze, architrave, triglyph, cornice, base, shaft, capital, plinth

  2. columnnoun

    Synonyms:
    peristyle, portico, colonnade

    Associated words:
    entablature, frieze, architrave, triglyph, cornice, base, shaft, capital, plinth

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. row

    a horizontal column

    Submitted by anonymous on April 2, 2020  

How to use column in a sentence?

  1. David Hastings:

    These plastics will remain in the bay, the gulf and ocean for more than a lifetime, while we use most plastic bags and bottles for less than an hour, although it is tempting to clean up the mess, it is not feasible to remove these particles from the water column or separate them out from sediments.

  2. Gregg Schlesinger:

    Did the building fail structurally? Yes. What makes up the structure? Concrete and steel, did that fail? Yes. Why did it fail? It was compromised. What portions were compromised? In the pictures (in the 2018 report), we definitely see a column that's structurally compromised.

  3. Bernie Sanders:

    Trump has called the press the 'enemy of the people,' and now - taking a page from his dictator friends around the world - is trying to dismantle the right to a free press in the First Amendment by suing the New York Times for publishing an opinion column about his dangerous relationship with Russia.

  4. Nigel Farage:

    We do have, I'm sad to say, a fifth column that is living within our own countries that is utterly opposed to our values, we're going to have to be a lot braver... in standing up for our Judaeo-Christian culture.

  5. Daniel Palma:

    I was shocked. I had just arrived home when I looked through the window and saw the column of smoke rising up. We called our families, posted photos, we woke up today with a blanket of fog and it hasn't cleared. We have a layer of smoke above us.

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